Shaun Walker

Shaun Walker was selected for the 2025 Shortlist with Journalist or Russian Spy? The Strange Case of Pablo González

Shaun Walker is an international correspondent for The Guardian. He reported from Moscow for more than a decade. He is now based between Warsaw and Kyiv and mostly covers Russia’s war in Ukraine. His book The Illegals on the century-long history of Russia’s most secret spy programme, will be published in 2025.

Photography by Graeme Robertson