You are cordially invited to attend a forum hosted by the Institute of Modern Russia, the Foreign Policy Initiative, and Freedom House on the afternoon of March 4th.
New Approach or Business As Usual?
US-EU-Russia Relations After Putin’s Crackdown
Date: Monday, March 4
Time: 2:45-5:30PM
Location: Senate Dirksen Building, Room 106
Washington DC 20510
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS:
2:45 – 3:00PM
WELCOME REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS:
3:00 – 3:15PM
VIDEO: Welcome Remarks, Panel 1
Congressman James McGovern (D-MA), Co-Chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
Guy Verhofstadt, Leader of the ALDE Group in the European Parliament;
former Prime Minister of Belgium
PANEL 1: PUTIN’S CRACKDOWN: A VIEW FROM MOSCOW
3:15 – 4:15PM
Panelists:
Ludmila Alekseeva, Chairperson of the Moscow Helsinki Group
Mikhail Kasyanov, Co-Chairman of the Republican Party of Russia-People's Freedom Party; former Prime Minister of Russia
Dmitri Gudkov, Member of the State Duma (Parliament) of the Russian Federation; one of 8 who voted against the ban on U.S. adoptions of Russian orphans
Moderator: David Kramer, Freedom House
PANEL 2: SHOULD THE WEST RESPOND - AND HOW?
4:15 – 5:15PM
VIDEO: Opening Remarks, Panel 2, Closing Remarks
Opening Remarks: Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission
Panelists:
Edward McMillan-Scott, Vice-President of the European Parliament
Kristiina Ojuland, Member of the European Parliament; former Foreign Minister of Estonia
Lilia Shevtsova, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment
Moderator: Ellen Bork, Foreign Policy Initiative
CLOSING REMARKS:
5:15 – 5:30PM
Pavel Khodorkovsky, President of the Institute of Modern Russia
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