COALITION OF PRO-DEMOCRACY RUSSIANS
Activatica * Free Russia Foundation * Free Russia House Kyiv * Forum Russischsprachiger Europäer e.V. * Solidarus * Stowarzyszenie Za Wolną Rosję* Herzen Foundation * Russie-Libertés
invite you to a conference
PUTIN’S NORD STREAM 2 PIPELINE AND ITS REAL COSTS TO EUROPE
learn more at RethinkTheDeal.eu
September 26, 2019
9:00 am to 3:30 pm
Hilton the Hague hotel
Zeestraat 35, 2518
The Hague, the Netherlands
The Nord Stream 2 project – that delivers no new gas to Europe, exploits political and strategic vulnerabilities, increases supply risks, destroys nature and drives members of the EU apart – is quickly advancing toward its completion.
Yet no public discussion of this important decision has been held where the Dutch people can evaluate the basics of the Nord Stream 2 on its merits.
You’ve heard from the gas lobbyists, the gas companies and the Kremlin (the same Kremlin that still won’t tell the truth about MH 17). What you won’t hear from them are the environmental, security and financial risks of completing the pipeline. There is another side.
Please join us for this open forum where prominent European energy experts, environmental scientists, strategists and human rights defenders examine the true objectives and costs of the Nord Stream 2.
Free Admission. Registration is required. REGISTER HERE
With questions, email: [email protected]
AGENDA:
09:00 – 09:15 Opening remarks:
- Natalia Arno, President of Free Russia Foundation
- Richard Hoogland, D66 Board Member Department International Cooperation
09:15 – 10:30 Examining the Nord Stream 2 Deal on Its Merits
Moderator: Ilya Zaslavskiy, Head of Research, FRF
Speakers:
- Sjoerd Sjoerdsma, D66 MP
- Bram van Ojik, politician and diplomat of the GreenLeft party
- Mikhail Krutikhin, Partner, RusEnergy consulting agency
- Jan Frederik Braun, Strategic Energy Analyst, the Hague Center for Strategic Studies
- Can Ögütcü, Lead analyst for energy security, NATO SHAPE
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 Environmental Impact of NS2
Moderator: Jan Frederik Braun, Strategic Energy Analyst, the Hague Center for Strategic Studies
Speakers:
- Evgeniya Chirikova, Environmental activist, Activatica
- Scott Martin, Global Rights Compliance
- Dmitry Berezhkov, former Vice President, Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North
- Stephan Singer, Senior Advisor Global Energy Policies, Climate Action Network International
12:00 – 12:30 Lunch
12:30 – 13:45 Economic implications of NS2 for the Netherlands and the EU
Moderator: Roman Nitsovych, Research Director, DiXi Group
Speakers:
- Mikhail Korchemkin, East European Gas Analysis
- Prof. Alan Riley, Senior Fellow, the Institute for Statecraft in London
- Borbála Takácsné Tóth, Senior Research Associate, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research
13:45 – 14:00 Coffee break
14:00 – 15:15 NS2 as Kremlin Politics by Other Means
Moderator: Tony van der Togt, Associate Senior Research Fellow Clingendael
Speakers:
- Rem Korteweg, Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute
- Svitlana Zalishchuk, former MP of Ukrainian Parliament
- Jan Šír, Assistant Professor, Department of Russian and East European Studies, Charles University in Prague
- Ilya Zaslavskiy, Head of Research, FRF
15:15 – 15:30 Closing remarks:
- Natalia Arno, President of Free Russia Foundation