By invitation only.
Session of the Russia/Eastern Partnership Discussion Group.
The crisis in Ukraine has shifted international attention away from other post-Soviet conflicts, including those in the South Caucasus and Moldova. While Russian leadership annexed Crimea from Ukraine, it is also slowly integrating Georgia’s South Ossetia and Abkhazia into its territory and is becoming increasingly active in Transnistria and other ethnically Russian regions of Moldova. Separatist conflicts have become a core instrument of Russian policy to control its post-Soviet neighbors. What has changed since the Ukraine crisis? Is Russia becoming even more active in these countries, and what does it mean for the Russian and the European security situation? Finally, what is the best way for the EU to respond to this growing challenge?
Speakers:
Sergey Markedonov
Associate Professor, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow
Stanislav Secrieru
Senior Research Fellow at for Russia and the eastern neighborhood, with particular focus on Moldova, Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), Warsaw
Giorgi Kanashvili
Executive Director, Caucasian House, Tbilisi
The event is organized by the Robert Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia and will be held in English.
