Ekaterina Venkina is a news writer with Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle in Bonn where she covers world politics, Russian, and ex-U.S.S.R. regional issues. Venkina is part of the n-ost journalistic network in Berlin and was awarded scholarships by the International Journalists’ Programmes, the Swedish Institute and the Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists (IFP) in Munich, among others.