[5][2] Since 2009, Anin has been working with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.

[10] On 17 June 2024, a Moscow court issued an arrest warrant for Anin on a charge of spreading "false information" about the Russian armed forces in Ukraine.

[4][13][14] The 2013 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award for "his work in probing cases of crime and cronyism in Russia, the repercussions of which have led to further investigations by other countries and the European Union".

[5][13][16] 2018: Redkollegia award together with Russian journalist Olesya Shmagun for their article Сынки Отечества, Synki Otechestva, 'Sons of the Fatherland'.

[5][17][21] The 2021 European Press Prize Investigative Reporting Award[22] for the Kirill and Katya: Love, offshores, and administrative resources.