Fyodor Krasheninnikov is a Russian political scientist and journalist, author of After Russia and Cloud Democracy, co-authored with Leonid Volkov.

He is studying at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University. He is interested in the specifics of authoritarian regimes, especially Turkey, and their foreign policy.

Anton Achremov focuses on Russia, Belarus and Eastern Partnership countries.

Associate Expert at the EESC and Research Fellow and PhD student at the Institute of Political Science at the Justus Lybig University of Giessen, Germany, researching global governance and the resilience of countries in the EU neighbourhood.