Institute of Modern Russia

Tatyana Stanovaya is a political analyst with over fifteen years of experience in the field of Russian and foreign politics. She graduated from the International Independent Eco-Politological University with a degree in political science, as well as from Moscow State University with a degree in public administration. She has authored more than 2,000 articles with a focus on political parties, elections, interest groups within the Kremlin, and the “gas wars” in the post-soviet space (published on Politcom.ru, RIA Novosti, and Slon.ru.). Stanovaya currently heads the analytics department of the Center for Political Technologies (CPT) in Moscow. She also represents CPT in France, specializing in reputation management, quality sociological research, and public relations for political agents and business. She also blogs for her own website, stanovaya.com.