Research Fellow, HCSS Ukraine
Yar Batoh was a Research Fellow at HCSS Team Ukraine (HTU) from 2019 until March 2022. Since 2020 he headed the team of young Ukrainian analysts, working on ‘deciphering’ Russia for our multi-year research programme ‘RuBase’, which sets out to improve our understanding of Russia’s multi-domain international behaviour.
He also worked as a senior consultant on international cooperation at Ukrenergo. Yar obtained a BA in international relations (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv) and certificate in political science (Granada University). His previous working experience included the World Bank and VoxUkraine. He work focussed on international security, conflict resolution, Ukrainian and Russian foreign policy.
After Russia’s full-scale invasion of his home country in February 2022, he felt the call of duty and joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Yar was tragically killed in combat in Donetsk oblast in early July, 2024.
