Global Conference 2023
Global Conference 2023

Russia: Present Tense, Future Uncertain

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Russia’s geopolitical future remains unknown. Facing economic and investment fallout from former partners in the West due to its invasion of Ukraine, will Russia devolve into a junior partner to a Chinese superpower seeking hegemony in the East? Or will the costs of the invasion force the Russian public to question both its ruling elite and the assumptions of nationalist revival, leading to an eventual rapprochement with the West? This panel will bring together voices fluent in Russia’s history and current political scene to debate the future trajectory of Russia’s domestic politics, its economic development options, and its place in a changing world order. 

    Introductory Remarks

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    Petra Freddi

    Senior Director, Europe, Milken Institute

    Moderator

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    Gillian Tett

    Chair of the Editorial Board and Editor-at-Large, US, Financial Times

    Speakers

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    Garry Kasparov

    13th World Chess Champion; Chairman, Renew Democracy Initiative
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    Mikhail Khodorkovsky

    Founder, Russian Anti-War Committee; Former Political Prisoner
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    Odessa Rae

    Film Producer, "Navalny"
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    Maria Snegovaya

    Senior Fellow, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
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    Andrew Weiss

    Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace