Kremlin pool

Russian journalists interviewing Vladimir Putin and Tarja Halonen, May 2002

The Kremlin pool (Russian: Кремлёвский пул), also President's pool (Russian: Президентский пул) is a group of Russian journalists accredited to regularly cover the activities of the President of Russia and the top Russian government.

Yelena Tregubova in her book The tales of a Kremlin digger spoke about the behind-the-scenes activities of the Kremlin pool of Boris Yeltsin and the early years of Vladimir Putin,^[1] attracting an angry reaction from the Kremlin.^[2]

Notable journalists

• Andrey Kolesnikov (since 2001)
• Boris Grishchenko (late 1970s - 2004)
• Yelena Tregubova (1997-2001)
• Margarita Simonyan (2002-2005)
• Natalya Melikova (since 2002)
• Dmitry Glukhovsky (mid 2000s)

See also

• White House press corps

References

1. Yelena Tregubova, The tales of a Kremlin digger (Russian edition), ISBN 5-93321-073-0
2. ""RUSSIA: Book prompts angry reaction from Kremlin"". Archived from the original on 2006-09-18. Retrieved 2008-04-29.