Eva Hartog

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Eva Hartog
Born1988
NationalityDutch
OccupationJournalist
OrganizationThe Moscow Times

Eva Hartog is a Dutch journalist and contributor to De Groene Amsterdammer and Politico Europe.[1][2] She joined the English language Moscow-based newspaper, The Moscow Times, in 2013 at the age of 25 going on to serve as the publication's editor in chief between 2017 and 2019.[3][4]

Early life

Eva Hartog is the child of a Dutch father, who translates books from Russian into Dutch,[3] and a Russian mother. She grew up in Spain.[4] Hartog studied liberal arts and sciences at University College Utrecht and political philosophy at the University of Leiden.[3]

Career

In 2013 she moved to Moscow to work as an English language journalist for The Moscow Times, writing both for the expatriate community in the Russian capital and for internationally based readers.[4] In 2017 she was appointed editor in chief of the newspaper. At around the same time, the newspaper cancelled its regular print edition in order to concentrate on its online presence. The occasional print edition continued to appear on an irregular basis. She resigned her post as editor in chief in 2019.[3][4][5]

Alongside her work for The Moscow Times, Hartog has bylines in Politico Europe, De Groene Amsterdammer and Time.[5] She also appears on various media channels, including the Dutch television programme Buitenhof and De Wereld Draait Door as a "Russia clarifier".[6]

She was expelled from Russia in August 2023.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Auteur: Eva Hartog". De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Eva Hartog". Politico. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d van Wijk, Kaira (5 August 2017). "Rusland door de ogen van de nieuwe 29-jarige hoofdredacteur Eva Hartog Skorobogatova van The Moscow Times". Vogue Nederland (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Hearst Netherlands. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Nab, Linda (August 2018). "Eva Hartog Skorobogatova werd een jaar geleden hoofdredacteur van The Moscow Times, en heeft het haar missie gemaakt om nuance aan te brengen in het zwart-witte beeld dat van Rusland bestaat. 'Achter alles wat in Rusland gebeurt zit Poetin? Dat is een luie vorm van journalistiek.'" (PDF) (in Dutch). Villamedia Uitgeverij BV. pp. 62–63. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Eva Hartog Skorobogatova". New York city: Muck Rack. Retrieved 29 December 2021. As seen in: The Guardian, Time Magazine, Fast Company, The Moscow Times, Money, De Groene Amsterdammer
  6. ^ Eva Hartog (28 March 2017). "'A harsh but just ruler': what do Russians think about Putin?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 8 November 2020. One hundred years on from the revolution, six Russians give their views on Vladimir Putin and their country's place in the world today
  7. ^ "Russia expels POLITICO reporter". POLITICO. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.