The Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies and UKRAINETT invite you to a lunch seminar on 26 May.
This event requires registration. Please sign up using our registration form.
WHERE: Sentralen, Kronesalen, Øvre Slottsgate 3
WHEN: 26 May 12.00 – 14.00. Doors open and lunch is served 11.30-12.00.
Understanding Russia’s war in Ukraine also requires insight into Russia’s occupation policies and its efforts to consolidate control over Ukrainian territories. This aspect of the war is often undercommunicated in the broader media picture and spans a wide spectrum — from administrative measures to large-scale nationalization and russification projects, forced deportations, and killings.
In this lunch seminar, we take a closer look at different dimensions of Russia’s occupation policies and their consequences, from the evolution of Russia’s control regime in occupied territories to Russia’s deportation of Ukrainian children as a case study of how occupation policies are put into practice, and how Ukrainians are resisting the occupation behind enemy lines.
You will hear from:
- Karolina Hird, Russia Team Deputy Lead and Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War
- Jaroslava Barbieri, Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham
- Illia Riepin, Political Scientist and Columnist in Political Philosophy & AI. Riepin is currently working with Dr. Jade McGlynn on a comprehensive report on Ukrainian resistance movements in occupied territories.
Program
Chair: Håvard Bækken
11.30-12.00: Coffee and lunch
12.00-12.10: Welcome and introduction
12.10-12.30: Jaroslava Barbieri: The evolution of Russia’s occupation policy
12.30-12.50: Illia Riepin: Ukrainian resistance in temporarily occupied territories
12.50-13.00: Short coffee break
13.00-13.20: Karolina Hird: Russia’s deportation of Ukrainian children.
13.20-13.40: Conversation
13.40-14.00: Q&A