Robyn Dixon

Moscow

Moscow bureau chief and foreign correspondent Education: Presbyterian Ladies' College, Burwood, Australia Robyn Dixon is a foreign correspondent on her third stint in Russia, after almost a decade reporting there beginning in the early 1990s. In November 2019 she joined The Washington Post as Moscow bureau chief. She began working in journalism as a copy girl in her hometown afternoon newspaper, the Herald in Melbourne, Australia, in 1978. In 1993 she became Moscow bureau chief for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, covering the former Soviet Union and the war in Chechnya. In 1999 she joined the Los Angeles Times as Moscow correspondent and covered conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. She became Johannesburg bureau chief for the Times in 2003 and spent 15 years covering sub-Saharan Africa before being deployed as the Times’s Beijing bureau chief in 2018. Honors & Awards:

2016: Winner of the Overseas Press Club Madeline Dane Ross Award for international reporting on the human condition
2016: Reporting fellow, International Women’s Media Foundation
2016: Anchored the Los Angeles Times story, "Diary of Terror," that was awarded an Associated Press Media Editors award in the Sally Jacobsen International Perspective category, as well as a citation for storytelling from the APME
2009: Winner of the Daniel Pearl Award for courage and integrity in reporting
2009: Awarded the Batten Medal by the American Society of Newspaper Editors, recognizing “compassion, courage, humanity and a deep concern for the underdog"
2008: Citation by the Overseas Press Club in relation to the Joe and Laurie Dine award for international reporting dealing with human rights
2008: Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy award for international reporting on human rights, social justice or the power of individual action
2007: Winner of the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi award for international reporting.

Languages spoken in addition to English: Russian, French

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Europe

Inside Russia’s mass arrests: Claims of beatings, threats and ‘war’ against rights monitors

More than 11,000 people were arrested during protests for jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Their stories are starting to emerge.

Feb 27, 2021

World

Russia says U.S. gave only a few minutes’ warning before strike in Syria

The notice came too late to deconflict the situation, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Feb 26, 2021

Europe

In a Russian court, Alexei Navalny loses again but still has the last word

The opposition leader has used his trials to ram home his message that the Russian justice system is a sham.

Feb 20, 2021

World

Navalny dismisses libel case against him as ‘nonsense’ in third day of Russian trial

It is the latest case against Navalny after his return to Russia after recovering from his poisoning.

Feb 16, 2021

Europe

How Russian biotech trampled protocols — and challenged the West — in race for Sputnik V vaccine

But Putin’s goal of turning Russia into a scientific powerhouse could still be elusive.

Feb 8, 2021

Europe

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is back in court, facing a criminal libel case he says is political

The jailed Russian opposition leader is accused by prosecutors of libeling a 94-year-old war veteran.

Feb 5, 2021

Europe

Russian opposition leader Navalny ordered jailed, calls on supporters to keep pressure on Putin

Authorities braced for more protests as the Kremlin dismissed Western calls to release the anti-corruption activist.

Feb 2, 2021

Europe

Russian prosecutor seeks jail time for Kremlin critic Navalny

Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s main political rival, could face a lengthy jail term when he goes to court Tuesday.

Feb 1, 2021

Europe

Russia cracks down on Navalny protests, locking down city centers and arresting thousands

Turnout in most cities was lower than last week’s, but arrests nationwide were up.

Jan 31, 2021

Europe

What to know about Navalny’s protest movement in Russia — and why it unnerves Putin

Since 2012, Vladimir Putin’s regime keeps getting tougher in trying to crush the president’s opponents. The protesters keep on coming back.

Jan 29, 2021

About Robyn Dixon

Robyn Dixon is a foreign correspondent on her third stint in Russia, after almost a decade reporting there beginning in the early 1990s. In November 2019 she joined The Washington Post as Moscow bureau chief. She began working in journalism as a copy girl in her hometown afternoon newspaper, the Herald in Melbourne, Australia, in 1978. In 1993 she became Moscow bureau chief for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, covering the former Soviet Union and the war in Chechnya. In 1999 she joined the Los Angeles Times as Moscow correspondent and covered conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. She became Johannesburg bureau chief for the Times in 2003 and spent 15 years covering sub-Saharan Africa before being deployed as the Times’s Beijing bureau chief in 2018.