Anastasia Fomitchova Political Scientist, Ukraine Specialist Contributeur externe EuropeLes contributeurs externes de la plateforme Expressions ne s’expriment pas au nom de l’Institut Montaigne. À ce titre, leurs analyses et prises de position sont strictement personnelles et ne sauraient nous être attribuées.Anastasia Fomitchova is a political scientist, holds a Ph.D. in political science, and is a specialist on Ukraine. Her research focuses on the transformations of the Ukrainian state since 2014, oligarchic and corruption dynamics, and the effects of the war on the country’s institutions and political economy. She is a co-founder of the EU-LEAP think tank in Kyiv, which focuses on public policy, institutional reforms, and issues related to Ukraine’s European integration.A graduate in political science, law, and philosophy from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, she participated in the European Research Council project Social Dynamics of Civil Wars before continuing her research at the Chair in Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa. There, she earned her Ph.D. in political science in 2024, with a dissertation on the formation and transformations of the Ukrainian state in the context of war.She is also the author of Volia: A Volunteer in the Ukrainian Resistance (Grasset, 2025), a memoir in which she weaves her wartime experiences into a reflection on the political and social transformations of contemporary Ukraine; the book was awarded the 2025 André Malraux Prize.