Russia, the War and Truth

The exiled Russian journalist Katerina Gordeeva has been interviewing people in refugee centres across Europe since the start of the war in Ukraine. Her book Take My Grief Away brings together voices from the war in Ukraine in testimony and in an appeal for democracy, truth and peace. Sofi Oksanen’s Same River Twice – Putin’s War Against Women is an essay on how misogyny has become a targeted strategy deployed by the Putin regime as it uses tools such as disinformation and propaganda, sexual violence in war and authoritarian legislation to get its way. Gordeeva and Oksanen will be in conversation about Russia, the war and truth. Moderator: Stefan Ingvarsson, analyst at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.