On April 14, at 11:00, the Valdai Club will hold an online discussion, titled “Ideological Constructs of the Second World War in Modern Discourse” at the Rossiya Segodnya press centre.
Speakers:
- Vladimir Medinsky, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society (RMHS)
- Géza Andreas von Geyr, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to the Russian Federation
- Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan (2009-2010), Head of the East Asian Community Institute
- Ján Čarnogurský, Prime Minister of Slovakia (1991-1992), Member of the Board of Directors of the Pan-European University of Bratislava
- Natalia Koneva, President of the Victory Memorial Fund
- Alexander Kott, director of the “Brest Fortress” film
- Grigory Zaslavsky, Rector of the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS)
- Krzysztof Zanussi, Polish film director
- Nobuo Shimotomai, Professor, Hosei University (Japan)
Moderator:
- Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club.