Andrei Soldatov is a Russian investigative journalist in exile, co-founder and editor of Agentura.ru, a watchdog of the Russian secret services’ activities. He has been covering security services and terrorism issues since 1999. He is co-author, with Irina Borogan, of The New Nobility (Public Affairs, 2010), The Red Web (Public Affairs, 2015), and The Compatriots (Public Affairs, 2019). Now Soldatov lives in London: he has been on Russia’s wanted list since 2022.