Since September 2005 |
COVER STORIES FOR LE POINT, THE NEWS MAGAZINE N.1 IN FRANCE
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August 2001-August 2005 |
MOSCOW-BASED FREE-LANCE JOURNALIST FOR THE FRENCH DAILY OUEST-FRANCE (REGIONAL DAILY N.1 IN FRANCE, 900 0000 COPIES DAILY), THE WEEKLY LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR AND THE NATIONAL CANADIAN RADIO RADIO CANADA. SEVERAL OP-EDS PUBLISHED IN THE WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORK TIMES, ETC.
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COVERING OF DRAMATIC EVENTS (SUCH AS BESLAN, THE SINKING OF THE KURSK, ECT) LIVE FOR THE TSR, TELEVISION SUISSE ROMANDE (MAIN SWISS NATIONAL TV CHANNEL)
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July 2000-August 2001 |
MOSCOW CORRESPONDENT FOR THE FRENCH DAILY NEWSPAPER LIBERATION
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Oct. 1998-June 2000 |
MOSCOW CORRESPONDENT FOR THE FRENCH DAILIES LA CROIX, OUEST-FRANCE AND LE SOIR (BELGIAN NEWSPAPER). ALSO CORRESPONDENT FOR RADIO MONTE CARLO AND RADIO CANADA.
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FREE-LANCE FEATURE STORIES CORRESPONDENT FOR USA TODAY AND US & WORLD REPORT.
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October 1997-Oct 1998 |
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW AND FULBRIGHT FELLOW AND AT THE DAVIS CENTER FOR RUSSIAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF HARVARD, USA.
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May 1996-August 1997 |
PRAGUE-BASED CORRESPONDENT FOR THE FRENCH DAILY LA CROIX IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA.
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March 1995-August 1997 |
STAFF WRITER AND MEDIA SPECIALIST FOR THE AMERICAN BI-WEEKLY TRANSI-TION PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH BY THE PRAGUE-BASED OPEN MEDIA RE-SEARCH INSTITUTE (OMRI).
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March 1993 to February 1995 |
CHARGÉE DE MISSION FOR THE FRENCH NGO EST LIBERTES. FREE-LANCE JOURNALIST FOR SEVERAL FRENCH AND SWISS DAILIES AND WEEKLIES SUCH AS OUEST-FRANCE, LE NOUVEAU QUOTIDIEN, L’EVENEMENT DU JEUDI.
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December 1992 to February 1993 |
JOURNALIST WITH GLOBE HEBDO, A WEEKLY PARIS-BASED MAGAZINE. RADIO ANCHORWOMAN WITH SKYROCK, A PARIS-BASED COMMERCIAL STATION.
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December 1992 to Nov. 1996 |
PH.D. IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE INSTITUT D'ETUDES POLITIQUES DE PARIS (IEP) UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MRS. HÉLÈNE CARRÈRE D'ENCAUSSE, FROM THE ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE.
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TOPIC OF RESEARCH : THE MEDIA AND POLITICAL POWER IN RUSSIA DURING ITS TRANSITIONAL PHASE : A DIFFICULT PATH TOWARD DEMOCRACY (1985-1994). OC-TOBER, 1996. HONORS: SUMMA CUM LAUDE.
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1991/1992 |
PRE-DOCTORAL PROGRAM DIPLÔME D'ETUDES APPROFONDIES (DEA) IN POLITICAL SCIENCES, MAJOR IN SOVIET AND EASTERN EUROPEAN STUDIES AT THE IEP. PAPER: THE NEW RUSSIAN PRESS. HONORS: SUMMA CUM LAUDE (RANKED 1ST IN THE PROGRAM).
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1989/1991 |
MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY AT THE IEP.
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1988/1989 |
BACHELOR DEGREE (LICENCE) IN GERMAN AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES APPLIED TO ECONOMICS AND THE LAW (LANGUES ETRANGÈRES APPLIQUÉES), UNIVERSITY OF PARIS X - NANTERRE.
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1987/1988 |
GENERAL DEGREE (DEUG) IN GERMAN AND RUSSIAN APPLIED TO ECONOMICS AND THE LAW, UNIVERSITY OF PARIS X - NANTERRE.
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1986/1987 |
PREPARATORY PROGRAM IN LITERATURE (HYPOKHÂGNE) AT THE LYCÉE PAUL VALÉRY, PARIS.
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JOURNALISM AND LITERARY AWARDS
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OCTOBER 2006 : LAST SELECTION FOR THE « PRIX FEMINA-ESSAIS » FOR THE BOOK « PAR LES MONTS ET LES PLAINES D’ASIE CENTRALE »
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THE ERWAN BERGOT LITERARY AWARD (FROM THE FRENCH ARMY), FOR THE WAKE OF WAR, PARIS, 2004
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THE HUMANIST AWARD, « HUMANIST OF THE YEAR, MEDIA CATEGORY », FROM LE NOUVEL ECONOMISTE, NOVEMBER 2004
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THE SAIS-NOVARTIS INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM AWARD YEAR 2000, WASH-INGTON D.C: 2ND PRIZE FOR "A DIRTY WAR IN CHECHNYA"
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THE ALBERT LONDRES AWARD FOR THE COVERAGE OF THE WAR CHECH-NYA IN 1999-2000 AND THE BOOK « CHIENNE DE GUERRE » PARIS, FRANCE: JULY 2000
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THE ELEONORE PIMENTEL FONSECA AWARD IN EUROPEAN JOUR-NALISM FOR COVERAGE OF CHECHNYA, NAPLES, ITALY, SEPTEMBER 2000
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