Tatyana Sedykh

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovna and the family name is Sedykh.
Tatyana Sedykh
Татьяна Седых
Sedykh in 2012
Born (1958-11-09) 9 November 1958
Moskalvo, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipRussia
OccupationJournalist
Years active1991–present
EmployerMoye Poberezhe
Known forInvestigative journalism in the Russian Far East

Tatyana Aleksandrovna Sedykh (Russian: Татьяна Александровна Седых; born 9 November 1958) is a Russian journalist. She founded the weekly newspaper Moye Poberezhe in 2004, and has since been awarded the Artyom Borovik Award and the Andrei Sakharov Prize for her investigative journalism in the Russian Far East.

Biography

Sedykh was born on 9 November 1958 in Moskalvo, a village in northwestern Sakhalin.[1] At the age of 12, she was involved in an accident that resulted in the amputation of her leg.[2] In 1991, Sedykh married and moved to Vanino, an urban locality in Khabarovsk Krai.[3][4] She began working for the regional newspaper Voskhod, but resigned in 2004 after disagreeing with local officials and not wishing to be censored after critical articles she wrote were not published.[3] In January 2004, Sedykh created her own newspaper, Moye Poberezhe.[5][6] The paper published news local to communities along the Strait of Tartary, including Vaninsky District and Sovetsko-Gavansky District; it also includes a supplement, Senke, reporting on indigenous affairs, including the Oroch community. Moye Poberezhe has also collaborated with the television programme Wait for Me to publicise missing persons cases in the Russian Far East.[7][8]

In 2007, Sedykh appealed to the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation requesting protection from harassment from local authorities after the political administration of Vaninsky District filed a lawsuit against her requesting that Moye Poberezhe vacate the premises it occupied, which had been provided by the administration in 2005.[9] A spokesperson for Vaninsky District described Sedykh as an "eternal oppositionist" and accused her of publishing only negative articles about Vanino and the wider district; it had previously described her being an "enemy of the district".[2][10] In 2006, 12 retail outlets in Vanino refused to sell Moye Poberezhe, reportedly on an unofficial order made by the local administration.[1][9]

Sedykh was the victim of an assassination attempt when her home in Vanino was burned down in 2004. While Sedykh was unharmed, her daughter was seriously injured, and much of Moye Poberezhe's office equipment was destroyed; the local administration refused to provide her with emergency accommodation.[1][11] Sedykh's car has also been destroyed, in addition to an attempted attack on her apartment on Russian Press Day; false copies of Moye Poberezhe have been published. Sedykh has faced numerous threats made online, and an attempt was made to hit her with a car.[1][12] None of the threats or attacks against Sedykh have led to any criminal charges being made.[13]

In 2009, Sedykh was named as that year's laureate of the Andrei Sakharov Prize for Journalism; she became a member of the prize's awarding committee the following year.[14][15]

In March 2011, Sedykh reported on a Russian ship that had arrived in the port of Vanino from Fukushima following the nuclear accident there, and that the ship contained within it high levels of radiation as a result.[16] In response to this, the port's captain, Nikolai Tatarinov, accused Sedykh of unauthorised entry into a restricted area as well as disclosing classified information and espionage.[17][18]

References

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  3. ^ a b Mikisha, Viktoriya (26 July 2018). "Татьяна 911". Takie Dela (in Russian). Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  4. ^ Sokolov-Mitrich, Dmitriy (15 November 2011). "Как стать реальной четвертой властью в маленьком дальневосточном городке". Vlagotvoritelnyy fond imeni Artyoma Borovika (in Russian). Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Как бездомная журналистка стала «врагом района»". Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  6. ^ Emelyanenkov, Aleksandr (29 October 2008). "Премию Артема Боровика получили журналисты, вдова подводника и всемирно известный дирижер". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  7. ^ "Частный информационно-просветительский еженедельник «Моё побережье»". Ofitsialnyy sayt Administratsii Vaninskogo mynitsialnogo rayona (in Russian). Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Шесть лет в еженедельнике «Моё побережье» выходит газета в газете - «Сэнкэ» - об орочах и других коренных малочисленных народах, проживающих в Ванинском и Советско-Гаванском районах Хабаровского края". Russian Union of Journalists (in Russian). 10 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
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  12. ^ "Хотя и запоздавший, но десант!". Zhurnalist (in Russian). Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  13. ^ "Татьяна Седых. Российским журналистам «Нас травят, потому что вы все молчите…»". Russian Union of Journalists (in Russian). 16 November 2010. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  14. ^ "Поступок Татьяны Седых". Debri-DV (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  15. ^ "Премия имени Андрея Сахарова 2011 г." Omsk Politicheskiyy (in Russian). 14 September 2011. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  16. ^ "На фоне гама". Debri-DV (in Russian). Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  17. ^ "Капитан порта "Ванино" обвинил журналистов в рассекречивании позиций судов". United Civil Front (in Russian). 15 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  18. ^ "Мониторинг ФЗГ - июнь 2011". Fond Zashchity Glasnosti (in Russian). 16 August 2011. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2025.


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