Nadezhda Kevorkova

Nadezhda Vitalievna Kevorkova (Надежда Витальевна Кеворкова; born October 25, 1958, Moscow) is a Russian journalist and writer.

Biography
Nadezhda Kevorkova was born on October 25, 1958, in Moscow. She graduated from the Faculty of History of Moscow State University. Kevorkova recalled came to journalism in 1988 after meeting Alexander Ogorodnikov. The two worked to publish the anthology Bulletin of the Christian Public and the newspaper Bulletin of Christian Democracy. Since 1992, she has worked at the Orthodox gymnasium Radonezh.

From 1997 to 2002, she was a regular columnist for Nezavisimaya Gazeta. In 1998, she was a special correspondent for Nezavisimaya Gazeta in the USA. She worked as a reporter in Lebanon, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Sudan, Syria, Gaza and the North Caucasus.

She was a columnist for Russia Today, and has been the author of articles in Novaya Gazeta, Gazeta, Ogonyok, and Russian Newsweek. She has written a number of articles on Christian Orthodoxy and religion in the modern world. She also wrote a number of articles for the Great Russian Encyclopedia.

In 2010, she was nominated for the International Women of Courage Award.

Kevorkova was previously married to journalist and politician Maksim Shevchenko (born 1966).

Criminal persecution
On May 6, 2024, the Investigative Committee of Russia brought charges against Kevorkova for justifying terrorism. The criminal case is related to publications on the journalist's Telegram channel, including a post about the Taliban, which is recognized as a terrorist organizations and banned in Russia. In addition, it was reported that members of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (banned in the Russian Federation) also invited Kevorkova to the Syrian city of Idlib in 2021 to cover their activities.