Tuesday 19 March @ 10:00 CET

On Tuesday morning, ECR MEPs Anna Fotyga and Alexandr Vondra will co-host a conference discussing the occupation of Crimea a decade on.

The event will hear opening remarks from H.E Vsevolod Chentsov, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union and feature a keynote speech via video from Emine Dzhaparova, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

A panel discussion will be held titled ‘Wider Europe under threat: security implications of Crimean militarization by Russia’.

The event will be held on Tuesday 19 March at 10:00 in room SPAAK 6B1.

The full list of guests include:

Opening remarks:

• Anna Fotyga, MEP Poland, Co-Host
• Alexandr Vondra, MEP Czech Republic, Co-Host
• H.E. Vsevolod Chentsov, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union
• Olga Skrypnyk, Co-chair of the Expert Network of the Crimea platform
• Emine Dzhaparova (video keynote), First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Panel discussion:

• Hennadiy Maksak, Foreign Policy Council ‘Ukrainian Prism. Moderator
• Robert Pszczel, Senior Fellow Centre for Eastern Studies, former director of NATO information office in Moscow
• Batu Kutelia, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Research Institute, former head of Georgia’s foreign intelligence service
• Steven Horrell, Senior Fellow with the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at CEPA
• Dr Hanna Shelest, Director of Security Studies Program, Foreign Policy Council ‘Ukrainian Prism’