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Crimean Tatars Under Russian Occupation: An Updated Assessment
Thu, May 21st, 2015
Washington, DC
On the 71st anniversary of the forcible deportation of the Crimean Tatar people by Joseph Stalin, Carnegie hosted a roundtable conversation with Ukraine’s Charge d’Affaires to the United States Yaroslav Brisiuck, Irena Lasota, and Lilia Muslimova. Their remarks about the plight of the Crimean Tatars in the aftermath of Moscow’s annexation of Crimea were framed by a screening of “Crimea: March of the Tatars,” a video dispatch by VICE News about the challenges which the community has endured in the aftermath of last year’s dramatic events. Carnegie’s Andrew Weiss moderated.
Yaroslav Brisiuck
Yaroslav Brisiuck is charge d’affaires of Ukraine to the United States. He has been a member of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2002.
Irena Lasota
Irena Lasota is co-founder and co-director of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe. An opposition activist in communist Poland from 1981 to 1987, she was president of the Committee in Support of Solidarity.
Lilia Muslimova
Lilia Muslimova is a Crimean Tatar from the city of Simferopol. She serves as an assistant and spokesperson for Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzemilev and experienced the Russian invasion firsthand. She is currently a Fulbright fellow at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
Andrew S. Weiss
Andrew S. Weiss is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and oversees Carnegie’s work on Russia and Eurasia. He served on the National Security Council staff during the Clinton administration
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
Event Speakers
Yaroslav Brisiuck
Yaroslav Brisiuck is charge d'affaires of the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States. He has been a member of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2002.
Irena Lasota
Irena Lasota is co-founder and co-director of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe. An opposition activist in communist Poland from 1981 to 1987, she was president of the Committee in Support of Solidarity.
Lilia Muslimova
Lilia Muslimova is a Crimean Tatar from the city of Simferopol. She serves as an assistant and spokesperson for Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzemilev and experienced the Russian invasion firsthand. She is currently a Fulbright fellow at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
Andrew S. Weiss
James Family Chair, Vice President for Studies
Andrew S. Weiss is the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research on Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia. His graphic novel biography of Vladimir Putin, Accidental Czar: the Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin, was published by First Second/Macmillan in 2022.