Experience

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  Supreme court of russian federation

  Sept 2014 - Sept 2016

  Legal trainee

  • drafted legal overviews and statements for the Ministry of Internal Affairs in preparation for the hearings on cases challenging the policies issued by the Ministry; • enhanced time management skills while preparing legal overviews for cases on various areas of law (i.e. tax law, social security law, traffic laws etc.) under tight deadlines.

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  “matveeva and partners” law firm

  Aug 2015 - Sept 2015

  Legal trainee

  • consulted clients and drafted claims on civil and family law disputes;• strengthened legal research and writing skills when drafting claims, child custody agreements and testaments.

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  Human rights centre memorial

  Jun 2017 - Oct 2017

  Lawyer assistant

  • assisted with drafting the applications to the European Court of Human Rights;• efficiently structured and streamlined data on 100+ cases using Excel and Airtable;• provided assistance and conducted interviews with at least 60 plaintiffs.

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  Transparency international russia

  Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Legal trainee

  • carried out an investigation on potential conflict of interests of the Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology (investigation published) • monitored Russia's obligations within Anti-Corruption Summit - London 2016 (results were included into the global investigation of Transparency International UK);• responded to complaints about corruption and drafted official appeals to the state authorities based on them• worked on identification of ultimate beneficiaries of construction companies in the Moscow region in offshore jurisdictions. Show less

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  Front line defenders

  Sept 2018 - Jul 2019

  Research fellow

  • interviewed, communicated with and urgently provided assistance to more than 30 human rights defenders at risk;• drafted, managed the release and coordinated distribution of the key advocacy documents, statements and letters to the governmental agencies and law enforcement;• drafted three UN UPR submissions on behalf of the organization under tight deadline;• researched and reported on human rights tendencies in Europe and Central Asia.

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  Human rights watch

  Oct 2019 - now

  • Assistant Researcher

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Russia Office Coordinator

    Oct 2019 - Oct 2021