Irina Petrushova
Irina Petrushova | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 near Nizhny Novgorod |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Organization | Respublika |
| Awards | CPJ International Press Freedom Award (2002) |
Irina Petrushova (Russian: Ирина Петрушова; born 1965) is a Russian journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of the weekly Respublika in Kazakhstan. After a series of stories exposing government corruption in Kazakhstan, her life was threatened and her paper firebombed. In 2002, she was awarded a CPJ International Press Freedom Award.