Katerina Sergatskova – författare

This timely volume is exploring the nature of the military occupation of Ukraine by Russian forces and their proxies in Crimea, Donbas, and Southern regions of Ukraine, as captured and studied by journalist and analyst Katerina Sergatskova from the first days of the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 till the full-scale invasion that started in 2022. It also provides invaluable insights into the forced migration and exile challenges as a result of the occupation and political conflicts. The book consists of early reportages from the occupied territories, conversations with those who were forced into hiding, and late essays during the full-scale war. Sergatskova has witnessed many historical events: from the illegal referendums across disputed territories of Crimea and Donbas, on-site investigation of the bombing of the Boeing MH17, and special operations to liberate Ukrainian war prisoners, to the liberation of the occupied territories after the start of the full-scale invasion.

Why did more than 15,000 people from the former Soviet bloc join ISIS - nearly a third of the group's foreign fighters?In Goodbye, ISIS: What Remains is Future, award-winning journalist Katerina Sergatskova investigates one of the most underexplored chapters of global terrorism. Drawing on years of reporting across Georgia, Turkey, Iraq, and Ukraine, she traces the personal stories of ISIS recruits, their families, and even those falsely accused of affiliation.Through vivid interviews and groundbreaking reporting, Sergatskova reveals how post-Soviet fighters shaped ISIS, how the movement spread into the Caucasus, and why Ukraine has become an unexpected landing place for some of its veterans. Alongside this narrative, she connects today’s extremist networks to earlier figures like Dzhokhar Dudayev and Shamil Basayev, showing how past conflicts laid the groundwork for ISIS’s reach.Both deeply human and geopolitically urgent, Goodbye, ISIS challenges assumptions about terrorism, migration, and security in the post-Soviet world — and why understanding it matters for global stability.