Maria Pevchikh
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Maria Pevchikh is a Russian investigative journalist and anti-corruption activist known for leading high-profile investigations into the wealth and corruption of Russian officials, particularly alongside opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
All labels observed (1)
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| Maria Pevchikh canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7105976 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Pevchikh Context triple: [Anti-Corruption Foundation, hasKeyPerson, Maria Pevchikh]
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A.
Larisa Antipova
Larisa Antipova is a central female character in Boris Pasternak's novel "Doctor Zhivago," known for her complex romantic relationships and symbolic role amid the turmoil of the Russian Revolution.
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B.
Elena Milashina
Elena Milashina is a prominent Russian investigative journalist known for her reporting on human rights abuses, particularly in Chechnya, for the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
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C.
Olga Lysova
Olga Lysova is a Russian woman best known as the first wife of billionaire businessman and former Chelsea F.C. owner Roman Abramovich.
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D.
Maria Spiridonova
Maria Spiridonova was a prominent Russian revolutionary and terrorist known for her role in the Socialist Revolutionary Party and her involvement in political assassinations during the late Tsarist era.
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E.
Lidia Alexeeva
Lidia Alexeeva was a legendary Soviet basketball coach renowned for leading the USSR women’s national team to multiple Olympic and World Championship titles and is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in women’s basketball history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Pevchikh Target entity description: Maria Pevchikh is a Russian investigative journalist and anti-corruption activist known for leading high-profile investigations into the wealth and corruption of Russian officials, particularly alongside opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
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A.
Larisa Antipova
Larisa Antipova is a central female character in Boris Pasternak's novel "Doctor Zhivago," known for her complex romantic relationships and symbolic role amid the turmoil of the Russian Revolution.
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B.
Elena Milashina
Elena Milashina is a prominent Russian investigative journalist known for her reporting on human rights abuses, particularly in Chechnya, for the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
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C.
Olga Lysova
Olga Lysova is a Russian woman best known as the first wife of billionaire businessman and former Chelsea F.C. owner Roman Abramovich.
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D.
Maria Spiridonova
Maria Spiridonova was a prominent Russian revolutionary and terrorist known for her role in the Socialist Revolutionary Party and her involvement in political assassinations during the late Tsarist era.
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E.
Lidia Alexeeva
Lidia Alexeeva was a legendary Soviet basketball coach renowned for leading the USSR women’s national team to multiple Olympic and World Championship titles and is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in women’s basketball history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian dissident
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anti-corruption activist ⓘ human ⓘ investigative journalist ⓘ |
| activity | producing documentary-style investigative videos ⓘ |
| affiliation | Anti-Corruption Foundation ⓘ |
| basedIn |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| citizenship | Russia ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Russia ⓘ |
| education | studied abroad (exact institutions not publicly confirmed) ⓘ |
| employer | Anti-Corruption Foundation ⓘ |
| familyName | Pevchikh ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Russian politics
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anti-corruption investigations ⓘ investigative journalism ⓘ |
| givenName | Maria ⓘ |
| hasColleague |
Alexei Navalny
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Leonid Volkov ⓘ |
| hasRole | head of investigations at the Anti-Corruption Foundation ⓘ |
| knownFor | leading investigations for the Anti-Corruption Foundation ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Russian ⓘ |
| movement | Russian opposition movement ⓘ |
| name | Maria Pevchikh ⓘ |
| notableEvent | participation in investigations released after Alexei Navalny’s poisoning ⓘ |
| notableFor |
investigations into corruption among Russian officials
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work with Alexei Navalny ⓘ |
| notableWork |
investigations into Russian state corporations
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video investigations into Vladimir Putin’s entourage ⓘ |
| occupation |
anti-corruption activist
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investigative journalist ⓘ political activist ⓘ |
| opposes |
Vladimir Putin’s political regime
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corruption in the Russian government ⓘ |
| platformUsed | YouTube ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | anti-Kremlin opposition ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| riskFactor | target of political persecution by Russian authorities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maria Pevchikh Description of subject: Maria Pevchikh is a Russian investigative journalist and anti-corruption activist known for leading high-profile investigations into the wealth and corruption of Russian officials, particularly alongside opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
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