Anastasia Lavrina

Some Lesser Known Facts About Anastasia Lavrina

• Anastasia Lavrina grew up in Baku, Azerbaijan.

• Anastasia worked as an administrative assistant at the Baku Education Information Center (BEIC) from September 2011 to August 2012. During her time there, she represented BEIC at meetings with foreign delegates and on educational fairs and exhibitions.

• In February 2013, she joined Coventry University in England as a political analyst and worked briefly there.

• Anastasia interned with the United Nations DPI in Baku, Azerbaijan, from July to September 2013. There, she helped organise meetings and press events, and wrote reports on UN events for newspapers.

• In February 2012, Anastasia joined the Baku Education Information Center (BEIC) as an instructor. She taught contemporary politics, international relations, and academic English to third-year bachelor students.

• At BEIC, Anastasia also advised students on international university programs and researched various political issues. She worked there until September 2015.

• In 2015, Anastasia interned at the Milli Mejlis, Azerbaijan’s parliament, in Baku. During her six months there, she helped organise and participated in official meetings and was responsible for preparing letters and theses.

• In March 2016, she joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan in Baku as an intern, working in the department that handled bilateral relations with the UK and Ireland.

  

• During her four-month internship at the ministry, she assisted in organising meetings with international delegations and prepared reports and theses.

• During her four-month internship, she worked on Azerbaijan’s bilateral relations with the UK and Ireland, coordinated meetings with international delegations, and prepared reports and theses.

• Anastasia worked as an independent geopolitical and foreign policy researcher at The Politicon, a Baku-based think tank, from May 2016 to March 2017. During this time, she conducted research on a wide range of topics and published several articles on the think tank’s official website.

• Lavrina served as the head of the International Relations Department at the International Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF) in Baku from September 2016 to December 2020.

  

• At IEPF, Anastasia managed international partnerships and coordinated humanitarian and education projects. She also represented the organisation at global forums such as UN sessions and took charge of editorial work.

• Lavrina worked as an advisor for the Azerbaijani Community of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan from June 2020 to May 2022.

  

• Anastasia worked with CBC TV in Baku as an author and host of her political talk show Global Dialogue from July 2019 to September 2024. As a presenter and expert commentator, she covered many subjects, including global news, UN sessions, and international agreements.

• In December 2019, she became the vice president of the Russian Community of Azerbaijan.

• In March 2021, she became a board member of the YAP Youth Union in Baku.

  

• Anastasia joined the Institute for Development and Diplomacy (IDD) in Baku as a political analyst and researcher in May 2022.

  

• In September 2024, she began hosting the talk show ‘Inside Politics’ on AnewZ in Azerbaijan.

  

• In 2025, Anastasia Lavrina came into the spotlight after being reportedly appointed by Pakistan to produce content on Kashmir, including her documentary Kashmir: The Silent Struggle, which promoted Pakistan’s narrative about the region.

• Anastasia is an avid traveller and often shares her travel experiences on social media.

• She loves animals and often posts pictures with them on social media.