Dr. Grigori Khislavski studied history, Slavic studies, political science, cognitive linguistics, and classical philology in Frankfurt am Main. He earned his PhD in Erfurt with a thesis on Historical Semiotics, a field he developed himself and which is applied in the study of antisemitism. His current research focuses on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and Ukrainophobia in Russia. He also conducts research on the Katechon concept in Russian politics, focusing on religious studies, linguistics, and Byzantine studies.