<b>Arkady Ostrovsky</b>&nbsp;is a Russian-born journalist who has spent fifteen years reporting from Moscow, first for the <i>Financial Times</i> and then as bureau chief for <i>The Economist</i>. He studied Russian theater history in Moscow and holds a Ph.D. in English literature from Cambridge University. His translation of Tom Stoppard’s trilogy <i>The Coast of Utopia</i> has been published and staged in Russia.&nbsp;He has appeared on morning edition, CNN, the BBC and Sky News. <i>The Invention of Russia</i> won the Orwell Prize and was a Financial Times Book of the Year.