Elmaz Asan

Contributing Analyst

Elmaz Asan was a NewsGuard Contributing Analyst based in Cambridge, England, and Kyiv, Ukraine. Currently a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge, where she focuses on debunking historical myths about Crimea, she has previously worked as a journalist for Ukrainian TV channel ATR. She has also published opinion pieces for Open Democracy and Al Jazeera. Asan’s research focuses on Crimea, particularly its illegal annexation by Russia in 2014 and the violations of human rights in occupied Crimea.