Join Harvard's Davis Center for a talk with Dr. Vitali Shkliarov about his experience working as an organizer, consultant and strategist for the opposition on election campaigns in Russia, Georgia and Ukraine. The talk will also cover US-Russia relations, fake news, election interference, grassroots activism in different political and cultural contexts and the use of technology in fighting for democracy in authoritarian regimes. Vitali will also share his views about the last Russian presidential election, in which he served as an advisor to a major opposition candidate; the state of democracy in Russia and Putin’s fourth term; and the use of elections as a tool for strengthening the Kremlin’s regime domestically and internationally.

Speakers:

Vitali Shkliarov, political strategist 

Moderator: Maria Sidorkina, visiting scholar, Davis Center; postdoctoral fellow, Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Amherst College