Anna Russell

Anna Russell is a current student at Leiden University in the Netherlands. She is enrolled in the Master’s programme of Russian and Eurasian studies there, with graduation due in the summer of 2025. She holds a BA in Russian and French from the University of Bristol in the UK, and has had a variety of different working experiences in editing and writing. This has included internships in both France and Russia, and as well as some volunteering in Georgia. Anna most recently worked in an editorial capacity for Oxford University Press before embarking on her Master’s degree.

Her research interests include UK foreign policy in Russia and Eurasia, civil society in the EU’s Eastern Partnership countries, and Georgian and Russian political developments in the twenty-first century.