About the Authors
Emily Ferris is a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), where she focuses on domestic politics and security in the Russian Far East and eastern Siberia, and on the role of transport infrastructure in Russia’s military and economic security.
Dr Richard Connolly is director of the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies at the University of Birmingham, and an associate fellow with Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia Programme.