Volodymyr Dehtyarov
Public Affairs Officer for the 13th National Guard Brigade of Ukraine, Khartiia
Before joining Khartiia in July 2024, he managed communications and leadership development projects at the Command of Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine from 2022 to 2024. In 2022, he fought as an enlisted private in the Kharkiv region. Prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion, he was the CEO and a partner at Newsfront Communications Agency from 2012 to 2022.
He holds certifications from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (diploma), the Junior Officers Tactical Awareness Course (UK, certificate), and the Swedish Institute Management Program.
Currently, he teaches a Public Communications course at the Kyiv School of Economics as part of the Master of Public Administration program, a role he has held since 2023.
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Andriy Taranov
Suspilne (National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine)
Member of the Managing Board of Suspilne Ukraine; media and marketing expert
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Anne Applebaum
The Atlantic; SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, historian, and commentator on international affairs, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe and authoritarianism
Artem Zakharchenko
“Communication Analysis Team - Ukraine” NGO
Doctor of Science in Social Communications
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Christian-Zsolt Varga
German-Hungarian freelance journalist focusing on Ukraine, Hungary, and Eastern Europe
Daria Verbytska
Molfar Intelligence Institute
Expert in international affairs worked with inter-parliamentary relations
Dmytro Zolotukhin
Institute of Post-Information Society
Expert in strategic communications and information security
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Dorka Takácsy
German Marshall Fund of the United States; Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy
Researcher specializing in disinformation and propaganda across Central-Eastern Europe and Russia
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