Małgorzata Abassy
ORCID iD Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Faculty of International and Political Studies. Institute of Russia and Eastern Europe
Poland

Associate Professor of Jagiellonian University in Kraków, PhD with habilitation in the field of cultural studies. She work at the Institute of Russia and Eastern Europe in the Department of International and Political Studies. Her research focuses on the problem of intelligentsia and international relations Russia – Poland, Russia – Iran. She has five monographs published: Modernization in the shadow of Allah. Contemporary Iran (2019, in Polish), Russian Mason on the Paths of his native culture. Nicolas Novikow (2015, in English), Culture against progress and modernization. Russia and Iran in comparative perspective (2013, in Polish), Iranian intelligentsia and the constitutional revolution (2010, in Polish), Intelligentsia and culture. About the problems of self-identity of the 19th century Russian intelligentsia (2008, in Polish). She is also the author of several dozens of scientific papers on the history of Russian, Polish and Iranian cross-cultural relations. E-mail: malgorzata.abassy@uj.edu.pl

Agata Krzywdzińska
ORCID iD Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Faculty of International and Political Studies. Institute of Russia and Eastern Europe
Poland

PhD, an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Russia and Eastern Europe of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow (Poland). She conducts classes on the Russian mass media, the image of Poland in the Russian media, the Eurasian area in media narrative, manipulation in media culture, the ideas and ideologies of modern Russia. The author’s additional academic interests are the Russian  and  American model of television; investigative journalism and scientific journalism. E-mail: agata.krzywdzinska@uj.edu.pl

Katarzyna Kosowska
ORCID iD Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Faculty of International and Political Studies. Institute of Russia and Eastern Europe
Poland

Assistant Professor at the Institute of Russia and Eastern Europe, Faculty of International and Political Studies of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Her research focuses on the economies of the Countries of the Eurasian region, economic security and energy security of Russia and post-Soviet countries. E-mail: katarzyna1kosowska@uj.edu.pl