Hanna Liubakova
Broadcast Journalist & Researcher
Hanna Liubakova started her career at the only independent Belarusian TV channel Belsat where she worked as a correspondent from London, Prague, Vilnius, Warsaw and the EU Parliament in Brussels, among others. She later moved on to work as an investigative journalist, focusing on financial and money laundering issues. Highlights of her work include exposing state-level corruption in infrastructure in Belarus and reporting on money laundering in the London real estate market, with a focus on post-Soviet countries. Hanna was a recipient of Vaclav Havel Journalism Fellowship at Radio Free Europe in Czech Republic, as well as World Press Institute Fellowship in the United States. In 2020, Hanna has been forced to flee Belarus due to concerns over Alexander Lukashenko's dictatorship. She currently works as a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council.