Join Harvard's Davis Center for an online talk with Alena Popova and Kirill Koroteev about the evolving Russian surveillance regime. Advances in artificial intelligence, the accumulation of big data and new discoveries in the field of neuro- and behavioral sciences are providing great opportunities for authoritarian regimes. These developments, combined with legitimate concerns around the Covid-19 outbreak, are allowing Russian authorities to ramp up elements of an evolving digital dictatorship, particularly within the realm of digital surveillance. Join Alexandra Vacroux, Executive Director of the Davis Center, for an in depth conversation with Alena Popova, lawyer and women's rights activist, and Kirill Koroteev, Legal Director of the Human Rights Center "Memorial", about the evolving Russian surveillance regime.

Speakers:

Alena Popova, lawyer; women's rights activist

Kirill Koroteev, legal director, Human Rights Center "Memorial"

Alexandra Vacroux (moderator), executive director, Davis Center; lecturer on government, Harvard University