Andrei Filimonov
Andrei Filimonov is a writer and editor who has contributed to RFE/RL's Russian Service and its regional outlets since 2016. An award-winning fiction author now based in Germany, Filimonov was raised in the Siberian city of Tomsk and received a philosophy degree from Tomsk State University. He has been designated as a "foreign agent" by the Russian Justice Ministry.