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Natia Seskuria

@nseskuria

Senior Research Fellow/Head of Russia, Eurasia & Black Sea Programme @RUSI_org. Director @RISS_org. Fellow @DCRES_Harvard. Assoc. Professor in Russian Politics.
London, England rusi.org/people/seskuria Joined October 2014
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Natia Seskuria @nseskuria
In the latest episode of @RUSI_org’s Global Security Briefing podcast, I hosted @VitalyBBC, Russia Editor at BBC Monitoring. We discussed a radiation warning found on a downed Russian drone and what it reveals about information warfare and media monitoring rusi.org/podcasts/globa…
www.rusi.org Episode 130: Radioactive Russian Drones - A Conversation with Vitaly Shevchenko Vitaly Shevchenko of BBC Monitoring joins Natia Seskuria to explore the implications of a radiation warning found on a downed Russian drone.
Natia Seskuria @nseskuria
Russia’s staged elections were designed to legitimise the war. By conflating support for United Russia with loyalty to Putin, the Kremlin could portray a landslide as a mandate for his war - and potentially its escalation. My latest for @RUSI_org: rusi.org/explore-our-re…
www.rusi.org Putin’s Predictable Victory, Russia’s Uncertain Future Russia’s elections were a staged affair, designed to legitimise Putin’s war on Ukraine. But elections have never decided Russia’s future. The latest ballots are no exception
Natia Seskuria @nseskuria
I spoke with The New York Times about Moscow’s escalating threats towards the UK and the implications for the UK’s support for #Ukraine.

nytimes.com/2026/08/24/wor…
www.nytimes.com Burnham Accuses Russia of ‘Starting the Fire’ in Ukraine as Moscow Amps Up Warnings In his first foreign trip since taking office, the British prime minister pledged to stand by Kyiv despite new warnings of potential consequences.