Friday, Oct. 22, 2011
1:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Location: Presidential Room 1, Faculty House, Columbia University
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.: “Russian Elections (2011–2012): Is There a Chance for Change?”
Presentation by Mikhail Kasyanov (political leader, Russian People's Democratic Union, and Prime Minister of Russia, 2000–2004)
2:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.: Panel Discussion—“On the Prospects of Political Change in Russia”
Speakers:
• Padma Desai (Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Comparative Economic Systems, Columbia University)
• Timothy Frye (Director, Harriman Institute, and Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy, Columbia University)
• Andrei Piontkovsky (Executive Director of the Strategic Studies Center, Moscow, and Visiting Fellow, Hudson Institute)
This event is free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations required. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
