Polina Efimova is a Russian journalist. She has worked for Kommersant, Vedomosti, Radio Svoboda, Takie dela, Coda.ru. She is a laureate of the Redkollegia prize, and member of the Union of Journalists of Russia.
On 18 February, the first Russian citizen was convicted of working for a foreign “undesirable organisation” in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. As Polina Efimova reports, the city has a notorious track record of political prosecutions.