Covering Zelensky’s background and bustling TV career through to his first, controversial years in office to Russia’s full-scale blitzkrieg, Zelensky is a vivid and concise biography of a driven man. It’s ideal for anyone who wants to understand Ukraine’s charismatic president, his complex country, and its vexed relationship with Russia.
Steven Derix is a journalist at the prestigious Dutch newspaper nrc Handelsblad. Together with Dolf de Groot he wrote Blood Brothers: The Downfall of Team Rabobank, which uncovered Michael Boogerd’s doping fraud. From 2014 to 2020 he was nrc correspondent for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Marina Shelkunova studied journalism and was a researcher and coordinator for NRC Handelsblad and De Standaard.