Maria Pevchikh: The young investigator uncovering 'the hidden world of Vladimir Putin'
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Maria Pevchikh heads Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's investigations unit, which puts a spotlight on Kremlin corruption.
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Maria Pevchikh knew she would have to act fast to uncover the truth about who poisoned her boss, Russia's main opposition politician, Alexei Navalny.
The 33-year-old has built a career out of penetrating Kremlin disinformation to expose high-level corruption and criminality.
So on the morning of August 20 last year, she rolled the dice on a high-stakes gambit.
Ms Pevchikh was having breakfast in a Siberian hotel with other members of Navalny's inner circle when they received an alarming text message — he was unconscious after falling gravely ill on a flight to Moscow.