The world’s best-organised election rigging: Russia on the eve of new parliamentary elections. Part 2.

Stanislav Gruev was born in the scientific city of Dubna, Moscow region, in the 1970s, into a family of a Bulgarian scientist – a nuclear physicist and a mother – a Russian economist. He spent the first six years of his life there, and then his family returned to Sofia. He graduated from a Russian school and a Spanish high school , as well as from the Sofia University of St. Kliment Ohridski with a degree in Japanese studies.
For many years he worked as an editor in various Bulgarian and foreign media. He is engaged in research and analysis of the influence of Russian politics and culture on the Eastern Bloc countries. Growing up surrounded by the works of Russian dissidents and freedom-loving artists, Stanislav followed the Russian Dissident Movement from an early age, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union continued to engage with various counter-cultures in Bulgaria and Russia. He has studied contemporary Russian opposition in depth. He currently lives and works in Germany with his family as a polytechnologist.

Milena Ivanova is a freelance editor and translator with many years of experience in book publishing, media and NGO sector in Bulgaria. She graduated in “History” at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Milena is interested in social media and storytelling. She devotes her free time to calligraphy and poetry.