Press Seminar - European Parliament’s 2021 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
Sakharov Prize was awarded this year to Alexei Navalny, anti-corruption activist and Russian opposition politician. Imprisoned in Russia, his daughter Daria Navalnaya will represent him.
Programme of the press seminar
European Parliament, Strasbourg, WEISS building, Room S1.4
Interpretation in EN, FR, PL, Russian
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TUESDAY, 14 DECEMBER
15.30-15.35 Introduction
15.35-15.45 The Sakharov Prize
Heidi HAUTALA (Greens/EFA, FI) EP Vice-President responsible for the Sakharov Network
15.45-16.30 Meeting with the representative(s) of Alexei Navalny, Sakharov Laureate 2021
Daria NAVALNAYA, daughter of Alexei Navalny
Leonid VOLKOV, Chief of staff for Alexei Navalny's campaign for the 2018 presidential election
Introduced by:
Andrius KUBILIUS (EPP, LT) Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Rapporteur on Russian relations at the European Parliament
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Journalists who follow the press seminar in webstreaming can ask questions by written in sli.do (entering #SakharovPrize).
WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER
12.00-12.30 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Award Ceremony
Venue: Hemicycle
12.45-13.15 Press Conference with Mr David Maria SASSOLI, President of the European Parliament (time tbc) and Leonid VOLKOV, Chief of staff for Alexei Navalny's campaign
Venue: Press conference room, LOW N-1/201
19.30-21.00 Sakharov Prize public event (tbc) in cooperation with the City of Strasbourg
Debate: “Démocraties en danger : résister à la vague autoritaire”
Venue (tbc): Auditorium de l’École des avocats, 4, rue Brulée;
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