The Kyiv Independent was founded in November 2021 by a group of journalists who were fired from their newspaper by a local oligarch for defending editorial independence. When Russia invaded Ukraine in...
Toma Istomina
Toma Istomina is the deputy editor-in-chief of The Kyiv Independent. She previously worked for the Kyiv Post from 2017-2021, first as a staff writer, later taking editorial roles. For co-founding the Kyiv Independent, Toma was selected as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in 2022. She holds a master’s in international broadcasting from Taras Shevchenko University.
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