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The School has always cultivated the courage to question everything and to use one’s own mind. As a result, the School’s alumni — freethinkers, analysts, human rights activists, journalists, and academics — continue to discuss and shape alternative pathways for Russia’s development, which is crucial not only for the country itself but also for sustainable peace in the region and globally. The School’s community has consistently produced various horizontal networks based on shared values, where people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic States, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia can not only exchange ideas but also participate in joint projects and initiatives aimed at supporting democracy, human rights, the rule of law, and fair peace. Read more

Does culture influence dialogue?
Podcast with an actress, the School's alumna Inga Aleinikova
28 August 2025
There are no answers in simplicity
Сonversation with a journalist, the School's alumni Alexander Fuks
21 August 2025
What do social surveys hide?
Discussion with the School's alumna, sociologist, independent researcher Anna Kuleshova
24 July 2025
Anti-gender policy step by step
Discussion with the School's alumnus, human rights activist and lawyer Maxim Olenichev
12 June 2025
How the War Changed Philanthropy
Podcast with the head of the «Davaite» project Sofya Zhukova
Anti-Revolutionary Revolutionaries. Why Did the U.S. Succeed?
Podcast with philosopher Maksim Goryunov
The State Against the Body. Anti-Gender Policy and Its Consequences
Discussion with activist and visiting researcher at the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics and Political Science Natalia Baranova
Life with HIV. How Prejudices Kill Hope
Discussion with social issues journalist and creator of the podcast 'Only Pluses' Rita Loginova
Why Are Free Sciences Necessary?
Discussion with founder of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Montenegro Vladimir Shmelev
Voices of the Russian regions
Discussion with journalist, School's alumnus Viktor Muchnik
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