Boris Reitschuster
Boris Reitschuster (born May 12, 1971 in Augsburg ) is a German journalist and non-fiction author . Reitschuster is considered an expert on Eastern Europe and became known for his books on contemporary Russia . He was Head of Focus Moscow office from 1999 to August 2015 .
Life
After graduating from high school at St. Stephan in Augsburg in 1990, Reitschuster passed the examination as an interpreter at the Scientific Center of the Moscow Economics and Statistics University . From 1992 to 1994 he was Moscow correspondent for the German General Sunday paper , the Darmstadt echo and the Thüringer Allgemeine . After an internship at Augsburger Allgemeine from 1995 to 1997, he initially worked for the news agencies dpa and AFP in Augsburg and Munich. From November 1999 to August 2015 he was the head of the Moscow office of the news magazine Focus. In his books and articles, Reitschuster takes a critical look at the political system of Russia, in particular he is a critic of President Vladimir Putin (see Russia reporting in Germany ). In 2008 he was honored with the Theodor Heuss Medal in Russia for his "high personal commitment to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and thus to safeguarding civil and human rights" .
Reitschuster stated several times that he had received death threats as part of his journalistic work in Russia. For this reason, he was forced to return to Germany in 2011.
Until the closure of the correspondent's office in August 2015, he remained the office manager of Focus in Moscow. Since then Reitschuster has been working as a journalist for various media, including Focus, as well as a moderator and lecturer.
Publications
Boris Reitschuster describes contemporary Russia in his non-fiction books. So far he has published:
- Letters from a falling empire. Dietz, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-320-01842-6
- Wladimir Putin. Where is he heading Russia? Rowohlt Berlin, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-87134-487-7
- Putin's democrature. How the Kremlin taught the West fear. Econ, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-430-20006-6 ; updated and expanded edition: Ullstein, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-548-36971-6 ; 3rd updated and enlarged edition: Putin's democrature. A power man and his system. Econ, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-430-20183-4
- The new master in the Kremlin? Dimitry Medvedev. Econ, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-430-20049-3
- Russky extreme. How I learned to love Moscow. Ullstein, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-550-08766-0 ; ibid. 2010, ISBN 978-3-548-37338-6 (paperback)
- Putin's covert war. How Moscow destabilizes the West , Econ Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-430-20207-7
Awards
- Journalist Award of the Association of Expellees Bavaria (1998)
- Other Times Journalist Award (2004)
- Theodor Heuss Medal (2008)
Web links
- Boris Reitschuster website
- Literature by and about Boris Reitschuster in the catalog of the German National Library
- Barbara Lich, Anne Haeming: Pinpricks in Moscow. Interview on work as a correspondent at the Federal Agency for Civic Education (2005)
- Robert Baag: “Mixture of communism and tsarism”. Article on Deutschlandfunk on Reitschuster's book Putin's Demokratur (2006)
- Melanie Zehran: The virtual arm of the Kremlin. Article on reactions to Putin's book Democrature in the daily newspaper (2007)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Putin himself is hostile to Russia". tagesschau.de, September 2, 2014, archived from the original on September 7, 2019 ; accessed on May 29, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Boris Reitschuster. Resume. Focus Online , accessed May 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Focus correspondent honored. February 12, 2008, accessed May 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Jens Rosbach: Putin's secret online army. Deutschlandfunk , May 14, 2014, accessed on May 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Timo Niemeier: “Focus” separates from Boris Reitschuster. dwdl.de, February 25, 2014, accessed on May 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Reitschuster. In profile. reitschuster.de, accessed on August 19, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Reitschuster, Boris |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist, Russia correspondent |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1971 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |