Meeting/lecture “Russian aggression and Crimea:
11 years later. Why the war will not end without of deoccupation of the peninsula”
Format: online, Zoom conference with preregistration of participants
Audience: students, expert community, academia, media, diplomats, public figures and interested NGOs
Suggested agenda
Opening remarks (5 min)
Olha Kyrushko, Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Representative of the Embassy of Ukraine in Finland
The main part (50 min)
1. The current situation in occupied Crimea and what political problems Ukraine as a state is facing today while supporting the policy of non-recognition of the attempted annexation of Crimea (25 min.)
– On the situation in occupied Crimea (key trends in the developments at the peninsula in the context of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Crimea as a springboard for a full-scale invasion, a hub for the illegal displacement of Ukrainian citizens, deportation of children, and looting of Ukrainian grain; at the same time, Ukraine’s military success in the Black Sea, which forced Russia to relocate its fleet; what can be said about the mood of the population in Crimea in the absence of reliable sociological data and access to the territory; resistance movements in Crimea).
– Perception of the topic of Crimea at the international level: how the perception of occupied Crimea has changed since the start of the full-scale invasion: whether interest in the topic has really decreased against the backdrop of a full-scale war and Russian war crimes in the rest of Ukraine; how the Russian imperial prism of perception of Crimea affects international support for Ukraine to liberate the entire internationally recognized territory; Crimean issue at the UN, in the international media and in the perception of the international expert community.
– The day after de-occupation: how Ukraine is preparing to regain control over the peninsula. Strategy for economic recovery of Crimea; 10 priority steps for reintegration of the de-occupied peninsula; participation of businesses in the future recovery of Crimea.
2. Historical perspective: Why Crimea has never been Russian (and first of all, it is the site of a great crime — the genocide of the Crimean Tatar people) (25 min.)
– Representative of Indigenous peoples of Crimea (Representative of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people or other representative of the Crimean Tatar people, cultural elite).
– Representative of the expert community.
– Historian who deals with the topic of Crimea, southern Ukraine.
As an option and depending on the specifics of the audience, we can invite other experts, representatives of the families of political prisoners to speak about the security and human rights component, etc.
Q&A session (15-20 minutes or up to 30 minutes if the schedule allows)