Dmitrii S. Tolkachev is a PhD candidate at the political science department at the Higher School of Economics (Moscow). His research focuses on sexual politics, queer theory, policy evaluation, anticorruption policy. Dmitrii’s main publications (with co-authors) are ‘Shared Past, Different Future? Russian and Georgian Authorities’ Discourse Concerning Homosexuality’ (Sexuality and Culture,  2020) and ‘A Conservative Turn for Russian Gender and Sexuality Education’ (in Uplifting Gender and Sexuality Education Research, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)