Nicholas Birman Trickett

Nicholas Birman Trickett is an associate director with S&P Global Commodity Insights' Investing in Energy service. Previously editor-in-chief of FPRI's BMB Russia and his own blog and newsletter OGs and OFZs, he has nearly a decade's experience following, analysing and writing on Russia's political economy and its effects across former Soviet Eurasia and further afield. He holds a BA in comparative literature from Haverford College, an MA in Russia/Eurasian regional studies from the European University in St Petersburg and an MSc in international political economy from the London School of Economics. An American by birth and Chicagoan by the grace of god, he lives in London with his wife Ella.