Anzhelika Rudenko

Anzhelika Rudenko, a senior TV producer for Crimea.Realities of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, has authored several documentary projects, including a film about Ukrainian activist Volodymyr Balukh, imprisoned for his political views in annexed Crimea. In 2021, she reported from Iraq to cover the repatriation of Ukrainian women from Syria. Before joining RFE/RL in 2017, she worked as a producer, editor, and journalist for multiple Ukrainian media outlets.

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February 28, 2024
Crimean Restaurant Rebukes Russian Embassy In Poland

In fear for his life, Ernest Suleymanov fled Crimea shortly after Russian forces seized the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014. Now he runs a restaurant in Warsaw, directly opposite the Russian Embassy. "It's like a slap in the face," he says, "Crimea is not theirs."
February 26, 2024
'Aware Of The Risks': A Crimean Tatar Woman Defies Russia's Occupation Authorities

From her home in Russia-occupied Crimea, Mumine Salieva fights for human rights while also raising four children single-handedly after her husband was imprisoned. The 38-year-old PhD student helps families of people detained since Russian forces seized control of the peninsula 10 years ago.
August 07, 2023
Ukrainian Military Doctor Returns To Service After 'Brutal' Russian Captivity

Volodymyr Labuzov was captured in April 2022 when the Ukrainian port of Mariupol fell to Russian forces after weeks of siege. A military doctor who had been working in a makeshift hospital in the area, he was one of 2,500 prisoners taken by the Russians who were treated "brutally."
November 05, 2022
Wife Of Missing Russian Soldier In Ukraine Struggles To Find Her Husband

The wife of a missing Russian soldier who was fighting in Ukraine is desperately trying to find her husband and solve the mystery of his fate.
May 06, 2022
Photograph Of A Missing Sailor Deepens Doubts About Russia's Narrative On The Sunken Warship Moskva

A photograph obtained by RFE/RL has added to questions about a Russian Defense Ministry video purporting to show surviving sailors from the Moskva missile cruiser, which sank on April 13. It shows a sailor who seems to be in the video -- but is still missing.
June 19, 2021
'Wrong Decision': Ukrainian Woman Regrets Time In Syria As She Returns Home

A Ukrainian woman and her seven children have been repatriated from Syria, where they were being held by regional authorities in a camp for people said to have links to the Islamic State extremist group. She has admitted being married to a member of the organization.

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Anzhelika Rudenko

Also by Anzhelika Rudenko

Crimean Restaurant Rebukes Russian Embassy In Poland

'Aware Of The Risks': A Crimean Tatar Woman Defies Russia's Occupation Authorities

Ukrainian Military Doctor Returns To Service After 'Brutal' Russian Captivity

Wife Of Missing Russian Soldier In Ukraine Struggles To Find Her Husband

Photograph Of A Missing Sailor Deepens Doubts About Russia's Narrative On The Sunken Warship Moskva

'Wrong Decision': Ukrainian Woman Regrets Time In Syria As She Returns Home