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Authors
  • Dmitri Stratievski

    Political scientist and historian (FU Berlin), and director of the Berlin Center for East European Studies (Osteuropa-Zentrum Berlin e.V.).
  • Roman Chernikov

    Political scientist
  • Eric Woods

    Independent researcher and consultant focused on security issues
  • Sergey Alexeev

    Senior Research Associate at UNSW Sydney and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney
  • Anton Barbashin

    Editorial director at Riddle, political analyst
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