From Russia with Hate - The activity of pro-Russian extremist hate groups in Central-Eastern Europe
Date: April 27, 2017
Venue: Mercure Hotel
Language: English and Hungarian (with continuous interpretation)
10.00-10.10 Opening remarks
Attila Juhász, Director, Political Capital
10.10-10.20 The activity of pro-Russian extremist hate groups in Central-Eastern
Lóránt Győri, Geopolitical Analyst, Political Capital
10.20-11.35 Russia’s regional influence from domestic perspective
Grigorij Mesežnikov, President, Institute for Public Affairs
Miroslav Mareš, Professor, Masaryk University
Łukasz Wenerski, Analyst, European Programme, Institute of Public Affairs
Bernhard Weidinger, Research Fellow, DÖW
Moderator: Edit Zgut, Foreign Policy Analyst, Political Capital
11.35-11.55 Russian Information Operation In and On Hungary
András Rácz, Associate Professor, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
11.55-13.10 Network of CEE pro-Russian extremist organisations – tools of investigative journalism
Michał Kacewicz Journalist, Newsweek Polska
Szabolcs Panyi Journalist, Index.hu
Fabian Schmid Journalist, Der Standard
Moderator: Veszna Wessenauer, Analyst, Political Capital
13.10-13.40 Lunch
13.40-15.00 Russian disinformation
Colonel Aivar Jaeski, Deputy Director, NATO STRATCOM
Katarína Klingová, Research Fellow at the GLOBSEC Policy Institute
Anton Shekhovtsov Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences
Veronika Vichová, Analyst, European Values
Moderator: Lóránt Győri, Geopolitical Analyst, Political Capital
Please kindly reply to this invitation at the following address: konferencia@politicalcapital.hu by 26th April, 2017. Registration is on a first come, first served basis and number of seats are limited.