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Human Rights and Dissent in Putin's Russia: A Roundtable Discussion

Mar 21, 2024 3:30 - 5:00 pm

319 Gregory Hall (810 S. Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801)

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Sponsor: REEEC
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact: REEEC
E-Mail: reec@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar: Russian, E. European & Eurasian Center: Speakers; On March 15-17, Russia held a presidential election, which Vladimir Putin will use to ratify his hold on power. No anti-war candidates have been allowed to run against him. The elections come on the heels of the death, in prison, of Alexei Navalny, a leading opposition leader and anti-corruption activist. They also occur a little over two years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
On Thursday, March 21, from 3:30-5:00 p.m. the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center will convene a roundtable discussion on the state of politics and dissent today in Russia. What scope exists for meaningful dissent and the defense of basic human rights in Russia today? What, in turn, can the larger world hope—and expect—from Russia in the future?
The roundtable will begin with short presentations from a number of disciplinary perspectives, from faculty with long experience studying the REEES region. It then will move on to general conversation, with the hope of creating a broad, many sided discussion of human rights and dissent in Russia today.

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