20
May 2016
Past Event
The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep: Russia's Road to Terror and Dictatorship under Yeltsin and Putin

The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep: Russia's Road to Terror and Dictatorship under Yeltsin and Putin

Past Event
华体会, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
May 20, 2016
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20
May 2016
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
Charles Davidson

Former Executive Director, Kleptocracy Initiative

David Satter

Former Senior Fellow

Kevin Klose

Professor, University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism and former president, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Carl Gershman

President, National Endowment for Democracy

Robert Amsterdam

Founding Partner, Amsterdam and Partners

Hudson Senior Fellow David Satter is known in Russia for having written that the apartment bombings in 1999, which were blamed on Chechens and brought Putin to power, were actually carried out by the Russian FSB security police.

In his new book, , Satter tells the story of the apartment bombings, Boris Yeltsin鈥檚 role presiding over the criminalization of Russia, and Putin鈥檚 rise to power. As the threat represented by Russia becomes increasingly clear, Satter鈥檚 description of where Russia is and how it got there will be of vital interest to anyone concerned about the dangers facing the world today.

On May 20, Kevin Klose, the former director of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Carl Gershman, the head of the National Endowment for Democracy; and Robert Amsterdam, a prominent international lawyer, joined Satter to discuss the book. Charles Davidson, executive director of Hudson's Kleptocracy Initiative, moderated the conversation.

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