newsmaker.md

Vladimir Soloviov was born in Odessa region, Ukraine. He grew up in the Transnistrian region. In 2002, he graduated from the State University of Moldova, majoring in Political Science, after which he started working in local media.

He joined Kommersant in 2005 and specialized in international affairs. During the presidency of Dmitri Medvedev, he worked as a journalist in the press group covering the President's activities. As a reporter, he reported on the Russian-Georgian war in 2008; the massacre in Osh, Kyrgyz Republic, in 2010; the events in the Kazakh city of Zhanaozen (oil workers protests) in 2011. 

From 2012 to 2014, he headed the online publication Kommersant-Moldova, and after its closure in August 2014 he founded the news portal Newsmaker.md. 

In April 2017, he publicly stated that he was being followed and believed this would be related to his professional activity. Several media organizations described the case as an act of persecution and a serious violation of the right of journalists to exercise their profession unhindered. 

As of January 2018, Vladimir Soloviov is no longer the editor-in-chief and director of NewsMaker.md, but remained the sole owner of News Maker LLC until 2022.

In 2020, Soloviov became editor-in-chief of the Russian channel TV Rain, a Russian opposition TV station in exile. He continues to write for Kommersant.

In April 2022, he was detained for 5 hours by representatives from Tiraspol. He was removed from the building where the Unified Control Commission (UCC) holds its working meetings and taken to the office of the Transnistrian "Security Service".

Olga Cenușă has a degree in economics. From 2011 to 2018 she worked at the Legal Assistance Center for Persons with Disabilities. From 2018 to 2023 she was a consultant for Internews Network in Moldova. Between 2016 and 2019 she was the financial director of the Public Association Oameni și Kilometri. From February 2017 to present she has been working with NewsMaker.md, initially as a financial consultant, then as CFO, then as Executive Director. In May 2022, she became co-owner of News Maker LLC.

Since 2016 she has been the administrator of the Association for the Promotion and Respect of Women with Disabilities PRO FEMEI.Stela Untilă

Stela Untilă has a degree in journalism and political science. From 2013 to 2015 she was foreign news editor at GMG Media Group and Publika TV.  In 2018 she continued the same activity at Vocea Basarabiei TV. From 2019 to the present she has been working at NewsMaker.md, the Romanian version of the website, initially as editor, then deputy editor-in-chief, and from July 1, 2024 - editor-in-chief. In 2020, the Independent Journalism Center named her journalist of the year in the editorial category. In 2023, Stela Untila, was awarded the grand prize of the European Journalist Fellowship program, and had the opportunity to follow a month-long internship at the Euractiv newsroom in Brussels.