Volker Weichsel

Volker Weichsel, born in 1973 in Heppenheim an der Bergstraße, is a Slavic studies scholar and political scientist. Since 2003, he has been an editor of OSTEUROPA, a Berlin-based journal focusing on politics, economics, society, and culture in East-Central and Eastern Europe. He also works as a translator, primarily from Russian and French. His most recent translations include Maksim Znak: Zekamerone. Geschichten aus dem Gefängnis (2023), David Rousset: Das KZ-Universum (2022), and Olga Shparaga: Die Revolution hat ein weibliches Gesicht. Der Fall Belarus (2021).