IOP Pritzker Fellow Natalia Pelevina on "Russian Regime's Revenge Act One: Death on a Bridge"

THIS SEMINAR IS OPEN TO CURRENT UCHICAGO STUDENTS ONLY

Tuesday, February 18

12:30-1:45pm

When Boris Nemtsov was murdered on a Moscow bridge, Mikhail Kasyanov and I were sitting at a cafe discussing how to help Boris with a report he was preparing on Russia's proxy war in Ukraine. He got the first call, and 20 minutes later, we were standing near Boris's body. Political assassinations are the ultimate tool of the Putin Kremlin, from those of Anna Politkovskaya and Alexander Litvinenko, which shocked the world, as did the death of Sergei Magnitsky in one of Moscow’s prisons. The poisoning in England’s Salisbury of Sergei Skripal and his daughter with Novichok nerve agent by Petrov and Boshirov – in reality GRU’s Mishkin and Chepiga - made it clear – Russian secret services operate globally and in the most blatant manner. 

Special Guest (via Zoom): Yuri Felshtinsky, Russian-American Historian & Co-Author of “Blowing Up Russia: Terror from Within"



Pritzker Fellows seminars are off the record and open to current UChicago students only. Seating in the IOP Living Room is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact Sarah Palmisciano (spalmisciano@uchicago.edu).