Our team
Laura Royer
laura[at]lossi36.com
Co-founder and editor-in-chief. Currently based in Brussels, after spending a couple of years in Budapest. Mostly interested in Central and Eastern Europe. Also follows EU politics.
Amanda Sonesson
amanda[at]lossi36.com
Co-founder and communications officer. Currently based in Sweden. Mostly focused on questions concerning gender, politics and civil society in Russia and Central Asia.
Yaëlle Oliva
yaelle[at]lossi36.com
Editor. A Brussels-based Eurasia-geek with particular interest in areas of civil society, politics and diplomacy in Eastern Europe, Russia and the Caucasus, currently focusing on the EU’s Eastern Partnership policy.
Francis Farrell
francis[at]lossi36.com
Newsletter lead editor. Budapest-based master’s student of politics and security, wanderer, and enthusiast photographer interested in elections frozen conflicts, protest movements, and media in post-communist Europe.
Renee Rippberger
renee[at]lossi36.com
Caucasus regional editor. Currently based in Yerevan, Armenia. Interested in all things related to white collar crime, transitional justice and human rights in the Caucasus and Eastern Europe.
Sydney Millar
sydney[at]lossi36.com
Central Asia regional editor. Currently based in Virginia. Interested in topics relating to gender, politics, and contemporary art in Central Asia and Russia. Currently focusing on women’s rights in Kazakhstan.
Zuzana Krulichová
zuzana[at]lossi36.com
Central Europe regional editor. Currently based in Prague. Mostly focused on Central European politics and the role of the CE countries within the EU and in global context. Particularly interested in human rights, democracy and civil society.
Owen Howells
owen[at]lossi36.com
Eastern Europe regional editor. Based in the UK/Estonia. A history nerd with a penchant for Interbellum regional geopolitics. Additionally, a background in researching the viability of De-Facto Independent States.
Michael Cole
michael[at]lossi36.com
Russia regional editor. Estonia-based PhD candidate interested in the social and cultural aspects of politics with a focus on Georgia, Ukraine, Poland, and of course, Russia. Twitter: @NotTheMikeCole
James Davies
Proofreader. Former vice president of the Association of Foreign Affairs in Lund and a current member of the Swedish Civil Society Network for Eastern Partnership Countries and Russia.
Katherine Leung
Proofreader. A California based educator. As a 2014 Fulbright grant recipient, she taught English in the Russian cities of Samara, Kyzyl, Ulan-Ude, and Nakhodka. She is interested in Central Asian culture and identity.
Máté Mohos
Newsletter co-editor. Budapest-based freelance journalist, passionate about culture and television, European politics, policies and activism related to global warming and press freedom. Sci-fi nerd, film buff, dog person.
Marta Zakrzewska
Newsletter co-editor. A young professional currently based in Brussels, focusing on the EU Neighbourhood region, with longstanding academic interest in the political and security developments in Eastern Europe, Russia and the larger post-Soviet space.
Agnieszka Widlaszewska
Newsletter co-editor. Luxembourg-based political scientist-turned-auditor, passionate about the topics of European security and EU external action, in particular the European Neighbourhood Policy and EU-Russia relations.
Contributors
Agnieszka Zielonka, Aizada Arystanbek, Alexandra Wishart, Ana Robakidze, Anastasia Korogodova, Anastasia Dmitrichenko, Anastasia Karkotskaya, Anastasiya K, Anita Pant, Anna Blue, Augusto Dala Costa, Balsa Lubarda, Ben Halliday, Bozho Kolov, Catalina Ceban, Ceren Kaya, Charles Fourmi, David Živković, Elise Mazaud, Emma Lygnerud Boberg, Eva Modebadze, Evguenia Roussel, Felipe Barrientos, Felix Adamson, Florian Coppenrath, Francesco Trupia, Georgie McCartney, Giorgi Benashvili, Hanna Boiko, Hugo Blewett-Mundy, Ilinka Leger, Ivan U. Klyszcz, Jack Gibson, Jack Gill, Jacob Armstrong, Joni Askola, Jules Ortjens, Juliette Bretan, Kalina Esmein, Katerina Bogdanova, Kristin Aldag, Krzysztof Lechowski, Laura Kühlert, Levi Bochantin, Logan Hulsey, Louis Train, Lucie Janatová, Ludovica Grossi, Luis Felipe Sauvalle Torres, Luka Jorbenadze, Mahammad Mammadov, Manon Gallet, Margarita Zilinskaya, Marton Gera, Marysia Suchcitz, Maša Šebek, Monika Szafrańska, Naser Bislimi, Nick Baigent, Nikki Lohr, Pavel Hanchuk, Pavlo Cherchatyi, Petronella Dahl, Ricardo Bergmann, Rossana Bernardi, Roxana Chiariac, Sabrina Gafforova, Sasha Mischeriakova, Sofiya Kominko, Solveiga Kalva, Stefan Žarić, Silvia Travasoni, Tadeusz Giczan, Tamara Novel, Tamara Stoffers, Teona Sekhniashvili, Valentina Bernt, Veronika Pfeilschifter, William Dudley, Yanyu Chen, Zadig Tisserand