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In 2020, journalist Maria Epifanova's device was infected with Pegasus spyware, which is designed to be covertly and remotely installed on mobile phones running iOS and Android. Governments around the world have used it to target journalists, human rights activists, and others as part of their concerted surveillance efforts.

Epifanova, who is now based in Latvia and has had a long career as a journalist with the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, speaks at length about her experience with exiled Russian journalist Elizaveta Kirpanova.


Kirpanova, who makes her debut as a host on this episode of the Foreign Press Podcast, is an accomplished journalist from Russia, with a specialization in healthcare, immigration, and human rights violations who began her career with Novaya Gazeta. After the newspaper was forced to halt operations in light of the war in Ukraine, Kirpanova fled the country and later obtained asylum in the United States. In 2024, Elizaveta received a Press Freedom Grant from AFPC-USA.

AFPC-USA is solely responsible for the content of this episode.

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