TV3’s journalist correspondent in Russia for more than 7 years will tell us fascinating stories about Soviet sport from the revolution to Barcelona 92.
Manel Alías is a journalist and has been working in Catalan television since 2001. He has presented the children’s news program Info K, has been editor-in-chief of La nit al día, author of reports for 30 minuts. He was a finalist in the Japan Prize in 2005. Since 2015 he has been the first correspondent of TV3 and Catalunya Radio in Moscow. In 2022 he was the special envoy of Televisión de Cataluña (TVC) to cover the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In 2021 he published the book ‘Russia, l’escenari més gran del mon’ which is already in its third edition and in May 2023 will be published in Spanish. This year he publishes ‘the last victory of the USSR’. He receives the Muriel Casals Communication Award 2022 for his coverage of the Ukraine invasion within the framework of the Saint Lucia Night.
Tuesday, January 3, he receives the National Journalism Award granted by La Generalitat. The jury highlighted his commitment to information, rigor and the defense of human rights with which he has covered the Ukrainian War where he has made human stories visible beyond the official sources.
After living these almost 8 years in Russia, he will explain to us What lesson this country has given him? What are the most common clichés we have about Russians and they are not true? What are the things that surprised him the most about this country?
What made him write this second book and about Russian sport.
Manel, will explain why during the Revolution, young people practiced sports and what was the main objective of training when, for the communist party, the Olympics considered that they were only for the aristocracy.
After interviewing more than 20 Russian athletes who participated in the Barcelona 92 Olympic Games, he will tell us anecdotes, what they do nowadays and how they live.
Each table will have sheets of paper with a time line from 1917 to 1992. Books will be on sale: ‘Russia, l’escenari més gran del mon’ and ‘la última victoria de la URRS’ that Manel will sign for attendees who want to buy.
End of chat with a pica pica dinner accompanied by DJ music..
When: Thursday, January 12, 2023
Link purchase: Price €35 .
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