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Tanya Lukyanova
Tanya Lukyanova is a video journalist at The Free Press.
Iran’s Starlink Smugglers
Satellite internet terminals are getting images of repression out to the world.
Rafaela Siewert and Tanya Lukyanova
8M
WATCH: Inside Iran’s Violent Crackdown
The number of casualties over the weekend reached an unprecedented 12,000 people nationwide, according to leaked internal figures.
Tanya Lukyanova
3M
‘I Was Detained Simply for Being an American’
U.S. Marine and former Venezuelan prisoner Matthew Heath describes what Maduro’s regime did to him.
Tanya Lukyanova
The Trump-Voting Mom Helping Chicago’s Immigrants
We spent the day with Aleah Arundale as she fought to protect her new neighbors against the threat of ICE raids.
Frannie Block and Tanya Lukyanova
14M
Meet America’s Newest Citizens
At a naturalization ceremony in Tucson this month, new Americans told us what taking the oath feels like.
Tanya Lukyanova and Austyn Jeffs
5M
WATCH: Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan Gains Surprise Support from Local Militias
Could this mark the beginning of the end of Hamas rule?
Tanya Lukyanova
3M
WATCH: A Viral Whistleblower Told a Story About Gaza. It Fell Apart.
A former aid contractor shared a shocking tale. It leaped from a small livestream to MSNBC, Tucker Carlson, and Capitol Hill. Then, it turned out to be…
Tanya Lukyanova
8M
WATCH: Gazan Journalists Say Al Jazeera Works Hand in Glove with Hamas
Locals accuse the network’s Gaza bureau of helping Hamas hunt, torture, and silence reporters.
Tanya Lukyanova
8M
They Became Symbols for Gazan Starvation. But All 12 Suffer from Other Health Problems.
A Free Press investigation found that the viral photos lacked important context: The subjects have cystic fibrosis, rickets, or other serious ailments.
Olivia Reingold and Tanya Lukyanova
WATCH: Moscow Residents on War, Sanctions, and Drone Attacks
As the war rages on in Ukraine, and drone attacks disrupt daily life, I expected things to feel tense in Moscow. Instead, I found people insisting that…
Tanya Lukyanova
10M
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Druze Massacre in Southern Syria
‘They slaughtered us. A group came to ethnically cleanse us. They said, ‘We want to see a bloodbath.’
Tanya Lukyanova
10M
WATCH: Tehran Resident Speaks Out Amid Strikes on Iran Nuclear Sites
‘After 46 years of this regime’s hollow bluster, we’re seeing the first light of victory. I feel the same way the French felt on D-Day.’
Tanya Lukyanova
3M
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