In this presentation hosted by the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington University, Leonid Volkov, chief of staff and campaign manager for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, will reflect on the current political situation in Russia, its future development and where the opposition to Putin’s regime should seek its best chances to overcome the status quo.

Leonid Volkov is a Russian politician with Russia’s Future Party. Volkov was campaign manager and chief of staff for Alexei Navalny’s 2013 Moscow mayoral campaign; he also worked with Navalny on his attempt to register for the 2018 presidential election. Currently, Volkov oversees all regional political operations of the Future Party over Russia’s 11 time zones. He is a former deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Duma and head of the Central Election Committee of the Russian Opposition Coordination Council. Volkov has over 20 years of experience as an IT professional, running, and consulting for, several of Russia’s largest software firms. Together with Fyodor Krasheninnikov, he published three editions of "Cloud Democracy," a book on how modern technology can reshape and redefine democracy and elections. Volkov is also founder of the Internet Protection Society, an NGO focused on internet freedom and digital rights in Russia.

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