Biography
Kira Yarmysh is a Russian public figure, writer and former press secretary to opposition leader Alexei Navalny. She appeared as herself in the 2022 documentary Navalny.
Born on 11 October 1989 in Rostov-on-Don, she studied international journalism at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. After graduating she worked in the press offices of the Pushkin Museum and Utair airline before joining Navalny’s team in 2014.
Yarmysh is the author of the 2020 novel Incredible Incidents in Women's Cell No. 3, which draws on her own experiences of detention.
