We are pleased to announce that two students from Italy, Valentina Verzeni and Valentina Pudano, joined the Dashkova Team in February 2015. (Published Wednesday, 10th February 2016) Valentina Verzeni is a first-year MA student in Foreign Languages for Communication and International Cooperation at the University of Milan, where she also obtained a BA degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures (English and Russian). Valentina will stay with us till July 2015. Valentina Pudano is a second-year MA student in International Relations at the University of Bologna, is specialising in Eastern European Studies and Russia, and will stay at the Dashkova till April 2015. Both Trainees will give assistance in the organisation of the Centre’s activities and will provide administrative support. Publication date 12 Feb, 2016