Yanis Darras 10:16 a.m., March 16, 2024
The journalist and war reporter Anne Nivat was the guest of Europe 1 morning weekend.
At the microphone of Lénaïg Monier, she returned to her coverage of the Russian presidential election and the feeling of weariness which infects the population in the face of the war in Ukraine, which has now lasted for two years.
Russians are called to the polls.
In the midst of the war in Ukraine, polling stations opened on Friday, including in areas of Ukraine currently under Russian control.
If the election should be without surprise - Vladimir Putin being almost assured of winning this new election, several incidents took place in the country in the polling stations.
However, it is difficult to see these as protests against the power or the war in Ukraine, the reasons remaining unclear for the moment.
Having gone to Russia to cover the presidential election, reporter Anne Nivat admits to the microphone of Europe 1 the difficulty of practicing her profession in the country.
"It's very complicated. I've never seen this in 30 years when I asked for visas for Russia," she assures, stressing that for example she only has an eight-day visa, like any visitor. or journalist coming from a country deemed hostile to Russia.
“That is to say, those who deliver weapons to Ukraine,” specifies the journalist.
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