Russia in the grey zones
What role does Russia play in the breakaway regions of Eastern Europe?
Experts & Staff
Sophia Pugsley
ECFR Alumni · Programme Coordinator, Wider Europe
Areas of expertise
EU relations with Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Russia; Russian foreign policy; unrecognised states and conflict analysis; humanitarian affairs
Languages
English, French, Italian, Russian, conversational Polish
Biography
Sophia Pugsley used to be Wider Europe Programme Coordinator from 2013 until July 2016.
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2016
The sixth ECFR Foreign Policy Scorecard highlights the EU’s diminishing ability to influence its neighbours, and the neighbourhood’s growing impact on the EU
Life in the “Grey Zones”
Locked in a shadowy life between war and peace, “grey zones” now litter the map of Eastern Europe
Life in the grey zones: Reports from Europe’s breakaway regions
Locked in a shadowy life between war and peace, “grey zones” now litter the map of Eastern Europe
Wider Europe – Summer Reading
ECFR's Wider Europe team recommend eight books for you to delve into this summer
BCM sur la diplomatie russe à l’ECFR Paris avec Volodymyr Yermolenko
L'ECFR Paris a invité Volodymyr Yermolenko, philosophe et politologue ukrainien pour présenter l'article qu'il a écrit dans le cadre du projet “What does Ukraine…
Conférence sur la situation en Ukraine – 18 juin 2015
Le 18 juin 2015 s'est tenue une conférence sur la situation en Ukraine depuis la révolution de Maidan en présence de deux chercheurs ukrainiens…
Internal resistance or external intervention?
A panel of experts give us their opinion on what is the best driver for political change
Blueprint for Revolution: laugh your way to victory?
Srdja Popovic, founder of the Serbian resistance group Otpor!, Dan Smith, Secretary General of International Alert, Yarik Kryvoi, Editor-in-Chief of Belarus Digest, and Sophia…
How Moscow would like Europe to see the EEU
With the Eurasian Economic Union to become a reality in 2015, Moscow is out to sell it to Europe
Publications
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2016
The sixth ECFR Foreign Policy Scorecard highlights the EU’s diminishing ability to influence its neighbours, and the neighbourhood’s growing impact on the EU
Articles
Life in the “Grey Zones”
Locked in a shadowy life between war and peace, “grey zones” now litter the map of Eastern Europe
Wider Europe – Summer Reading
ECFR's Wider Europe team recommend eight books for you to delve into this summer
How Moscow would like Europe to see the EEU
With the Eurasian Economic Union to become a reality in 2015, Moscow is out to sell it to Europe
Russia’s convoy to East Ukraine and the International Committee of the Red Cross
What role is the International Committee of the Red Cross playing in Russia's supposedly humanitarian convoy to East Ukraine?
Specials
Russia in the grey zones
What role does Russia play in the breakaway regions of Eastern Europe?
Life in the grey zones: Reports from Europe’s breakaway regions
Locked in a shadowy life between war and peace, “grey zones” now litter the map of Eastern Europe
Podcasts
BCM sur la diplomatie russe à l’ECFR Paris avec Volodymyr Yermolenko
L'ECFR Paris a invité Volodymyr Yermolenko, philosophe et politologue ukrainien pour présenter l'article qu'il a écrit dans le cadre du projet “What does Ukraine…
Conférence sur la situation en Ukraine – 18 juin 2015
Le 18 juin 2015 s'est tenue une conférence sur la situation en Ukraine depuis la révolution de Maidan en présence de deux chercheurs ukrainiens…
Blueprint for Revolution: laugh your way to victory?
Srdja Popovic, founder of the Serbian resistance group Otpor!, Dan Smith, Secretary General of International Alert, Yarik Kryvoi, Editor-in-Chief of Belarus Digest, and Sophia…
In the media
Sophia Pugsley analyses the entrance of another Russian humanitairan convoy in Ukraine.
Sophia Pugsley on sanctions implemented by Russia against the EU and the US.
Sophia Pugsley on the expanded sanctions on Russia
Sophia Pugsley on the downing of MH17
Sophia Pugsley on the Eastern Ukraine separatists