Professional Affiliation

Founder and Editor in Chief, iStories Media

Expert Bio

Roman Anin is the founder and editor in chief of the independent investigative media " Vazhnye Storii " or iStories Media. He is also a special reporter on cross-border investigations with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).

Roman Anin started his career in 2006 when he became a reporter of the Moscow paper Novaya Gazeta. Until 2008 Anin worked in the sports section, specializing in sports investigations (fixed matches, corruption, etc.). In August 2008 he was sent to cover the war in South Ossetia, and once back from the war he was offered to move to the investigative section of the paper.

Specializing in government and military corruption, Anin has produced a series of reports into the assassination of business leaders by a criminal organization, led by the son of General Vladimir Shamanov, head of Russia’s Airborne Forces. He has also written about corruption among politicians and businessmen involved in construction contracts for the Sochi Olympic Games.

His work also led to investigative reports in the Financial Times, the BBC and Sveriges Television (SVT), Sweden’s public broadcaster. SVT collaborated with Anin on a story that revealed corruption in a deal between Swedish telecom TeliaSonera and the daughter of Uzbek President Islam Karimov. The report led to the resignation of the telecom’s CEO.

In 2013, Anin won the Knight International Journalism Award. The year before, he won the Artem Borovik award, the Youlian Semenov award, and the Andrey Sakharov award.