Alexey Andreevich Kovalev is a Russian journalist, translator, media manager and commentator. He is the head of investigative desk at Meduza, Russian news outlet, based in Riga, Latvia. Alexey has been working as a journalist in Russia for over twenty years, writing for local and national papers, magazines and websites: Stolichnaya Vechernyaya Gazeta, Time out Moscow, Snob.ru, Ria Novosti, Noodle Remover, The Moscow Times and Coda Story.
He has also contributed to the international media: The Guardian, The New York Times, Washington Post Foreign Policy, etc.
Kovelev was born in Moscow, where spent there most of his life, except for the three years he lived in London, UK, where he obtained his MA degree. In March 2022, after Moscow introduced the new media law, practically criminalising all independent reporting, Kovalev left the Russian Federation. On foot. He currently lives in Riga.