RIAS alumni Dornblüth warns about long-term problems in Russia

February 22, 2023

RIAS alumni Dornblüth warns about long-term problems in Russia

RIAS alumni Gesine Dornblüth and her co-author Thomas Franke presented their new book “Jenseits von Putin” (Beyond Putin) to a RIAS Berlin alumni chapter gathering at the historic RIAS building’s rooftop restaurant on Wednesday evening, Feb 22. The two radio correspondents who have spent much of the last decade reporting from and about Russia for German radio talked to the group of about 35 RIAS Berlin alumni and candidates for future programs about the findings in their new book.

They noted that they and those who were paying attention since about 2012 had been fully warned the war against Ukraine was looming. Sadly they said they see no near-term end to the fighting and make other ominous forecasts about things possibly getting even worse after Putin.

The Berlin alumni chapter’s gathering, which was organized by the local Berlin alumni chapter, was the latest in a series of talks and get-togethers designed to foster the alumni network. There are nearly 2,000 broadcast journalists in the USA and Germany who have taken part in RIAS exchange programs over the last 30 years.  Last month, the Berlin alumni chapter hosted a talk by RIAS board chairman Robert L. Greenan, from the USA embassy in Berlin.

There are RIAS Berlin alumni chapters in Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Mainz, Leipzig, New York, Washington and Los Angeles. Participants past, present and future are welcome to take part in the informal gatherings. There will be a big annual RIAS alumni get-together on June 2, 2023 in Berlin. Other events are planned in Washington DC on March 9 and in New York on March 17. Please write info@darkseagreen-dog-940501.hostingersite.com for further information.