Community

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

How Arctic regions are resisting disaster

Director of Arctida and School alumnus Ilya Shumanov speaking at a seminar of the School of Civic Education

Why do we need to talk about our troubled past?

In conversation with the School's alumnus, head of media company Echo Maksim Kournikov

«Brotherly Nations» or the End of Dialogue

Discussion with the School's alumna, Ukrainian human rights activist Olena Yurkina

The high price of simple solutions

Political scientist and philosopher Denis Grekov

What’s happening with education in Russia?

In conversation with the School's alumnus, founder of Frame project Maxim Ivantsov

An honest conversation about history

Discussion with the School's alumna, historian and anthropologist Maria Makarova

Is a single person powerless to stop the war?

Svetlana Shmeleva, executive director of the Pristanište Foundation

No one is equal to the state

Natalia Zvyagina, director of Amnesty International Russia

On anti-corruption practices, the culture of dialogue and the future

Ilya Shumanov, executive director of Transparency International Russia (in exile)

Regional stories are important

Oleg Grigorenko, chief editor of independent media «7×7. Horizontal Russia»