On March 2, the Brooklyn Public Library will host a discussion of Reform or Revolution: The Quest for Responsible Government in the First Russian State Duma, a book by IMR Senior Policy Advisor Vladimir Kara-Murza.

On November 30, Pavel Khodorkovsky, president of the Institute of Modern Russia, took part in a Princeton University discussion panel entitled “Trials of Mikhail Khodorkovsky: A Symposium on Russia and the Rule of Law.” The event featured presentations by a number of prominent experts on Russian affairs and the rule of law and was followed by a screening of Cyril Tuschi’s documentary Khodorkovsky.

On November 17th, the Institute of Modern Russia held a panel at the 44th Annual Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) in New Orleans. The panel’s theme of “No Boundaries for the Russian Government’s Corruption” addressed this critical issue from an interdisciplinary perspective. Panelists Vladimir Rimskiy, Evgeniya Khilji, and Sasha de Vogel presented their papers, with IMR Advisor Ekaterina Mishina participating as discussant.

On November 23rd, an exhibition of New York photographer Mikhail Friedman depicting the lives of HIV/AIDS and TB patients in Russia, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine, will open at Moscow’s Fotosoyuz Gallery; and on November 27th, the Sakharov Center will host a conference dedicated to the memory of Vasily Aleksanyan. Both events form part of the Institute of Modern Russia’s project “HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis: IMR Against Social Indifference.”

On November 13th, IMR President Pavel Khodorkovsky will lead a discussion on the state of human rights and democracy in Russia at the SMU Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas.

On November 17th, the Institute of Modern Russia will host a roundtable discussion on Russia’s government corruption as part of the annual convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

On October 25th, the Institute of Modern Russia hosted a reception honoring the publication of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's new book, Putin's Prisoner, co-authored by well-known Russian journalist Natalia Gevorkyan. The book launch, which took place at New York’s 3-Legged Dog Gallery, marked the ninth anniversary of the arrest of the then-head of Yukos Oil Company and now Russia’s most prominent political prisoner.

You are cordially invited to the U.S. launch of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's new book: Putin's Prisoner. The event will take place on October 25th at the 3-Legged Dog Gallery on 80 Greenwich Street, Studio B, Manhattan, NY 10006. Pavel Khodorkovsky, President of the Institute of Modern Russia (IMR), is scheduled to make a speech introducing his father's long-awaited memoir. Guests will be presented with 200 free copies of the book, generously provided by IMR.

On September 30th, the Institute of Modern Russia (IMR) and InterArt Gallery presented a multimedia program on the Russian protest movement at the Brooklyn Public Library. The event unfolded in three acts: the screening of an acclaimed documentary “Winter, Go Away!”, the showcasing of a photographic exhibition “Unfrozen Winter,” and a roundtable discussion with IMR president Pavel Khodorkovsky, journalist and historian Vladimir Kara-Murza, and editor of “Novaya Kozha” almanac Igor Satanovsky.

Brooklyn Public Library, Institute of Modern Russia and InterArt Gallery present “Winter, Go Away!”, a multimedia program on the protest movement in contemporary Russia. September 30, 2012 at Central Library, Dweck Center.