Russian Resistance: Civil anti-war forum in Germany /
zivilgesellschaftliches Forum pro-demokratischer Initiativen in Deutschland
~ Stand with Ukraine! Stop Kremlin-propaganda! Deputinize Russia! ~
15/16 October 2022, Panda Platforma, Berlin
Dear friends,
Demokrati-JA invites you to the first congress of civil pro-democratic and pro-European organizations and initiatives of the community of Russians and people associated with Russia in Germany.
The long-term goal of our mutual work is to create a strong civil society of Russians and citizens of other countries connected to Russia and its culture in Germany.
Together with our like-minded people we strive to create such a society not only in Germany, where we are directly located, but also in other countries and, of course, in Russia itself, where our relatives and friends live, and where some of us are going to return one day.
We are creating a global civil society united by common values.
The immediate goals of the Berlin Congress:
- Consolidation of the pro-democratic Russians and those people connected to Russia in Germany and the transformation of this community into an effective civil force
- Creation of a platform for the interaction of our community, which should serve as a partner of the German and European politicians in the collective struggle against the criminal war in Ukraine and the dictatorship of the Kremlin regime
15.10.2022
9:30 Opening
09:45 Values and communication (solidarity, empathy, responsibility, fight with imperialism, importance of forming a civil society)
- Inna Berezkina (School of Civic Education, Democracy Without Borders)
- Alexander Morozov (Russian Anti-War Committee in Prague)
- Christina Riek (MEMORIAL Deutschland e.V.)
- Lisa Wolfson (Demokrati-JA)
Moderator - Elena Sergeeva (Demokrati-JA)
11:00 Coffee break
11:15 Problems of Putinism in Germany and Europe
- Stefan Melle (Austausch e.V. - Für eine europäische Zivilgesellschaft)
- Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)
- Ramunas Stanionis (Policy Advisor to MEP Andrius Kubilius at European Parliament)
- Elizaveta Shlosberg (Allianz für ein freiheitlich-demokratisches Russland - Nürnberg)
- Alexey Kozlov (Solidarus e.V. / Freies Russland Berlin)
- Lina Witte (Freies Russland NRW e.V.)
- Alexej Schwarz (Navalny’s team)
Moderator - Lisa Wolfson (Demokrati-JA)
12:45 Lunch
13:30 Support of Ukraine and anti-war cooperation (what various anti-war initiatives in Russia are doing and how we can help them)
- Bogdan Litvin ("Vesna" movement)
- Feminist Anti-War Resistance - FAS
- Armen Aramyan (Journal DOXA)
- Aleksey Tabalov (human rights organization "Conscript's School")
- Anastasiia Rodina (The Ark)
- Lev Gershenzon (TWIMC.ME - To Whom It May Concern)
- Igor Eidman (Deutsch-russischer Menschenrechtsdialog e.V.)
Moderator - Elena Sergeeva (Demokrati-JA)
14:50 Lobbying of anti-Putin, pro-democratic and pro-European agenda by Russians in Germany; political and media representation of our civil society, which does not accept the criminal war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine - how to make us visible and significant? Gathering ideas for a manifesto.
- Stefan Melle (Austausch e.V. - Für eine europäische Zivilgesellschaft)
- Denis Bilunov (Russian Anti-War Committee in Prague)
- Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)
- Alexander Morozov (Russian Anti-War Committee in Prague)
- Yanina Sartison (Free Russians e.V., München)
- Natalia Kruglova (Russ*innen gegen Krieg, Göttingen)
- Alexander Schumski (Allianz für ein freiheitlich-demokratisches Russland in Nürnberg)
- Dimitry Peters (PEREMEN FFM, Frankfurter Bündnis gegen Kriegstreiber)
- Lina Witte (Freies Russland NRW e.V.)
Moderators - Elizaveta Shlosberg (Allianz für ein freiheitlich-demokratisches Russland in Nürnberg) и Lisa Wolfson (Demokrati-JA)
16:15 Coffee break
16:30 Building connections and improving interaction between new and old waves of immigration
- Igor Eidman (Deutsch-russischer Menschenrechtsdialog e.V.)
- Igor Gretskiy (Estonian Foregin Policy Institute at the ICDS)
- Aleksander Formozov (Dekabristen e.V.)
- Tsypylma Darieva (ZOiS - Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien)
- Alexey Kozlov (Solidarus e.V. / Freies Russland Berlin)
- Aleksei Gresko (Engagiertes Freiburg)
- Alexej Schwarz (Navalny’s team)
- Evgeny Kavalerchik (Austausch e.V., Moderator of the telegram chat "Newcomers in Berlin")
Moderator - Elena Gaeva (Demokrati-JA)
16.10.2022
09:45 Relocation assistance: cooperation between initiatives // common problems, common successes // challenges to announced mobilization // lessons learned: what needs to be improved
- Daria Belova (inTransit)
- Yulia Abdullaeva (Freies Russland Berlin)
- Evelina Chayka (Quarteera e.V.)
- Nadezhda Kolobaeva (one-person relocation and refugee support initiative)
- Andrei Zaitsev (DeBryansk)
Модератор - Dasha Dudley (Demokrati-JA)
11:15 Coffee break
11:30 Creation of an infrastructure for the interaction of "intra-German" initiatives - a round table discussion based on the model of participatory democracy;
Moderator - Alexandra Zakieva (Stop Dictators HD / Demokrati-JA)
13:30 Closing
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