Mikhail Tereshchenko

Photojournalist

Biography

Mikhail Tereshchenko is a Russian photojournalist who focuses on social and political issues. He has been a staff photographer for TASS photo agency since 2017.

Tereshchenko received higher theology and philosophy education at the Russian Orthodox University of Saint John the Theologian before graduating as a photojournalist at Moscow National University.

Since 2015, he has been documenting the conflict in Eastern Ukraine before covering the Russia-Ukraine war. He covers major news stories in Russia and abroad.

Photos : Protests in Georgia

Citizens took to the streets across Georgia in November 2024 when prime minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced a four-year suspension of talks on joining the EU. This followed the European Parliament’s rejection of Georgia’s recent elections, amidst claims of vote rigging. In the capital, Tbilisi, as thousands demonstrated, clashes erupted between police and protesters outside the parliament building.

Protests continued, despite a severe government crackdown on dissent in late December, when a law was passed criminalizing even symbolic acts of protest, such as the public posting of stickers.