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Across the Ocean, They Are Listening

Watching America

Russian defenders of human rights and representatives of the opposition will be appearing at a conference in Washington, entitled “U.S.-EU-Russia Relations after Putin’s Crackdown.” Lyudmila Alexeyeva, the head of the Moscow-Helsinki Group (MHG), is speaking to the Congress on the candidacy of Russian officials who, in the opinion of human-rights defenders, should be included on the “Magnistky List.” Mikhail Kasyanov, a representative of the Republican Party of Russia — People’s Freedom Party (RPR-PARNAS), is speaking about repressive laws adopted by the Russian Parliament. Additionally, Dmitri Gudkov, a Just Russia (Spravoross) party representative in Parliament, is asking for American assistance in “anti-corruption investigations” into overseas real estate held by Russian officials.

Appearing at today’s conference in Washington — “New Approach or Business As Usual? U.S.-EU-Russia Relations After Putin’s Crackdown” — are: Mikhail Kasyanov, a representative of RPR-PARNAS; Lyudmila Alexayeva, the head of the MHG; Dmitri Gudkov, a Parliamentary representative of the Just Russia Party; and Lilia Shevtsova, a leading researcher at the Moscow Carnegie Center. The conference is taking place in the context of the “Helsinki 2.0” process, which focuses on the issue of Russia’s fulfillment of its obligations to observe human rights and civil freedoms, which was undertaken in the framework of an agreement with the OSCE (signed in 1975 in Helsinki). Also appearing at the conference are Guy Verhofstadt, head of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) party in the European Parliament, and David Kramer, President of Freedom House.