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Dr Larysa Samosonok is a Ukranian academic who was tasked with moving and rebuilding Donetsk National University of Economics after Russia initially invaded the Donbas region in 2014. She was the Vice-Rector of International Relations at the University from 2014 until 2017 before taking a leading role with the UN and EU backed NGO "Interaction - Plus", an organisation that works with civil society in Donetsk and Luhansk regions to restore social and critical infrastructure in territories under attack from Russia in Eastern Ukraine.