Valerie Hopkins is the New York Times' Moscow correspondent. Until recently, she was South-East Europe Correspondent for the Financial Times with a base in Budapest. Before moving to Moscow, Valerie spent a decade covering the Balkans. Her work has also appeared in The Guardian, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Mother Jones, Politico Europe and elsewhere. She has an M.A. in journalism from Columbia University and a B.A. in International Relations from the College of William and Mary.