Lovie Awards
RFE/RL journalists have been honored in the 2015 fifth annual Lovie awards. A video documentary from RFE/RL’s Russian Service about refugees on both sides of the fighting in eastern Ukraine took the bronze in the Internet Video: Documentary category.
Award: Bronze, Internet Video: Documentary Category
Given by: Lovie Awards
Network: RFE/RL
Award Winning Work: Displaced Ukrainians
Description: A video documentary from RFE/RL’s Russian Service about refugees on both sides of the fighting in eastern Ukraine took the bronze in the Internet Video: Documentary category at the the 2015 Lovie Awards. In “Displaced Ukrainians Seek Safety On Both Sides Of The Border,” director Mumin Shakirov visited a camp for refugees in Russia and a center for internally displaced people in Ukraine to talk to them about their choices, their hopes, and what they left behind.