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Alabama A&M L63 - 75Recap Mar 19, 2024 · Shaun Walker is the Guardian's central and eastern Europe correspondent. Previously, he spent more than a decade in Moscow and is the author of The Long Hangover: Putin's New Russia and the...
Shaun Walker. Verified. Central and Eastern Europe Correspondent, The Guardian. London, Warsaw. World. As seen in: The Guardian, El País, HuffPost, MSN (US), MSN Australia, MSN Canada, MSN España, MSN Ireland, MSN UK, The Guardian Australia, The Independent and. more.
Shaun Walker was the chairman and CEO of the National Alliance, a major neo-Nazi organization, from 2005 to 2006. He was convicted of orchestrating and participating in a series of brutal attacks on non-whites in Salt Lake City in 2002 and 2003. He was sentenced to 87 months in prison and released in 2009.
Feb 23, 2023 · Guardian journalist Shaun Walker talks about Yevgeny Prigozhin, the tough-talking convict-turned-businessman who recruits soldiers from Russian prisons to fight in Ukraine. Dave Davies. |...
- Why Did You First Decide to Become A Journalist?
- What Do You Enjoy Most About Being A Foreign Correspondent?
- Can You Tell Us A Bit About What It’S Actually Like to Live in Moscow?
- Were You Ever Prevented from Going Anywhere Or Covering Particular Stories?
- Looking Back at Your Time There, Which Story Are You Proudest of?
- What Are The Challenges of Being A Foreign Correspondent?
I always wanted to write, but I came to journalism through Russia, rather than vice versa. I’d studied Russian and Soviet history at university and went to Russia to learn the language when I graduated. I planned to stay for a year and ended up staying for 14 – first working for an NGO, then a local magazine, then for theIndependent for six years a...
The incredible variety. You aren’t confined to a thematic specialisation and have a whole region to cover, so in the space of a month I could move from covering the war in eastern Ukraine, to high Kremlin politics, to stories about the ballet or Russian cuisine. I met presidents, billionaires, warlords and cosmonauts, as well as many “ordinary” peo...
Moscow has become immeasurably more liveable during the time I’ve been there. As the political climate got worse, the city got better, with nicer places to eat and drink and an urban makeover that means there are many more pedestrianised zones and fantastic parks. There is also a slow but noticeable change in attitudes: Moscow is becoming a much fr...
On the whole, except for border zones and the Arctic, you can travel to most places in Russia with no problems (though the immense distances can sometimes pose logistical challenges). The issue is usually more about access. Many people are alarmed by the idea of talking to a foreign journalists and some topics are really difficult. The whole story ...
Probably the most extraordinary standalone story I wrote during my time in Russia was the tale of the two sons of Russian deep cover spies. The kids thought their parents were Canadians until the FBI came knocking on the door and it turned out they were actually KGB agents from Siberia. The family was deported back to Russia and the two young men h...
One of the hardest things about working in Russia is that so many people believe all journalists are biased and that it’s impossible that a western journalist would even try to be objective. These days, of course, that’s an issue journalists are facing not only in Russia. In fact, many of the challenges foreign correspondents face are the same as t...
Nov 20, 2023 · Ukraine. This article is more than 5 months old. Ukrainian optimism fades at start of another winter of war. Rumours of tensions at the top, exhaustion after two years of fighting and frustration...
Mar 16, 2018 · March 16, 20185:09 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. 7-Minute Listen. Playlist. To preview this Sunday's presidential election in Russia, NPR's David Greene talks with reporter Shaun Walker...
