She helped launch the Yanukovych Leaks project, searched the Panama Papers for offshore structures of former President Petro Poroshenko—and in the Pandora Papers, she stumbled upon companies of the current Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected to oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi.
After the start of the Russian invasion, Anna Babinets prepared her newsroom of investigative journalists at Slidstvo.Infofor work in war conditions. People slept in the office, cats ran among the sleeping bags, and reporters went out into the field immediately after military attacks. Five of her journalists now serve in the army—some as analysts, others in combat units.
In the interview with Pavla Holcová, Anna speaks not only about war journalism but also about the verbal attacks she experienced after publishing sensitive cases. She explains why, at a time when war is raging around them, the newsroom continues to deal with the topic of corruption and why silence harms more than the truth.
