Putin's Dark Ecosystem: Graft, Gangsters, and Geopolitics
Date: June 25th, 2020 at 15:00 CEST / 09:00 EST Platform: MS Teams Live Events
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The panelist presented for 30 minutes followed by 30 minutes of Q&A.
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1500-1530 CEST / 0900-0930 EST
Putin's Dark Ecosystem: Graft, Gangsters, and Geopolitics Vladimir Putin's Russia has weaponized globalization to create a dark ecosystem to advance Moscow's geopolitical interests. Two of the most deadly tools are weaponized corruption and organized crime.
1530-1600 CEST / 0900-1000 EST
Question and Answer Session
Presenter
Brian Whitmore
Title: Director, Russia Program Affiliation: Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)
Brian Whitmore specializes in Russian domestic and foreign policy. He is the Director of the Russia Program at CEPA.
Before joining CEPA, Whitmore was Senior Russia Analyst at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. He has worked as a foreign correspondent for The Boston Globe in Moscow and Prague, as a graduate instructor in the Department of Government and International Studies at the University of South Carolina, and as a visiting lecturer at Mechnikov National University in Odessa, Ukraine, and St. Petersburg State University.