Russian Limbo Center for European Policy Analysis

Transatlantic leaders and experts gather to address the state of the US-EU cooperation on critical minerals and green technologies.

Critical minerals are essential to power green technologies and combat climate change, with the global supply chain dominated by China. The US and EU aim to curb their reliance on Beijing, but risk competing against each other rather than coordinating. Is transatlantic cooperation the key to meeting the green supply chain challenge?
 
This event is hosted in partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland to the United States.

Speakers:  
Lukasz Bednarski, Author, Lithium: The Global Race for Battery Dominance and the New Energy Revolution 
Abigail Hunter, Acting Executive Director, Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, SAFE  
Aleksander Siemaszko, Deputy Director, Department for International Cooperation and Trade, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Republic of Poland
Moderated by:  
Ronan Murphy, Director, Digital Innovation Initiative, Center for European Policy Analysis 

Although there is much secrecy surrounding Russia's penitentiary system, is even less is known about the country's correctional facilities that are home to some 45,000 female inmates, the highest of any nation in the world. Women inside Petchatniki Detention Center, Moscow's only female pre-trial facility and site Pussy Riot's detention, not only face overcrowding, corruption, and squalid living conditions but also additional hardships never faced by male inmates, from pregnancy behind bars to a systemic failure to protect women's mental and physical health.

In the center of Moscow lies a prison infamous for the inhumane treatment of inmates. Since its first incarnation 250 years ago, Butyrka Prison has been home to a long history of harsh living conditions, human rights violations, and spectacular escape attempts. While long notorious within Russia, in 2009, the death of Sergei Magnitsky brought global attention to Butyrka and became a focal point of rising international tensions between Russia and the West.

Over the last century, Saint Petersburg's Kresty Prison has been home to some of Russia’s most famous political activists, authors, poets, and scientists. The red brick walls on the banks of the Neva house 200 years of stories of oppression, brutality, and torture. However, more recent stories reveal an institution, with an already bleak reputation, only worsening in the last two decades under an increasingly authoritarian Russia.