Vicente Ferraro is a postdoctoral researcher at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Brazil and a visiting researcher at ZOiS. He holds a degree in International Relations, a master’s degree in Applied Politics from the Higher School of Economics (Moscow), and a doctoral degree in Political Science from the University of São Paulo. He was also a visiting scholar at the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Toronto. In 2021, he received a Doctoral Paper Award at the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) World Convention. His research focuses on: (a) the Russian occupation of Ukraine, particularly its impact on teachers, education professionals, and local public officials; (b) the wars in Chechnya and Ukraine and their effects on Russian society and politics.