Russia expert Martin Kragh has died at the age of 45. He is described by colleagues as one of Sweden’s leading experts on Russia, but in recent years, criticism of his analyses of Russia, Ukraine, and the Swedish security policy debate had also been growing.
The announcement regarding Martin KraghHis death was confirmed by The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, where he was a senior researcher. The institute's director Jakob Hallgren says to SVT:
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