Andrey Makarychev is Professor of Politics and Governance at the University of Tartu, Estonia. He has published on a variety of topics related to Russian foreign policy, including a co-edited volume titled Russia's Changing Economic and Political Regimes (2013), Russia and the EU in a Multipolar World (2014), and a contributing chapter in Russia's Foreign Policy (2015).  He has published research articles in major peer-reviewed international journals such as Problems of Post-Communism, Journal of International Relations and Development, Europe-Asia Studies, Journal of Eurasian Studies, Demokratizatsiya, and European Urban and Regional Studies. Alexandra Yatsyk is Carnegie Research Scholar at the George Washington University’s Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, USA and Head of the Center for Cultural Studies of Post-Socialism at the Kazan Federal University, Russia. She is a co-editor of a special issue of Sport in Society (2015) and the author of several book chapters and articles, including Russia's Foreign Policy (2015), European Urban and Regional Studies, Problems of Post- Communism, International Spectator, and Digital Icons.