Kyle Lohse Marquardt
Professor, UiBProfessor of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen. His research focuses on issues of identity and public opinion in the former Soviet Union.
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A joint initiative between the University of Bergen
and CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute
Anti-war dissent: Russian repression of civil and political rights
18.03.2025
08:30 - 09:30English
Welcome to a presentation of the new OVD-Info report and discussion about the state of political repression in Russia today.
OVD-Info The Russian state continues to suppress political dissent through new restrictive laws and repressive measures targeting activists, journalists, and ordinary citizens.
The report “Repression in Russia 2024” by OVD-Info, the independent human rights defence and media group, provides an overview of the human rights situation in Russia. It documents politically motivated persecutions, restrictions on freedom of expression, and a broader crackdown on civil society.
What do these developments tell us about the state of political repression in Russia today? How do they compare to previous years, and what might they signal for the future?
Katerina Golenkova and Sasha Pozhivotko of OVD-Info will present the report and talk about the trends and numbers, followed by a conversation with Kyle Marquardt (UiB) and Ingunn Lunde (UiB).
This is an in-person event.
A light breakfast is served from 08:15.
Event info.
Bergen GlobalJekteviksbakken 31, Bergen
18.03.2025
08:30 - 09:30
English
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Ingunn Lunde
Professor, UiBIngunn Lunde is Professor of Russian at the University of Bergen. Her research interests include sociocultural linguistics, language policy, East Slavic medieval culture, and contemporary Ukrainian literature.
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Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen. His research focuses on issues of identity and public opinion in the former Soviet Union.
Ingunn Lunde
Professor, UiB
Ingunn Lunde is Professor of Russian at the University of Bergen. Her research interests include sociocultural linguistics, language policy, East Slavic medieval culture, and contemporary Ukrainian literature.
Ingunn Lunde is the author of Verbal Celebrations: Kirill of Turov’s Homiletic Rhetoric and its Byzantine Sources (Harrassowitz 2001), Language on Display: Writers, Fiction and Linguistic Culture in Post-Soviet Russia (Edinburgh UP 2018) and Fragmenter av fortid: Historiens rolle i russisk samtidslitteratur (Dreyer 2019) and editor/co-editor of twelve books.
She was managing editor of Scando-Slavica (2016–2022) and is founder and editor-in-chief of the book series Slavica Bergensia (2000–). Lunde is actively involved in outreach activities for Norwegian audiences, ranging from public talks and feature articles to podcasts, panels, media appearances and interviews. She is also a literary translator from Ukrainian and Russian into Norwegian.
Bergen Global is a joint initiative between the University of Bergen and Chr. Michelsen Institute that addresses global challenges.
