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- Alexandra ProkopenkoAuthor, Russia expertAlexandra Prokopenko is a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. Alexandra is one of the most sought-after experts on the Russian economy, and has been published by the Financial Times, Bloomberg, Der Spiegel and other notable international media. She worked as an advisor at Russia's Central Bank and Moscow's Higher School of Economics from 2017 to 2022. Before that she was a journalist for Vedomosti, then Russia's leading business newspaper.
- Alexander KolyandrAuthor, Russia expertAlexander Kolyandr is a financial analyst, and a non-resident senior scholar at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). Alexander has been following the Russian economy for many years as a vice president at Credit Suisse, and, before that, as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal and the BBC.
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Author, Russia expert
Alexandra Prokopenko
Alexandra Prokopenko is a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. Alexandra is one of the most sought-after experts on the Russian economy, and has been published by the Financial Times, Bloomberg, Der Spiegel and other notable international media. She worked as an advisor at Russia's Central Bank and Moscow's Higher School of Economics from 2017 to 2022. Before that she was a journalist for Vedomosti, then Russia's leading business newspaper.
Author, Russia expert
Alexander Kolyandr
Alexander Kolyandr is a financial analyst, and a non-resident senior scholar at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). Alexander has been following the Russian economy for many years as a vice president at Credit Suisse, and, before that, as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal and the BBC.
Author, Russia expert
Denis Kasyanchuk
Denis Kasyanchuk is an economics editor at The Bell. Prior to that, Denis worked as an analyst at the Russian Central Bank, and reported for independent Russian media.
Editorial Director
Pyotr Mironenko
Our Russian editor is Pyotr Mironenko, co-founder of The Bell. Pyotr has 20 years' editing experience at Russia's largest business outlets – Kommersant and RBC. In 2017, he founded The Bell with colleagues Elizaveta and Irina.
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