About me

Milàn Czerny is an investigative journalist for Shomrim, Israel's only independent non-profit investigative news organization. His investigations, often data-driven and OSINT-based, at the intersection of the war in Ukraine and in Gaza have appeared in Associated Press, The ForwardYediot Ahronot, Israel's most circulated newspaper, and other Israeli media outlets. 
His work was also published in Haaretz, OCCRP, Le Monde, Moscow Times, The Insider, Meduza, and others. He has taken part in cross-border investigations with numerous media outlets, including Süddeutsche Zeitung, RFE/RL,  and Mediapart.

He also worked as Israel's special correspondent for the Russian language independent media The Insider, publishing dozens of long-read, news stories, and video reporting.

 He speaks and writes fluently in French, Russian, Hebrew, and English.

He has contributed chapters in "Deciphering Russian Enigma," published peer-review articles in NATO Journal of Strategic Communications, as well as analysis and commentaries for Carnegie Center, Riddle Russia, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, and other think tanks. 

He holds a Master of Philosophy in Russian Studies from Oxford University, and a Bachelor of Science from King's College London, War Studies Department.

He is on Twitter @milanczerny and can be reached by email at milan@shomrim.news