Natalia SHPILKOVSKAYA, is the Bridges in Russian Editor. Earned a Bachelor of Laws with specialisation in Civil Law from the Moscow State Academy of Law and a Master of Laws from the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa.
Worked as Legal adviser for the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva, as Counsellor in Legal Affairs for the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation, as Legal Counsellor and Head of Division at NPO TECHNOMACH (private sector), Moscow, Russian Federation, and as Research Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada. In addition, she has been trained in WTO Dispute Settlement Rules and Procedures Course and in WTO Trade Policy. She is a citizen of Russia.