Russia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Anna King is a Russian-born business development consultant specializing in cross-cultural issues, negotiation practices, and conflict management. She speaks seven languages, and has an M.Phil. Degree from Cambridge University. Anna has worked with key government and decision makers in Britain and across the CIS. She has also interpreted for high-level government visits to the UK and for senior ministerial meetings at the EU in Brussels.

Grace Cuddihy is a translator and an editor who has lived in Moscow, Ukraine, and the Republic of Mari El Republic. While completing a degree in history and Russian at Trinity College Dublin, she won a scholarship to Moscow State University. In Moscow, she worked as a governess for Russian families, as an English teacher, and as an editor at The Moscow Times newspaper. Now, she works as a freelance translator and editor for organizations such as Skoltech and the Strelka Institute.

Charles Armstrong trained at the Drama Studio. His theatre work includes Stop Messing About (Leicester Square Theatre) and Round the Horne Revisited (West End and Tour). He has also worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company, National, and many repertory theaters. His work on film and TV includes Scoop, EastEnders, Poirot, Head Over Heels, and The Navigators. He has recorded numerous voiceovers, documentaries, radio dramas, and audiobooks.