As a Partner for Business intelligence Russia & CIS, Nabi leads the wide-range Control Risks’ research and analysis of processes and actors influencing political, operational and security environments in Russia and other former Soviet states.

Prior to joining Control Risks, Nabi was the chief editor of The Moscow Times, an English-language daily newspaper in Russia, where he was a political and security writer for many years. He also headed the Foreign-Language Information Service at Russia’s major RIA Novosti news agency.

Nabi has a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government where he studied negotiation and conflict resolution. A native Russian speaker, he also has a degree in construction engineering from a Russian university.