Tanya Lokshina (Russian: Таня Локшина; born 17 June 1973) is a human rights researcher, journalist, and writer from Russia.

[6] Lokshina's articles, dedicated to Human Rights, were published in many newspapers like the Guardian, Le Monde, the Moscow Times, Novaya Gazeta, the Washington Post.

Later she researched situation of political persecutions of individuals in Russia, also violations of human rights in Eastern Ukraine during war conflict.

[8][9] When Edward Snowden was landed in Russia, he sent the email to Tanya Lokshina on July 11, 2013, to ask regarding her presence on his closed door meeting with lawyers and representatives of humanitarian organizations.

Then Lokshina and other eight invited guests: human rights defenders, Russian ombudsman Vladimir Lukin, a member of parliament, — were driven from the guest hall with a bus towards another airport entrance, where was Snowden with WikiLeaks journalist Sarah Harrison, then Snowden publicly announced his testimonies about his job in a service in the US to read communications without a warrant, about his decision to leave the US, disclose the secrets, and others.

[13] Her researches about human rights were published in many newspapers and media around world as The Guardian (UK), CNN, The New York Times, Washington Post (US), Novaya Gazeta (Russia), Le Monde (France).