Trainees and visiting students at the Dashkova Centre Valentina Pudano (February - April 2016) A second-year MA student in International Relations at the University of Bologna, Valentina is specialising in Eastern European Studies and Russia. Valentina Verzeni (January - June 2016) Currently a first-year MA student in Languages and Cultures for International Communication and Cooperation at University of Milan. Valentina has also acquired a BA degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures (English and Russian) at the same University. Erika Perico (March - June 2015) A first-year Master student at the University of Milan - Italy, Erika firstly carried out undergraduate studies in Interpreting and Translation (languages: English, Russian and Chinese) at the University of Bologna, before starting her Master in Foreign Languages for Communication and International Cooperation. Violetta Galitskaya (October - December 2015) Currently a second-year MA student, Violetta is studying in Tomsk State University, on the specialty of sociology. Her Master's dissertation is focused on the issue of creating public spaces. This article was published on 2024-08-13