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

Petra Freddi

Senior Director, Europe, Milken Institute

Moderator

Gillian Tett

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

Speakers

Garry Kasparov

13th World Chess Champion; Chairman, Renew Democracy Initiative

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Founder, Russian Anti-War Committee; Former Political Prisoner

Odessa Rae

Film Producer, "Navalny"

Maria Snegovaya

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

Andrew Weiss

Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace