Civil Society in the Russian Federation?
The International Institute for Peace (IIP) and the International Center for Advanced and Comparative EU-Russia-NIS Research (ICEUR-Vienna) organised a lecture with Mrs. Olga Romanova, a Russian human rights activist and chairperson of “Russia behind bars” on the topic: Civil Society in the Russian Federation? With
Hans-Georg Heinrich President, ICEUR
Olga Romanova
Venue: International Institute for Peace (IIP), Möllwaldplatz 5/2 in 1040 Vienna
Civil society in the Russian Federation?
In all countries, civil society is hallmarked by the specific structural and cultural properties of politics and society at large. Russian human rights activist and chairperson of “Russia behind bars”, Olga Romanova, presents her account of the sui generis civil society in Russia, taking the prison world as a point of departure.