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Un continent derrière Poutine ? (DOCUMENTS (H.C))
Impossible, en évoquant la Russie, d'échapper à la tourmente du " pour " ou " contre " Poutine. Je le dis franchement : loin de moi ici l'idée de répondre définitivement à la question " Qu'y a-t-il dans la tête de Poutine ? ", ni d'affirmer que Poutine représente un " bien " ou un " mal " pour son pays – en aucun cas je ne me pose en juge –, mais j'ai plutôt le désir d'écouter l'essentiel, c'est-à-dire ce que les Russes ont à en dire, et de montrer comment, bon an mal an, cet homme a accompagné leur vie ces dix-sept dernières années. En partant de l'extrême-est pour remonter jusqu'à la partie européenne de la Russie – ce qu'avait choisi de faire, au moment de son retour, Alexandre Soljenitsyne, lauréat du Nobel de littérature –, nous allons montrer quels sont les ressorts, les sentiments qui influencent le choix du peuple ; pourquoi voter Poutine n'est pas forcément, dans la tête des Russes, choisir un " dictateur ". Saisir la " petite réalité " dans la " grande " et interroger la société sur son quotidien, ses espoirs, ses angoisses, sa place dans le concert des nations. Sans parti pris ni vision stéréotypée, faire oeuvre de curiosité attentive et bienveillante en exposant le bouillonnement d'une société complexe et si attachante. A. N. Un continent derrière Poutine ? est également un documentaire d'Anne Nivat, Fabrice Pierrot et Tony Casabianca diffusé sur France 5. Anne Nivat est grand reporter indépendante et écrivain. Spécialiste reconnue de la Russie où elle a vécu pendant dix ans (jusqu'en 2005), elle est l'auteur, entre autres, de Chienne de guerre (2000), prix Albert-Londres ; Lendemains de guerre en Afghanistan et en Irak (2004) ; Islamistes. Comment ils nous voient (2006) ; Par les monts et les plaines d'Asie centrale (2006) ; Bagdad zone rouge, et La République juive de Staline (2013), tous parus aux éditions Fayard.Tout comme son dernier livre, Dans quelle France on vit, grand succès de librairie, publié l'année dernière.
159 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 15, 2018
About the author
Anne Nivat
30 books14 followersAnne Nivat is an award-winning French journalist and war correspondent who has covered conflicts in Chechnya, Iraq, and Afghanistan. She is known for interviews and character portraits in print of civilians, especially women, and their experiences of war.
Nivat completed her doctorate in political science after education at Paris Institute of Political Studies, or Sciences Po, in Paris.
Anne Nivat became an expert on Russia politics. Her first book was about Russian media during the period of glasnost in the former Soviet Union, the dissolution of country, and the aftermath until 1995 (Anne Nivat, Quand les médias russes ont pris la parole : de la glasnost à la liberté d'expression: 1985-1995, published in 1997). After a stay at Harvard University in the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies (1997-1998), she went to Russia and reported from Chechnya in 1999.
She said she was influenced by Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuściński, whom she later met before his death, and the well-known Italian journalist Curzio Malaparte, who covered the Eastern front during World War II and wrote his accounts in the books 'Kaputt' (1944) and 'The Skin' (1949).
She speaks several languages besides her native French and learned Russian and English, as well
as a working knowledge of Arabic.
Nivat began her reporting career at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Transitions magazine in Prague, where she worked for three years between 1995 and 1997, including a stint under Michael Kaufman, a New York Times foreign correspondent and editor, while he was on leave.
As a journalist, Anne Nivat is most known for her reporting from Chechnya in 1999-2000 where she worked for Ouest France and as a special correspondent for Libération. Nivat traveled to Moscow in September 1999, and when the Russians invaded Chechnya, she applied as a journalist for access but was denied. She gained access to the war zone by traveling there disguised as a Chechen woman and reported independently from Russian control. Nivat was in Chechnya for 4 months while she intermingled and blended with the local population and reported on the conflict during a ban on journalists until she was picked up by the Russian Federal Security Service and expelled. She says she believes her success in Chechnya was based on several factors:
The fact that I am a woman helped me a great deal covering this war. No one pays attention to a woman. Whereas if you are a man, you might be arrested at any time. Also, Dan (Williams, Moscow correspondent for the Washington Post,) doesn't speak Russian. The three elements which played in my favor were the fact that I speak Russian, the fact that I am a woman, and the fact that I am a part of the written press — I didn't need microphones. And the fourth element is luck.
Chechnya is where she began her career as a war correspondent, and she said it was also her worst war experience as she survived Russian military bombardment.
Since 2004, she has worked for Le Point, a weekly French news magazine, and has also written for Le Soir and Le Nouvel Observateur, as well as the French Huffington Post. Her English-language journalism has appeared in the USA Today, US News & World Report, Washington Post, New York Times, and Nieman Reports. For the New York Times, she wrote a piece called "Life in the 'red zone'", which is about her experiences as a war correspondent in Iraq and is included in her French-language book about Iraq. She has also written about Afghanistan by comparing the Canadian soldiers who invited her to their camp and the civilians with whom they dealt.
In 2012, her Russian visa was annulled and she was expelled once again shortly after an interview with the Russian opposition and before the presidential election. Days later, the immigration officer was fired and the Russian ambassador apologized and invited Nivat back to Russia. Her account was published by the New York Times.
Nivat completed her doctorate in political science after education at Paris Institute of Political Studies, or Sciences Po, in Paris.
Anne Nivat became an expert on Russia politics. Her first book was about Russian media during the period of glasnost in the former Soviet Union, the dissolution of country, and the aftermath until 1995 (Anne Nivat, Quand les médias russes ont pris la parole : de la glasnost à la liberté d'expression: 1985-1995, published in 1997). After a stay at Harvard University in the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies (1997-1998), she went to Russia and reported from Chechnya in 1999.
She said she was influenced by Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuściński, whom she later met before his death, and the well-known Italian journalist Curzio Malaparte, who covered the Eastern front during World War II and wrote his accounts in the books 'Kaputt' (1944) and 'The Skin' (1949).
She speaks several languages besides her native French and learned Russian and English, as well
as a working knowledge of Arabic.
Nivat began her reporting career at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Transitions magazine in Prague, where she worked for three years between 1995 and 1997, including a stint under Michael Kaufman, a New York Times foreign correspondent and editor, while he was on leave.
As a journalist, Anne Nivat is most known for her reporting from Chechnya in 1999-2000 where she worked for Ouest France and as a special correspondent for Libération. Nivat traveled to Moscow in September 1999, and when the Russians invaded Chechnya, she applied as a journalist for access but was denied. She gained access to the war zone by traveling there disguised as a Chechen woman and reported independently from Russian control. Nivat was in Chechnya for 4 months while she intermingled and blended with the local population and reported on the conflict during a ban on journalists until she was picked up by the Russian Federal Security Service and expelled. She says she believes her success in Chechnya was based on several factors:
The fact that I am a woman helped me a great deal covering this war. No one pays attention to a woman. Whereas if you are a man, you might be arrested at any time. Also, Dan (Williams, Moscow correspondent for the Washington Post,) doesn't speak Russian. The three elements which played in my favor were the fact that I speak Russian, the fact that I am a woman, and the fact that I am a part of the written press — I didn't need microphones. And the fourth element is luck.
Chechnya is where she began her career as a war correspondent, and she said it was also her worst war experience as she survived Russian military bombardment.
Since 2004, she has worked for Le Point, a weekly French news magazine, and has also written for Le Soir and Le Nouvel Observateur, as well as the French Huffington Post. Her English-language journalism has appeared in the USA Today, US News & World Report, Washington Post, New York Times, and Nieman Reports. For the New York Times, she wrote a piece called "Life in the 'red zone'", which is about her experiences as a war correspondent in Iraq and is included in her French-language book about Iraq. She has also written about Afghanistan by comparing the Canadian soldiers who invited her to their camp and the civilians with whom they dealt.
In 2012, her Russian visa was annulled and she was expelled once again shortly after an interview with the Russian opposition and before the presidential election. Days later, the immigration officer was fired and the Russian ambassador apologized and invited Nivat back to Russia. Her account was published by the New York Times.
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December 27, 2018
Cette collection d'entretiens de russes a travers ce vaste continent fait decouvrir differents aspects de la vie russe, du fonctionnaire, au retraite, au medecin, a l'orphelinat, l'artiste, etc. Malheureusement les entretiens sont assez limites a la vie quotidienne et les opinions politiques d'une maniere superficielle. Apres avoir lu "Red Notice" de Bill Browder, ca fait leger. La corruption latente est a peine discuter.
April 22, 2019
Un documentaire très agréable à lire : l’auteure nous emporte d’est en ouest au sein de ces immenses contrées à la rencontre des hommes et femmes Qui y vivent. Ces portrait portés par des photos nous plongent au coeur de l’âme russe, un formidable puzzle qui remet en cause notre vision occidentale de ce pays et de son dirigeant! Un appel à s’ouvrir à la compréhension d’une vision différente et à changer notre objectif !
August 31, 2019
Agréable mais pas assez fouillé. On reste un peu sur sa faim. On peut cependant retenir comme message que c’est notre rempart contre l’Asie du point de vue géographique et politique. Et pas vraiment concerné par l’écologie comme beaucoup de pays qui n’ont pas une économie le leur permettant. L’auteur énonce un état actuel. À nous d’en tirer nos réflexions
August 6, 2022
Travail passionnant pour rendre compte de la Russie d aujourd’hui à travers des portraits d hommes et de femmes de Vladivostok à saint petersbourg
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April 3, 2020
Les essais écrits par de grands reporters sont toujours fluides et passionnants à lire. Je conseille fortement ce livre si vous vous intéressez à la Russie contemporaine et à la géopolitique actuelle.
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