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SUMMARY:Reporting on Russia – with Pjotr Sauer and Shane Walker
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DESCRIPTION:How do journalists report on a country where truth itself has b
	ecome a political\nbattleground? Shaun Walker and Pjotr Sauer discuss thei
	r reporting on Russia\,\nthe war in Ukraine\, and the growing influence of
	 propaganda and misinformation.\n\nDrawing on years of experience reportin
	g from the region\, they examine how\nauthoritarian regimes manipulate inf
	ormation\, how journalists navigate\ncensorship and disinformation\, and w
	hat these developments mean for democratic\nsocieties.\n\nAbout the speake
	rs\nShaun Walker\, has reported extensively on Russia and the post-Soviet 
	world\,\nexploring how history and memory are used to shape contemporary p
	olitics. He is\nthe author of the non-fiction books Odessa Dreams: The Dar
	k Heart of Ukraine’s\nOnline Marriage Industry (2014) and The Long Hangove
	r: Putin’s New Russia and\nthe Ghosts of the Past (2018). The Illegals: Ru
	ssia’s Most Audacious Spies and\nTheir Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate 
	the West (2025) is about the agents who\nlived apparently normal lives in 
	the west as part of Soviet espionage\nprogrammes.\n\nPjotr Sauer is a prom
	inent Russian affairs correspondent for The Guardian\, known\nfor his exte
	nsive on-the-ground reporting on Russia and the war in Ukraine.\nRaised in
	 Moscow\, his journalism career has been shaped by deep regional\nexpertis
	e\, ultimately making him a sought-after voice on Russian current events.\
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URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/reporting-on-russia-with-pjotr-sauer-an
	d-shane-walker
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LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>How do journalists report on a coun
	try where truth itself has become a political battleground? Shaun Walker a
	nd Pjotr Sauer discuss their reporting on Russia, the war in Ukraine, and 
	the growing influence of propaganda and misinformation. </strong></p> <p>D
	rawing on years of experience reporting from the region, they examine how 
	authoritarian regimes manipulate information, how journalists navigate cen
	sorship and disinformation, and what these developments mean for democrati
	c societies.</p> <p><strong>About the speakers<br>Shaun Walker</strong>, h
	as reported extensively on Russia and the post-Soviet world, exploring how
	 history and memory are used to shape contemporary politics. He is the aut
	hor of the non-fiction books <em>Odessa Dreams: The Dark Heart of Ukraine’
	s Online Marriage Industry </em>(2014) and <em>The Long Hangover: Putin’s 
	New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past</em> (2018). <em>The Illegals: Russi
	a’s Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the 
	West</em> (2025) is about the agents who lived apparently normal lives in 
	the west as part of Soviet espionage programmes.</p> <p><strong>Pjotr Saue
	r</strong> is a prominent Russian affairs correspondent for The Guardian, 
	known for his extensive on-the-ground reporting on Russia and the war in U
	kraine. Raised in Moscow, his journalism career has been shaped by deep re
	gional expertise, ultimately making him a sought-after voice on Russian cu
	rrent events.<br></p>
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