Michael J. Sheldon
Michael J. Sheldon is a former research associate for Eurasia at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) based in Washington, DC, where he led research on the DFRLab’s Minsk Monitor line of reporting.
Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Michael worked as a research intern at the Hudson Institute and on the board of the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association.
October 2021
An untimely death reveals the nature of a Russian neo-Nazi unit that fought in Syria
The DFRLab confirms the identity of Aleksander Voskanyan and his activities in Syria
July 2020
Men arrested in Belarus formerly fought for Russia in Ukraine and elsewhere
Wagner mercenaries, Ukrainian separatists among those under arrest.
February 2020
Early-morning flare-up in Luhansk
The DFRLab analyzed imagery from intense fighting in eastern Ukraine on the morning of February 18, 2020.
