Discussion 'How does the occupation of Crimea affect Ukraine?' LIVE BROADCAST
The live broadcast of the event can be watched on the Facebook pages of the Resilient Ukraine program and Ukrinform, which is a media partner of the event.
The issues to discuss include: "The Crimean platform: what role should Estonia play during the summit?"; "Passportization in Crimea: how does the process of obtaining Russian citizenship by Crimeans threaten Ukraine?"; "Drafting to the occupying army: why does illegal conscription to the Russian Armed Forces give rise to growing disturbance?"; "Impacts on resilience: how do Crimean-origin information operations by Russia threaten southern and eastern Ukraine?"
Participants in the event are Mariana Betsa, Ambassador of Ukraine to Estonia; Ihor Yaremenko, Deputy Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine; Volodymyr Prytula, Head of the Crimean Desk, RFE/RL (Krym.Realii); Ibrahim Suleimanov, Head of Kherson city Majlis, Development Director of the Kuresh Crimean Tatar Cultural Center; Marko Mihkelson, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Estonian Parliament; Gert Antsu, Director of the Estonian Center of Eastern Partnership, former Ambassador of Estonia to Ukraine (2016-2019); Evhen Tsybulenko, Law professor at the Tallinn University of Technology. Dmitri Teperik, Chief Executive of the International Center for Defense and Security (Estonia) and Resilient Ukraine program director, will moderate the discussion.
The Resilient Ukraine program has been implemented by the International Center for Defense and Security (ICDS) since 2016 with the support of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In addition to Ukrinform, a media partner of the event is RFE/RL's Krym.Realii (Crimea.Realities) project.
