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