Originally from the Netherlands, I completed a BA French and Russian at UCL SSEES in 2021. Before joining REES, I interned at the Dutch newspaper Trouw and later, with IOM in Moldova, where I supported their work on gender equality and women’s rights. My research interests focus on the Transnistrian conflict, Russian policy towards the de facto state and energy politics in Moldova. Furthermore, I am more broadly interested in religious policy in Russia, the blurring of the separation of church and state in the country and the enduring political influence of the Russian Orthodox Church on federal politics.