Mary Dejevsky

About

Mary Dejevsky writes a weekly column for The Independent of London and is a regular contributor to many other print and online publications. A past correspondent in Moscow, Paris and Washington, and special correspondent in China, as well as East and Central Europe, she also broadcasts regularly on British and US radio and television. She graduated in Modern Languages from Oxford University, and began her professional career with the BBC, before moving to The Times and then to The Independent. She writes on a wide range of subjects, including foreign affairs, British politics, social issues and the media. A Russia specialist by training, she is a member of the Valdai Group, invited since 2004 to meet Russian leaders each autumn, an honorary fellow at the University of Buckingham, and a member of Chatham House, the leading British foreign affairs think-tank. She contributed the introductory essay to The Britannica Guide to Russia (Constable Robinson, 2009).