Donnerstag, 26.3.2026, 13.30-15.30, Raum A.227 | Четверг, 26 марта 2026 г., аудитория А.227 | Thursday, 26 Mar 2026, 1.30-3.30 pm, room A.227
Vortrag im Rahmen des Seminars Umkämpftes Gedächtnis | Erinnerung konfrontieren / Contested Memory | Confronting Memories
Working language: English. Q&A: English/Russian. The speaker will join online, while the discussion will take place in a hybrid format with participants attending both in person and online.
This presentation focuses on imagined futures of Russia among post-2022 Russian migrants, i.e. people who left their country after the outbreak of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It presents the typology which covers a continuum of different scenarios considered realistic by the respondents: from very optimistic visions of the imminent end of Vladimir Putin and the rapid democratization of the country, to ambivalent visions of the territorial disintegration of the Russian Federation, to more pessimistic visions of the slow and socially painful slide of the current authoritarian regime into totalitarianism.
The presentation is based on 99 interviews conducted in nine countries. It sheds light on the hitherto heavily under-researched perspective of post-2022 Russian migrants, the vast majority of whom have openly declared their anti-Putinist position.
This upcoming seminar is part of the research activities of the MALVA Center for the Study of War, Language, and Memory