Anne Le Huérou received her PhD in Sociology from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. She has conducted research on various issues concerning contemporary Russian Politics and Society, including local and regional politics and administration, demonstrations of violence, aspects of violence and repression in Russian society, local and community policing issues. She has especially focused on issues related to the war in Chechnya and its impacts on Russian Society since 1999. Her most recent publications are : “Elites in Omsk”, Post-Soviet Affairs, # 4, 1999, pp. 362-386 ; Les pratiques de sécurité locale dans la Russie post-soviétique : Evolutions institutionnelles et nouveaux acteurs [Local Policing Initiatives and Practices in Post-Soviet Russia : Institutional Change and New Players]. Collection Etudes et Recherches ; Paris, IHESI, 2003 ; “La guerre en Tchétchénie au miroir de l’opinion russe : éphémère Union Sacrée ou facteur durable de consolidation nationale” [The War in Chechnya through the Eyes of Russian Public Opinion: Temporary Union Sacrée or a Long Lasting Feature of National Consolidation] in Hassner Pierre, Marchal Roland (Eds.), Guerre et Sociétés : Etat et violence après la guerre froide [War and Society : State and Violence after the Cold War]. Paris : Karthala/CERI, (collection Recherches internationales), 2003, p. 165-191 ; she contributed to Tchétchénie : 10 clés pour comprendre [Chechnya :Ten Keys to Understanding], Paris: La découverte, 2003.