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Laurence Broers

Laurence is the Caucasus programme director at Conciliation Resources, a London-based peacebuilding organisation and the author of several books on the region including Armenia and Azerbaijan: Anatomy of a Rivalry.

Leonid Krasnov

Leonid is a journalist who covers the Caucasus.

Leyla Sayfutdinova

Leyla is a social scientist studying post-Soviet transformation in Azerbaijan. Originally from Baku, she is currently based in St Andrews, UK.

Lorenz Hilfiker

Lorenz is a Tbilisi-based blogger with a PhD in mathematical physics. He is the author of covidingeorgia.com, a blog using data to track the development of COVID-19 in Georgia.

Loujaine Laamal

Loujaine is an MA student in geopolitics at the French Institute of Geopolitics, Paris. Her research focuses on the North Caucasus and Chechnya’s politics.

Lucas Fagliano

Lucas is an International Fellow at CRRC Georgia.

Lucy Martirosyan

Based in Yerevan, Armenia, Lucy is openDemocracy’s Eurasia investigative reporting fellow. They recently graduated from Sciences Po in Paris, France with a joint master’s degree in journalism and human rights, with a focus on Russia and post-Soviet states.

Magomed Torijev

Magomed is a journalist, human rights activist, and expert on the North Caucasus and former USSR. He has worked for RFE/RL, Prague Watchdog, the UN in Chechnya and Ingushetia, and the OSCE Mission to Ukraine.

Makhare Atchaidze

Makhare is a Researcher at CRRC Georgia.