Elia Kabanov

Elia Kabanov

Elia Kabanov is a London-based science writer and data journalist. Elia Kabanov has lectured about science and technology in India, Bangladesh, Germany, Belarus, Uzbekistan, and 30 regions of Russia.

More about me: kabanov.org. My portfolio: elia.kabanov.org.

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My achievements:

— Information is Beautiful Awards Silver (2025)
— ICFJ A Journey of Shared Discovery Fellow (2019)
— Erice International School of Science Journalism Fellow (2017)
— DW’s The Best of Blogs Winner as a Best Russian Blog (2010)

My publications.

In the media:

The quiet game: How scientists in Siberia tried to conceal pollution research – Meduza, 10.04.2021
La pollution en Sibérie, un sujet trop sensible, à en croire les scientifiques russes – Le Monde, 30.03.2021
Russian Activists Use Bitcoin, and the Kremlin Doesn’t Like It – CoinDesk, 15.07.2020
The science of social distancing – BBC, 26.03.2020
Move to Russia, not Mars – Axios Future, 14.06.2019
Russia Is Trying to Copy China’s Approach to Internet Censorship – Slate, 04.04.2017
Media internet rusa está bajo las garras de Putin – Eldiario.es, 27.10.2014
Putin’s new blogger law explained – Animal, 07.05.2014
What next for social networking site VKontakte? – The Calvert Journal, 26.04.2013
Russian graffiti tour – Animal, 23.08.2012
New Times Are Reason for Debate in Russia – The New York Times, 06.12.2009

My public speaking experience.

Full list of my appearances (in Russian)

My interview with Esther Dyson:

Interview with Markus Frey:

Panel discussion on innovation in action: