Journalist and human rights activist Zoya Svetova: biography, activity, photo

Zoya Feliksovna Svetova is a journalist, publicist and human rights activist. Her articles are always objective and honest. An exceptionally clean and straightforward person, Zoya Feliksovna reveals meanness and cowardice where corruption and fraud flourish. She takes to heart the fate of people who were treated unfairly.

Childhood

Zoya Svetova (photo above) was born on March 17, 1959 in Moscow, in the family of writers Zoe Krakhmalnikova and Felix Svetov. Zoya's parents, known to all people, except for writing, led an active social activity. Mom Zoya Aleksandrovna - Candidate of Philology, was published in Soviet publications. In the seventies, she came to faith, converted to Orthodoxy, collected the sermons of priests who sat for their convictions, printed spiritual texts and pre-revolutionary books of sermons.

Her books were published in the West. Soviet power was against the church in every way. Zoya Alexandrov was accused of anti-Soviet agitation and sentenced to a year in prison and five years of exile. She is one of the few who did not agree to plead guilty and refused to accept liberation from the new government. A sincere and integral person, she showed her own life that being a Christian means living by faith.

Felix G. - father of Zoya Svetova - graduate of the philological faculty of Moscow State University. His career began as a critic. The author of books, published in many Soviet publications. Adopted in 1991, Orthodoxy. Books on theological and political topics were published in the West. In 1985, after the publication of the book Biography Experience, Father Zoe was arrested and sentenced to five years of exile for anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda.

Zoya Svetova says she was always proud of her parents. From her words, parents were constantly busy, so a nanny appeared in their house, then Zoya was given to a kindergarten with a five-day holiday. Strangely enough, but she really liked it. Maybe, it was in the kindergarten that she learned to plan her time, be organized and have a lot of time. I learned to find a common language with people and make friends.

Students

Svetova Zoya Feliksovna said that as a child she read a lot, attended a drama school in school and spent all her free time there. She could see the rest of the life on stage. The attempt to enter the theater institute was unsuccessful, and she entered the English, into the French department. In 1982 she graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages. Maurice Thorez.

When I was still at the institute, my friend Victor Dzyadko came to visit her father. Zoya liked the young cybernetics right away. They called back, then began to meet and after a while he asked Zoe's parents for her hands. Young married in a Moscow church and played a wedding.

A family

In the family Zoe and Victor have four children. While they were small, Zoya continued to translate, her husband Victor had to retrain to a layout worker, since it was an opportunity to work at home and look after them. Zoya Svetova says that the children learned to read early, with lessons learned independently.

The father has become for them in many ways an example, good relations between parents do not pass the attention of children. My father respected the children, they listened to his opinion. Zoya Feliksovna says that let them and their husbands do not have a career the way they dreamed, but the most important wealth in the family is beautiful and friendly children.

They all graduated from the Humanities University. The brothers Dziadko - Phillip, Timothy and Tikhon - are known to many as the hosts of the weekly program "Dzyadko-3". The eldest son Phillip is editor of The New Times, Timothy is RBC's correspondent, Tikhon is the host of the television channel Dozhd. Younger daughter Anna is a student.

Career

When the children grew up a bit, Zoya Svetova began to work at school as a teacher of French. According to Zoe Felixovna, she liked to teach at school, but at some point she realized that it was not hers. I went to work as an interpreter on the French radio. Subsequently, she became a journalist, and this profession captured her.

From 1999 to 2001 she worked as an assistant to the correspondent of the newspaper "Liberation", one of the largest French newspapers, which highlights acute public problems on its pages. Publications are based on facts, documented, which provides a reputation for the newspaper.

From 2001 to 2003, Zoya Feliksovna was a reporter for the newspaper Novye Izvestia.

From 2003 to 2004, Zoya Svetova worked as a special correspondent for the policy department in the newspaper Russkiy Kuryer. Then (from 2004 to 2005) the editor of the policy department in the same edition.

From 2009 to 2014, she is a columnist for the social and political magazine The New Times.

Journalistic Activity

To publish Svetova Zoya began in 1991 in the journal "Family and School", with whom she collaborated until 1993. From 1993 to 2001 - a columnist for the newspaper "Russian thought". She published articles in Kommersant, Russian Telegraph, Moscow News, Novaya Gazeta, and General Gazeta. Printed in the magazines "Ogonek", "Weekly Journal", "Itogi". In the French editions - France Soir, Le quotidien, Depeche du midi, Ouest-France.

Currently, Zoya Feliksovna cooperates with many publications. Frequent guest on the radio "Echo of Moscow", "Radio Liberty". As a human rights activist and journalist, a person not indifferent to the destinies of other people, conducts an active human rights activity and places articles on known online resources.

Social activity

Zoya Svetova is an expert on projects related to the judicial system and human rights in the Soros Foundation, a charitable organization in the field of education, healthcare, and civil initiatives. In Russia, this organization supported the project of the Mother's Right Foundation - the rights of parents whose children were killed in the army were protected; Projects related to education were financed.

From 2002 to 2004 - a representative of the international organization "Reporters without Borders" in Moscow. The activity is to support journalists who are imprisoned because of their professional activities.

Zoya Svetova is a journalist who chose the most dangerous sphere of her activity - the court. A place where fraud and corruption flourish. Running through the courts, riding in prisons and pre-trial detention centers and, as a rule, a challenge to people, clothed in power and not burdened by conscience. Only a courageous and decent person is able to denounce injustice and meanness. She is currently a member of the PSC, a commission that monitors human rights in prisons.

Awards

2003 - the winner of the award "Arbitrariness in the law" in the category "Violation of the rights of the individual".

2003 - Laureate of the "Human Rights and Civil Society Strengthening in Russia" award of the Journalists' Union and Amnesty International.

2009 - winner of the Gerd Buterius Award "Free Press of Eastern Europe".

2003 and 2004 - the Sakharov Prize "For journalism as an act".

"Recognize the innocent as guilty"

In 2011, Zoya Svetova's documentary novel "Recognize the innocent as guilty" was published. The stories, facts and arguments in the book are convincing and make you think. A fascinating and terrific book, with quite recognizable prototypes in real life.

The heroes of the novel are a Chechen girl and a Moscow scientist, who were victims of an unfair trial. How and why did this happen? Whose interests are covered by people in judicial robes? The author - Zoya Svetova is trying to open the veil and understand this.

The biography of this wonderful woman and a wonderful journalist makes a strong, lasting impression. ZF Svetova is a person in whom compassion lives, a fighter for justice, which consciously reveals the most dangerous and acute problems of social life.