What We’re Reading: African Literature and Russia Television

Weekly reviews of what's on our bookshelves.

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Nemtsy By Stas Ivanov Ignoring the Soviet era, Russia has a pretty bad record of film and television production. Even the critical film successes have found comparatively little praise. But I’ve heard rumors that the pandemic, for whatever reason, has had a positive effect on Russian entertainment, so naturally I sought to test this thesis […]

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Ekaterina Zolotova
Ekaterina Zolotova
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/author/ezolotova/
Ekaterina Zolotova is an analyst for Geopolitical Futures. Prior to Geopolitical Futures, Ms. Zolotova participated in several research projects devoted to problems and prospects of Russia’s integration into the world economy. Ms. Zolotova has a specialist degree in international economic relations from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. In addition, Ms. Zolotova studied international trade and international integration processes. Her thesis was on features of economic development of Venezuela. She speaks native Russian and is fluent in English.
Abubakar Alhassan
Abubakar Alhassan
Abubakar Alhassan is an analyst at Geopolitical Futures. Prior to joining Geopolitical Futures, Mr. Alhassan worked for governmental bodies as a geopolitical analyst specializing in jihadism in West Africa. He has a bachelor’s degree in international and comparative politics and is pursuing a masters’ degree in international relations with a specialization in peace and conflict resolution. A native Yoruba speaker, Mr. Alhassan is also fluent in English.