Between 1997 and 2001, Tregubova was a member of the Kremlin press pool, reporting for the independent Moscow dailies Kommersant, Izvestia, and Russky Telegraf.
The members of this "Kremlin Pool" are reporters who cover the work of Russian presidents (Boris Yeltsin and later Vladimir Putin) for television and major newspapers.
During this time she interviewed many top members of Kremlin's administration, including Putin, Alexander Voloshin and Anatoliy Chubais.
Alexey Gromov, a press secretary of Putin, often excluded her from official briefings, where all other correspondents were present.
Tregubova made the highlights in Germany in connection with the October 7, 2006 murder of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
[8] On April 23, 2007, Trebugova filed an application for political asylum to Britain's Home Office, claiming her life was in "mortal danger" in Russia.