Zoya Svetova

Zoya Feliksovna Svetova (; born March 17, 1959) is a Russian journalist and human rights defender, producer, author of the documentary novel Innocent Found Guilty .

Biography In 1982 she graduated from the Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages.

In 2000–2002, she was an expert at the Soros Foundation on programmes related to the development of law, the judiciary and the topic of human rights in Russia.

In 2008–2016, she worked at the (PMC) of Moscow. In 2016, she was nominated to the Mordovian PMC, but was not included in its composition.

Work in the media

1991—1993 — magazine 1993—2001 – columnist for the newspaper

Political position In September 2014, she signed a statement from the December 12 Round Table demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. In November 2019, she signed a collective appeal in support of .

In September 2020, she signed a letter in support of protest actions in Belarus.