Sergey Parkhomenko is a Russian journalist, blogger, publisher, and organizer of civic projects.
Leader of the “Redkollegia” project - the most prestigious professional award in Russia, established in 2016 to support free journalism in Russia. Today, Redkollegia has become the center of the largest professional community of Russian independent media journalists working both in Russia and in exile.
Since November 2017 - Senior Advisor at the Kennan Institute (USA), head of the Russian Newsroom Project program, aimed to support independent Russian journalists, and organize a system of professional contacts between the Russian journalistic community and their colleagues in Europe and the United States.
In April 2021 he was forced to leave Russia due to persecution by the state security services for political reasons. In April 2022 he was given the formal status of a “foreign agent” in Russia, which implies various types of discrimination and persecution by the state. At present time he lives in Germany and France.