Leadership of Free Nations of Postrussia Forum

RUSLAN GABBASOV

BASHKORTOSTAN

Representative of the Bashkort National Movement in Exile, Deputy Chairman of the Bashkort public organization "Bashkort", Bashkort Human Rights Movement "Kuk Bure"

Janusz Bugajski

USA

foreign policy analyst, author, lecturer, columnist, consultant and broadcaster, senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation Washington D.C., host of the TV show "New Bugajski Hour," author of 21 books on Europe, Russia and transatlantic relations

Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata

Italy

Italian diplomat and politician. Ex Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs (2011-2013), Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations (2008-2009), Ambassador of Italy to the United States (2009-2011). Senator of the Republic of Italy and the President of the 4th Permanent Senate Commission of EU Affairs.

NAFIS KASHAPOV

IDEL-URAL

Representative of the "Free Idel-Ural" Public Movement in Poland

Gianni Vernetti

Italy

writer and Italian politician

Anna Elżbieta Fotyga

POLAND / European Parliament

Polish politician, economist, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland in 2006-2007, Head of Polish President's Chancellery in 2007-2008, member of Polish Sejm of the 7th convocation, member of European Parliament of the 6th and 8th convocations

Batyr Boromangnaev

OIRAT REPUBLIC (KALMYKIA)

Deputy of the Kalmyk Congress of Self-Government of the Oirat-Calmyk People, member of the League of Free Nations movement

Yosuke Suzuki 鈴木庸介

Japan

Japanese politician. Member of the House of Representatives belonging to the Constitutional Democratic Party

AKHMED ZAKAYEV

CHECHEN REPUBLIC OF ICHKERIA

Prime Minister of the government of the "Chechen Republic of Ichkeria" in exile, heads the state committee for the de-occupation of the "Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

RAJANA DUGAR DE PONTE

BURYATIA

ethnographer, candidate of historical sciences. One of the leaders of the Buryat National Movement

Yoshihiko Okabe 岡部芳彦

Japan

public figure, specialist in economic issues in the public administration system, philanthropist, professor at Kobe Gakuin University, president of the Association of Ukrainian Studies in Japan, doctor of economic sciences, doctor of historical sciences

CASEY MICHEL

USA

Director of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation, as well as a writer, analyst, and investigative journalist working on topics ranging from kleptocracy, illicit finance, dark money, foreign lobbying, and foreign interference to the legacies of Russian and Soviet colonialism.

MAXIM KUZAKHMETOV

INGRIA

historian, publicist, journalist, host of programs on Ekho Moskvy and Ekho Peterburga, editor of the magazine Dilettant, "Petersburger"

Oliver Loode

Estonia

Estonian human rights activist of the international Finno-Ugric movement and Member of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) 2014–2016

AIDA ABDRAKHMANOVA

INDEPENDENT TATARSTAN

Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Independent Tatarstan

Paul Goble

USA

Analyst, writer and columnist specializing in Russia, leading expert on ethnic and religious issues in Eurasia

Juraj Mesík

Slovakia

Slovak social and environmental activist, former Czechoslovak politician of the "Green Party", member of the House of Nations of the Federal Assembly. Expert at the World Bank in Washington (2003-2009). Co-founder of the "Global Fund of Public Funds". Regular lecturer at universities. Publicist and analyst of global trends.

BESLAN KMUZOV

CHERKESSIA

Journalist (Tbilisi), activist of the Circassian national movement

Anders Åslund

Sweden

Swedish economist and former Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is also a chairman of the International Advisory Council at the Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE)

Edward Lucas

UK

British journalist and publicist, former Central and Eastern European correspondent for The Economist

Rainhard Kloucek

Austria

President of the Pan-European Movement Austria (Paneuropabewegung Österreich)

MAGOMED TORIEV

INGUSHETIA

authorized representative of the Ingush Independence Committee

Luke Coffey

USA

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, national security and foreign policy analysis with a focus on Europe, Eurasia, NATO and transatlantic relations

PAVEL IVLEV

INGRIA

Director of Ingria House (Narva, Estonia), Chairman of the Russian Economic Freedom Committee

FREDERICK PETIT

France

French politician (Democratic Movement)

Marcin Mateusz Jerzewski

Taiwan

Head of Taiwan Office, European Values Center for Security Policy

Arūnas Degutis

Lithuania

politician who was a signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, MEP of 6th term in European Parliament

Gunther Fehlinger

Austria

Austrian Economist and Management and SME Development Consultant EU37 and NATO42

NIKITA ANDREEV

SAKHA (YAKUTIA)

Representative of the national movement Free Yakutia Foundation

Kacper Płażyński

‍POLAND

Lawyer, Chairman of the EU Affairs Committee in the Polish Sejm, Law and Justice Party

STANISLAV SUSLOV

‍UNITED STATES OF SIBERIA

Representative of the Movement for the Independence of Siberia, chairman of the humanitarian organization "Dove of Peace" (Serbia)

EUGENE BOURSANIDIS

INDEPENDENT KUBAN

Observer, representative of the "Crimson Wedge - Independent Kuban" movement

VADIM PROKOPYEV

BELARUS

Belarusian political activist, founder and organizer of the Belarusian volunteer unit Polk Pogonya

SERGEY SUMLENNY

GERMANY

German security and energy expert (Central and Eastern Europe + Russia), headed the Heinrich Böll Foundation for Eastern Europe, political scientist, founder of the European Resilience Initiative Center

ALEXEI MANANNIKOV

SIBERIA

Former Soviet political prisoner, People's Deputy of the RSFSR, member of the Federation Council 1993-1995 from the Novosibirsk region

VADIM PETROV

BALTIC REPUBLIC KONIGSBERG

Coordinator of the Baltic Republican Party, regionalist from Königsberg

ILYA LAZARENKO

ZALESYE FEDERATION

co-chairman of the National Democratic Alliance, editor of the online magazine Russian Fabula

INNA KUROCHKINA

CHECHEN REPUBLIC OF ICHKERIA

journalist, INEWS producer, representative of the chairman of the "Chechen Republic of Ichkeria" Cabinet of Ministers on special assignments

VLADISLAV NOBEL-OLEINIK

KARELIA / CANADA

International expert on Northern Europe and the Baltics, public figure, blogger, ecologist

DMITRY DOROVSKIKH

INDEPENDENT KUBAN

Representative of the "Crimson Wedge - Independent Kuban" movement

ALEVTINA SOLDATOVA

THE LAND OF VEPS

The first chairman of the Veps youth organization "Vepsänvezad" 2003-2005, organizer of Veps beauty contests "Vepslaine Comuz", also the contest of Finno-Ugric beauties "The Star of the North

NINO NAKASHIDZE

GEORGIA

deputy General Director of the "Mtavari" TV channel

Linus Linsén

FINLAND

Chairman of Varsinais-Suomen akseli

Anvar Kurmanakaev

NOGAI

Member of the Nogai National Political Center (in exile), chairman of the public organization Nogai-El, a researcher of the history of the Nogai people

ALEXANDER SOTNIK

SLOVAKIA / RUSSIA

blogger, activist, creator of the Youtube channel Sotnik-TV

INAL SHERIP

CHECHEN REPUBLIC OF ICHKERIA

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Film Director

Tomohiko Uyama 宇山智彦

Japan

Professor of Central Eurasian Studies (Slavic-EurasianResearch Center, Hokkaido University)

Ilya Ponomarev

russia

Chairman of the Congress of People's Deputies. Coordinator of the Political Center of the Freedom of Russia Legion and the NRA. State Duma deputy from Novosibirsk in 2007-2016.

Ishii Hidetoshi 石井英俊

Japan

President, Indo-Pacific Human Rights Information Center, Japanese human rights activist

Denis Ugriumov

INGRIA

Representative of the Socio-Political movement "Free Ingria"

Pavel Mezerin

INGRIA

Political scientist, coordinator of the "Free Ingria" movement

Marina Khankhalaeva

Buryatia

Founder and leader of Tusgaar Buryad-Mongolia movement, a founding member of the Buryat Independence Committee

Dainius Žalimas

Lithuania

professor, Dean of the Law Faculty at Vytautas Magnus University, former Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania 2014-2021

Maria Mezentseva

Ukraine

member of Ukrainian Parliament and Head of its Temporary Special Commission on Development of Basic Principles of State Policy for Cooperation with National Movements of Captive Nations of the Russian Federation, chairperson of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Fr. Gintaras Sungaila

Lithuania

PhD candidate, priest of the Orthodox Church of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

Kazuhiro Ito

Japan

member of the Public Relations Committee of General Incorporated Association All Japan Karafuto Research Organization

Aurimas Navys

Lithuania

defense and security expert

Rasa Juknevičienė

Lithuania

member of the European Parliament, Minister of Defense of Lithuania 2008-2012

Valdas Rakutis

Lithuania

member of the Seimas of Lithuania, Committee on National Security and Defence, doctor of history, former professor of Military Academy

Harri Tiido

Estonia

former Estonian diplomat, former Ambassador of Estonia to NATO, EU PSC (Political and Security Committee), Poland, Finland and Afghanistan

Aset Sabdulaeva

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

government of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Chamil Albakov

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Committee for North Caucasus Nations

Vasilina Orlova

USA / Russia

anthropologist, University of Texas

Nomma Zarubina

USA

former UN Representative at ECOSOC

Iyad Youghar

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

chairman of the International Council of Circassians

Kennedy Lee

USA

Independent Researcher, former Research Associate and Program Manager, Keystone Defense Initiative and Center on Europe and Eurasia at Hudson Institute

Peter Mattis

USA

president of The Jamestown Foundation;
editor of China Brief (2011-2013); Senior Fellow with the U.S. House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (116th Congress); ex director for Intelligence at the Special Competitive Studies Project; Senate-appointed staff director of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) (2019-2021); ex counterintelligence analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency

William B. Taylor

USA

Vice President, Strategic Stability and Security at the United States Institute for Peace (USIP), 6th US Ambassador to Ukraine (2006–2009, US Chargé d’Affaires ad interim to Ukraine (2019–2020)

John Edward Herbst

USA

senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center; 31 years as a foreign service officer in the US Department of State; US ambassador to Ukraine (2003-2006); ambassador to Uzbekistan (2000-2003); director of the center for complex operations at National Defense University

William Courtney

USA

senior fellow at RAND and cochairs the America's International Partners advisory council of America250; served as a U.S. ambassador and held various roles in foreign policy (1972-1999); joined RAND in 2014; Ph.D. in economics

Yaroslav Yurchyshyn

Ukraine

politician and anti-corruption activist; serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the proportional list of the Holos party since 2019. ex-executive director of Transparency International Ukraine and a member of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine

Diane Francis

Canada

American-Canadian journalist and entrepreneur, best-selling author; editor of Canada's National Post (1998-present); editor of the Financial Post (1991-1998); collaborates with American Interest; non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center; three-time recipient of the National Journalism Award

Roberts Zīle

Latvia

economist and politician and Vice President of the European Parliament; works in the European Conservatives and Reformists group; a member of European Conservatives and Reformists Group Executive and a member of the group Bureau

Pavlo Klimkin

Ukraine

diplomat; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2014-2019); a Moscow-educated physicist; worked in the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry since 1993; also a former (2012–2014) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Germany

Čedomir Stojković

Serbia

lawyer and politician; once a prominent member and director of the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS), president of the October Group which advocates the introduction of sanctions against Russia by Serbia; advocates Serbia's accession to NATO

Oleksiy Goncharenko

Ukraine

politician, member of the Ukrainian parliament, member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, President of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

SPEAKERS

RUSLAN GABBASOV

BASHKORTOSTAN

Janusz Bugajski

USA

Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata

Italy

NAFIS KASHAPOV

IDEL-URAL

Gianni Vernetti

Italy

Anna Elżbieta Fotyga

POLAND / European Parliament

Batyr Boromangnaev

OIRAT REPUBLIC (KALMYKIA)

Yosuke Suzuki 鈴木 庸介

Japan

AKHMED ZAKAYEV

CHECHEN REPUBLIC OF ICHKERIA

RAJANA DUGAR DE PONTE

BURYATIA

Yoshihiko Okabe 岡部 芳彦

Japan

CASEY MICHEL

USA

MAXIM KUZAKHMETOV

INGRIA

Oliver Loode

Estonia

AIDA ABDRAKHMANOVA

INDEPENDENT TATARSTAN

Paul Goble

USA

Juraj Mesík

Slovakia

BESLAN KMUZOV

CHERKESSIA

Anders Åslund

Sweden

Edward Lucas

UK

Rainhard Kloucek

Austria

MAGOMED TORIEV

INGUSHETIA

Luke Coffey

USA

PAVEL IVLEV

INGRIA

FREDERICK PETIT

France

Marcin Mateusz Jerzewski

Taiwan

Arūnas Degutis

Lithuania

Gunther Fehlinger

Austria

NIKITA ANDREEV

SAKHA (YAKUTIA)

Kacper Płażyński

‍POLAND

STANISLAV SUSLOV

‍UNITED STATES OF SIBERIA

EUGENE BOURSANIDIS

INDEPENDENT KUBAN

VADIM PROKOPYEV

BELARUS

SERGEY SUMLENNY

GERMANY

ALEXEI MANANNIKOV

SIBERIA

VADIM PETROV

BALTIC REPUBLIC KONIGSBERG

ILYA LAZARENKO

ZALESYE FEDERATION

INNA KUROCHKINA

CHECHEN REPUBLIC OF ICHKERIA

VLADISLAV NOBEL-OLEINIK

KARELIA / CANADA

DMITRY DOROVSKIKH

Yosuke Suzuki 鈴木庸介

Yoshihiko Okabe 岡部芳彦

Tomohiko Uyama 宇山智彦