How does the occupation of Crimea affect Ukraine's national resilience? (10.03.2021, 15:00 - 16:30 EEST)
✔️ Issues to discuss:
- The Crimean platform: what role should Estonia play during the summit?
- Passportization in Crimea: how does the process of obtaining Russian citizenship by Crimeans threaten Ukraine?
- Drafting to the occupying army: why does illegal conscription to the Russian Armed Forces give rise to growing disturbance?
- Impacts on resilience: how do Crimean-origin information operations by Russia threaten southern and eastern Ukraine?
✔️ Participants:
- H.E. Mariana Betsa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Estonia
- Mr. Ihor Yaremenko, Deputy Minister for Reintegration of the Temporary Occupied Territories of Ukraine
- Mr. Marko Mihkelson, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Estonian parliament
- Mr. Gert Antsu, Director of the Estonian Centre of Eastern Partnership, former Ambassador of Estonia to Ukraine (2016-2019)
- Dr. Yevhen Tsybulenko, Law professor at Tallinn University of Technology
- Mr. Volodymyr Prytula, Head of the Crimean Desk, RFE/RL (Krym.Realii)
- Mr. Ibrahim Suleimanov, Head of Kherson city Majlis, Development Director of ‘Kuresh’ Crimean Tartar Cultural Centre
✔️ Moderator: Mr. Dmitri Teperik, ICDS Chief Executive (Estonia)/Programme Director ‘Resilient Ukraine’.
✔️ Format: the event will take place online on the ZOOM platform and will be broadcast on the Facebook page of the ‘Resilient Ukraine’ programme. Please click here to register.
✔️ Languages: English and Ukrainian. Simultaneous translation will be provided.
✔️ Organizers: International Centre for Defense and Security (ICDS) within the framework of the ‘Resilient Ukraine’ programme in partnership with Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Estonia
✔️ Media partners of the discussion: RFE/RL's Krym.Realii (Crimea Realities), National News Agency of Ukraine 'Ukrinform'.