David Satter, a long time scholar of Russia, is the author of five books on Russia and the Soviet Union and the director of a documentary film. A former Moscow correspondent of the Financial Times of London (1976-82), he has followed Russian events for almost five decades. In September 2013, he was accredited as a Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow. Three months later, he was expelled from Russia becoming the first US correspondent to be barred from Russia since the Cold War. He contributes to the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal and National Review among other publications. His most recent book is Never Speak to Strangers and Other Writing from Russia and the Soviet Union.