{
  "id": 585987,
  "title": "Photographer with Kremlin media ties disqualified from German photography prize after backlash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/photographer-with-kremlin-media-ties-disqualified-from-german",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T17:03:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Independent",
    "slug": "kyiv-independent",
    "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/photographer-with-kremlin-media-ties-disqualified-from-german-photography-prize-after-backlash/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The committee has not yet made a public statement about his disqualification from the prize, but according to Valery Melnikov's Instagram post, representatives of the award referred to him as a \"Kremlin-media-linked photographer,\" which is a term used to refer to him in the title of the Kyiv Independent's article about his work.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}