Press Release, 21.10.2015

Conference online translation (on bambuser.com)

International conference “Killing Stereotypes and Finding Common Values and Points for Interaction” will be held in Moscow on Saturday, 24 October. The conference is organized jointly by the Alliance of Liberal and Democrats for Europe party (ALDE) and its member parties – YABLOKO and Danish Radikale Venstre.

Live streaming will be organized at www.yabloko.ru and www.eng.yabloko.ru with a possibility for the audience to ask questions and post commentaries on the web-sites or send them to the e-mail box yabloko.party.russia@gmail.com.

YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin and Grigory Yavlinsky, Chair of the YABLOKO faction in St.Petersburg parliament and YABLOKO founder, will open the conference.

Sir Graham Watson, ALDE party President, and Morten Østergaard, President of Radikale Venstre have sent their video addresses to the conference.

The following panel discussions are envisaged: Social-liberal priorities, Sharing experience being a social-liberal party in a political climate dominated by conservatism/nationalism, The strategy and tactics of election campaigns in different conditions, Human rights: the universal principles and their implementation in Russia, Women in liberal politics, The next generation: succession or breaking with traditions.

Ludmila Alexeyeva, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group

Karsten Fledelius, Chairman of the Danish Helsinki Committee

Flo Clucas, leader of ALDE Gender Equality Network

Maria Efimova, Deputy Chair of the Youth faction of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO, member of YABLOKO Gender Faction Regional Council

Julius Freiherr von Freytag-Loringhoven, head of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation office in the RF

Klaus Frandsen, member of the national accounts committee and ex Сhairman of the Radikale Venstre member organisation

Anatoly Golov, YABLOKO Bureau member, Co-Chair of the Russian Consumers’ Union

Jelena Jesajana, LYMEC Board Member, Political Campaigns Officer

Vadim Karastelev, co-Chair of the Committee Against Xenophobia, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group

Nikolai Kavkazsky, Chair of the YABLOKO Youth Faction, Moscow, member of the Board of the Committee for the Civil Rights, member YABLOKO Regional Council member, LGBT activist

Levik Khachatryan, member of the Board of the Armenian National Congress, MP in the National Assembly (1995-1999), Minister of Trade (1994-1995), Armenia

Henrik Kjerumgaard, founding partner of White Cloud, Former head of press secretariat of Radikale Venstre and Special advisor to former Minister of the interior and now European Commissioner Margrethe Vensager

Dmitry Kushpita, deputy of the City Council, Vladimir, Chairman of the Vladimir regional branch of YABLOKO, YABLOKO Bureau member

Tanja Ljungkvist, Vice Chair, Women’s Organisation, member of the Board and International Committee, SFP, Finland

Mikhail Menshikov, deputy of the Municipal Council Dorogomilovo, Moscow

Nickolas Pagonakis, International Officer, Radikale Venstre Youth Faction

Olga Radayeva, Deputy Chair of YABLOKO Gender faction, Advisor to party Chairman

Mette-Annelie Rasmussen, Member of City Council of Copenhagen and Chair of Radikale Venstre International Committee

Nikolai Rybakov, ex Chair of Municipal Council Grazhdanka, St.Petersburg, member of YABLOKO Bureau and executive director of Bellona Environment and Human Rights Protection Centre

Lev Shlosberg, MP, the Pskov Region Council of Deputies, Deputy Chair of the Committee for Legislation, Economic Policy and Local Self-Government, head of the YABLOKO faction

Dr.Prof. Nadezhda Shvedova, principal researcher, Institute of Social Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Emilia Slabunova, MP, Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia, Deputy Chair of the Committee on Education, Culture, Sports and Youth, the YABLOKO faction; member of YABLOKO Political Committee

and other speakers will participate in the discussions.

Moderators of the panel discussions will be: Charlotte Burgess, member of International Committee, Radikale Venstre, Denmark, Galina Mikhaleva, Nikolai Kavkazsky, Mikhail Menshikov, Boris Misnik, Coordinator of YABLOKO Political Committee, Nikolai Rybakov.

Registration: 9:00-10:00

The conference begins at 10:00.

Press accreditation at tel +7 (495) 780-30-19 or by e-mail press@mosyabloko.ru until 23 October 17:00.