Russian Media and Activists in Europe: What can be done from exile?

Background
Emigration from Russia (and the Soviet Union) is an old phenomenon: Russian-speaking diaspora surpasses 20 million people. The latest emigration wave started in February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine: journalists and activists who opposed the war were among the first to leave, followed by draft dodgers, political opponents and economic migrants. Some estimates calculate that up to one million people left Russia since 2022.

Journalists, politicians and activists have continued their work abroad, trying to reach the audience who stayed in Russia, subject to permanent war and patriotic propaganda. What can they do in exile and from exile? What are their objectives?

Speakers
Sergey Parkhomenko, publisher, journalist, civic activist and political commentator. He co-founded Dissernet,a volunteer community network working to clean Russian science of plagiarism, as well as the project Last Address, a large-scale public memorial project designed to commemorate the memory of innocent people who died because of political repression in the Soviet Union. Currently, Sergey leads the Redkollegia project, the most prestigious professional award in Russia, established in 2016 to support independent journalism. He lives in Paris.

Ilya Yashin, a Moscow opposition deputy and ally of late politician Alexei Navalny, was one of 16 prisoners freed by Russia in a historic exchange with the West on Aug. 1. He had been serving an 8.5-year sentence for denouncing the invasion of Ukraine. Yashin lives in Berlin.

Ivan Kolpakov, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Meduza

Angelina Davydova is an environmental and climate journalist, writing for the Russian and international media, NGOs and think-tanks. She is a co-host of the English-language podcast The Eurasian Climate Brief. She lives in Berlin.

Format
Short presentations followed by Q&A

Target Groups
Austrian and international journalists, thinktank analysts, and academics.

Number of participants in Presseclub Concordia
Maximum: 70

 Number of online participants
Maximum: 100

Registration
For personal attendance register HERE.
If you will join us online, please register HERE. You will get a Zoom link one day before the event.

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