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Vlad Lavrov

Vlad Lavrov is an investigative reporter for the English-language Kyiv Post in Kiev, Ukraine and has taken part in several international investigative projects, including the award-winning “Tobacco Underground: The Booming Global Trade in Smuggled Cigarettes,” organized by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Previously he worked as business and world editor for Korrespondent magazine in Kiev.

Libel Laws Pose Obstacles to Ukraine’s Investigative Journalists

‘If we decide to pursue the story, they [lawyers] guarantee a lawsuit will be filed in London, the libel capital of the world, where the burden of proof is on…