Began her career at Expert TV and later worked for Kommersant FM and Moscow 24. As a correspondent and radio host at Echo of Moscow, she covered Russian and international politics.
She holds a law degree from the Higher School of Economics.
After receiving threats in 2015, she relocated to the U.S., where she continued reporting on Russian authoritarianism. She has contributed to The American Interest and The National Review, analyzing the Kremlin’s influence operations and state repression of independent media.