FRANCE 24's Elena Volochine wins top French journalism prize for book on Putin propaganda machine
Culture • Oct 25, 2025, 3:38 PM
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The Albert Londres book prize, France’s equivalent of the Pulitzer, has been awarded to Elena Volochine for "Propagande : l’arme de guerre de Vladimir Poutine" (Propaganda: Vladimir Putin's weapon of war). Volochine is FRANCE 24's Moscow bureau chief.
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Culture • 3:33 AM
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