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WSJ reporter Kantchev moves to Middle East beat

April 14, 2026

Posted by Chris Roush

Georgi Kantchev

Wall Street Journal reporter Georgi Kantchev is now covering the Middle East, focused on the intersection of geopolitics, economics and energy.

He has been in the Berlin bureau for the past five years.

Kantchev been in Moscow since May 2019. He previously was in the London bureau since December 2014 covering financial markets. Kantchev was a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award in 2016.

He previously worked as a freelance reporter for The Economist and The New York Times. His work has also appeared in Foreign PolicyVICE, National Post (Canada) and Deutsche Welle (Germany), among others.

Kantchev is a graduate of the University of Vienna and the University of Westminster.

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