Public Forum: Putin and the West

A public forum examining Putin's recent controversies, international policies, and relationship with NATO, the EU and the West. The purpose is to bring together UVic's Russian-specialist community with distinguished former officials from the Victoria community and members from the UVic community to discuss Putin's relationship with the west.

Wednesday, October 12

2:30 - 4:00pm

Harry Hickman, 116

Moderator:

Dr. Megan Swift, Associate Prof, Germanic and Slavic Studies

Speakers:

Commodore Jan Drent, Former Canadian Naval Attaché, Moscow

Derek Fraser, Former Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine

Jeremy Kinsmen, Former Canadian Ambassador to Russia

Don Nightingale, Professor Emeritus, Queen's University

This event is free and open to the public.

Space is limited; RSVP to eusprog@uvic.ca