View source for Connolly: Russia’s Defense Industry under Western Sanctions and Export Control

'''Date:''' May 31st at 17:00 CET / 11:00 EDT  
'''Platform:''' Cisco Webex Events  

=== Link to Video Recording ===
[https://eucom.webex.com/recordingservice/sites/eucom/recording/playback/e44d7d73e1f1103ba92b00505681c407 Link to Video Recording] -- Passcode: RSIvideo2023

=== Details ===
RSI will host Dr Richard Connolly to discuss his most recent RSI-sponsored research, ''Russia’s Defense Industry under Western Sanctions and Export Controls: Prospects for Evolution and Implications for Russia's Strategic Aims.'' The event will examine Russia’s military expenditure in the context of the war in Ukraine, the severe sanctions regime in place, and the needs for force reconstitution.

=== Biography ===

==== Richard Connolly ====
[[File:Photo_Richard_Connolly.jpg|thumb|200px|Richard Connolly]]  
'''Title:''' Director, Eastern Advisory Group  
'''Affiliation:''' Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)  

Dr Richard Connolly is director of the consultancy, Eastern Advisory Group, and an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London. He was previously director of the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the University of Birmingham and an associate fellow on the Russia and Eurasia Program at Chatham House. He is a specialist on the Russian economy.

His most recent books are ''Russia’s Response to Sanctions,'' published by Cambridge University Press in 2018, and the ''Very Short Introduction to the Russian Economy,'' published by Oxford University Press in 2020.