Join Columbia's Harriman Institute for a talk with Leonid Volkov, Russian politician and member of the Russia's Future Party. Volkov is a Russian politician of the Russia’s Future Party and was campaign manager and chief of staff for Alexei Navalny’s 2013 mayoral campaign for Moscow, as well as for Navalny’s attempt to get registered for the 2018 presidential election. Currently, Leonid oversees all regional political operations of the Russia’s Future Party over Russia’s eleven time zones. He is a former deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Duma and the head of the central election committee of the Russian Opposition Coordination Council. Leonid has over twenty years of experience as an IT professional, running and consulting several of Russia’s largest software firms. Together with Fyodor Krasheninnikov he published three editions of "The Cloud Democracy," a book on how modern technology could reshape and redefine democracy and elections. Leonid is also founder of the Internet Protection Society, a NGO focused on internet freedom and digital rights in Russia. The talk will by moderated by Timothy Frye, chair of the political science department at Columbia University.

Speakers:

Leonid Volkov, politician, Russia's Future Party

Timothy Frye, chair of the political science department, Columbia University (moderator)