Why Putin's Russia?

Elena Zhemkova, Grigory Shvedov, Mykola Riabchuk, Natalie Nougayrède

On 1 February 2023, the Rafael del Pino Foundation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Government of Spain, CIDOB and the European Commission organised the face-to-face dialogue entitled: "Why Putin's Russia? Unfinished business in post-Soviet times", with the participation of Elena Zhemkova, Memorial, Nobel Peace Prize 2022, Co-Founder and Executive Director; Grigory Shvedov, Memorial, Nobel Peace Prize 2022, Patron and Director of the information agency MEMO.RU, and Mykola Riabchuk, member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The meeting was moderated by Natalie Nougayrède, former Editor-in-Chief of Le Monde. The event was attended by the heads of the other two 2022 Nobel laureate organisations, Oleksandra Romantsova, Executive Director of the Center for Civil Liberties from Ukraine and Natalia Satsumkevich, Director of the Viasna Human Rights Centre in Belarus.

 

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