CHECHNYA PEACE FORUM
Spotlight on Russia
Wednesday 14th May
Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
Taking place only days after Dmitry Medvedev formally takes over as President of the Russia Federation, the event will focus on what is happening in Russia today. Addressing the audience, our eminent speakers will include:
• Boris Nemtsov – Former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
• Ed Lucas – Journalist on the Economist and Author of The New Cold
War: How the Kremlin Menaces Both Russia and the West
• David Clark – The Russia Foundation
• Akhmed Zakaev – Prime Minister, Resistance Government of the Chechen
Republic of Ichkeria
• Tony Wood – Assistant Editor at the New Left Review and Author
of Chechnya: The Case for Independence
• Andrei Piontkovsky – Executive Director, Center for Strategic
Research in Moscow
• Peter Tatchell – Human Rights Campaigner
• Nina Khrushcheva – Writer and great-granddaughter of former Soviet
Premier, Nikita Khrushchev
• Natalia Novozhilova – Journalist
• Oksana Chelysheva – Journalist, Russian-Chechen Friendship Society
• Philip Hanson – Professor of the Political Economy of Russia and
Eastern Europe, Birmingham University and Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham
House
• John Russell – Professor in Russian Studies at Bradford University
and Author of Chechnya: Russia’s “War on terror”
• Marina Litvinenko – Author and widow of Alexander Litvinenko
• Ruslan Badalov – Head of the Chechen Committee of National Salvation
The event will start at 9.30am and conclude shortly after 3.30pm. A buffet lunch will be provided. Please see below for a brief outline of proceedings. We will issue the confirmed programme ahead of the conference.
We do hope that you will be able to join us. Please rsvp to geoff duggan on 020 7149 3705 to reserve your place or email your acceptance to.
Please include your name and organisation when registering, as well as your
contact details.
We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 14th May.
Yours sincerely,
Ivar Amundsen Stephen Twigg
Director Director
Chechnya Peace Forum Foreign Policy Centre
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Spotlight on Russia
Wednesday 14th May
Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall, London
9:30-9.50am
Arrival & Coffee
9.50-10.00am
Welcome and introductory remarks by Stephen Twigg, director of the foreign
policy centre
10.00-11.00am
Managed Democracy: Political Realities Under Russia’s New President
11.00- 11.15am
Tea and coffee
11.15– 12.15pm
Russia’s New Order: Revival of the Intelligence Services, suppression
of freedom of speech, political opposition, civil liberties and the rule of
law
12.15- 1.15pm
Lunch
1.15-2.15pm
Russia’s Policy on Chechnya and the Caucasus
2.15-2.30pm
Tea and coffee
2.30-3.30pm
Russian Influence on the World Stage: What the Future Holds
3.30-3.40pm
Closing remarks by Ivar Amundsen, Director of the Chechnya Peace Forum