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Dimitri Beliakov, Russian photojournalist, has covered war and terrorism at the highest level, working for The Sunday Times of London, Der Spiegel in Germany, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and numerous other outlets. His photographs have won awards and been exhibited internationally. He has prided himself on covering both sides in the many conflicts he has witnessed — including that which began in the Donbas region of Ukraine in 2014. Danger has been a constant in his line of work and practicing neutrality as a journalist has been complicated. Independent journalism in Russia has been quashed. At the same time, Ukraine has so far refused to grant him a visa to enter the country to cover the present war, presumably because he is Russian.

Now Beliakov is working to establish a life in Vermont with the help of the Andrei Sakharov Foundation, which runs a program helping those opposing the Ukraine war to emigrate. Beliakov has now gained an appointment as a research fellow at the Peace and War Center of Norwich University.

"I am not a victim of political repression.....Some of my colleagues and friends ended up in the grave, some are in prison for doing the same job I did. I was luckier than some of them: I am alive." (from VT Digger, Nov 7, 2022)
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