Arkady Ostrovsky

Arkady Ostrovsky is a Russian-born journalist who has spent fifteen years reporting from Moscow, first for the Financial Times and then as bureau chief for the Economist. He studied Russian theater history in Moscow and holds a PhD in English literature from Cambridge University. His translation of Tom Stoppard's trilogy The Coast of Utopia has been published and staged in Russia. Arkady is a regular guest on the BBC, Sky News, and NPR, where he comments on Russia and the former Soviet Union.