Saskia Zandstra is currently pursuing her Master´s in Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at CERES. Having completed a B.A. in Russian and Spanish from University College London, as well as having lived in Russia for a few months and through her continued Russian and Ukrainian language learning, Saskia is continuing to build on her knowledge of both Russia and now more broadly Former Soviet Union Countries. She is particularly looking forward to being able to specialize in Central Asia and the Caucasus and using that knowledge in her future work.