Mark Franchetti won the British Press Awards for best foreign correspondent for his coverage of the Moscow theatre siege. He also won the Foreign Press Association Award for his reports on the alleged abuse of Iraqi civilians. He has covered extensively Russia and the former Soviet Union, the wars in Chechnya, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and Georgia. He works both in print and TV and has presented several prime time documentaries. Among them are, “Terror in Moscow” for Britain’s C4 which was shortlisted for a BAFTA. For the BBC: “Britain’s Most Wanted”, about Andrei Lugovoi, following the death by poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko. “Should We Be Scared of Russia”, a BBC Panorama after the war in Georgia. “The Berlusconi Show”, about the former Italian Prime Minister and “Italy’s Bloodiest Mafia”, an investigation into the Camorra.
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