Free Media Awards winners

Russian newspaper

Azerbaijani investigative journalist and radio host

Russian-language television channel

Russian journalist

Ukrainian online newspaper

Belarusian journalist

professional association of journalists in Belarus

Belarusian journalist

Ukrainian writer, journalist

Russian writer and journalist

Russia-focused media outlet

Belarusian journalist

Ukrainian journalist

Ukrainian politician and journalist

Tut.By was an independent news, media and service internet portal, one of the five most popular websites in Belarus, operating predominantly in Russian and partially in Belarusian languages, and the most popular news web portal in the country. After its owning company was closed down by the Minsk Economic Court in June 2022, its successor Zerkalo.io (meaning Mirror) remains online .

Russian-born Latvian journalist (1962-)

Russian journalist

Russian-language television channel

Belarusian informational website

Mediazona () is a Russian independent media outlet which focuses on the law enforcement, judiciary and the penitentiary system in Russia. It was launched by Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in 2014, after they served their sentence following the Pussy Riot trial. The outlet's editor-in-chief is Russian political journalist .

Ukrainian journalist

Azerbaijani journalist

newspaper in Azerbaijan

The Belarusian Private News Agency or shortly BelaPAN () is a non-governmental independent Belarusian news agency, one of the main in the country. BelaPAN provides news on politics, economy, and sports from Belarus in Russian, Belarusian and English. The staff includes a wide net of reporters and correspondents.

Newspaper in Belarus

online news site

Belarusian journalist and dissident

Russian journalist and human rights defender

Proekt () is an independent Russian media outlet specialising in investigative journalism. In 2021, Proekt was relaunched as Agentstvo (), but restored its original name in 2022, while Agentstvo became a news website.

Russian magazine

Russian journalist

Veidas (literally: face) was a weekly news magazine published in Lithuania from 1992 to 2017. It focused on the world news, politics and business.

Azerbaijani journalist

Russian journalist (1958–2013)

journal in Ukraine

Azerbaijani politician and journalist

Armenian journalist

Journalist and human rights activist

prominent Chechen journalist

periodical literature

illustrated weekly magazine (Український тиждень)

Belarusian online newspaper

Berlin-based Azerbaijani non-profit media organization

Romanian journalist, essayist

newspaper

Expres (, also transliterated Ekspres or Express) is a Ukrainian language Lviv-based, daily broadsheet newspaper founded in 1992. It claims to be the biggest newspaper in Ukraine in Ukrainian in terms of circulation. Its popularity is based in Western Ukraine.

Russian-American journalist, researcher

Armenian non-profit organization

newspaper

Belarusian independent opposition newspaper

Azerbaijani journalist, and editor accused of spying for Armenia

Belarusian newspaper

Fontanka.ru is a Russian Saint Petersburg-based online newspaper founded in 1999 by four journalists. In 2019, controlling stake of the newspaper's publisher Azhur-Media was bought by media manager Victor Shkulev, making him the owner of Fontanka.ru. The newspaper is considered to be one of the most cited publications in Russia and largest news outlet in Saint Petersburg.