Tania Marocchi is Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre, where she follows relations between Russia and the European Union and Russia’s domestic politics, with a particular focus on Russia’s non-systemic opposition. Prior to joining the EPC in 2013, Tania was Research Assistant at the Institute for Central Eastern and Balkan Europe, where she focused on Russia’s relations with Central Eastern Europe. She holds a MA in International and Diplomatic Affairs from the University of Bologna and is an alumna of the University of California, Berkeley, the Prague Security Studies Institute and the University of Vilnius, Lithuania.