![]() Speakers: Elena Zhemkova, Executive Director, Memorial, Mary McAuley, author of ‘Human Rights in Russia: Citizens and the State from Perestroika to Putin’, and Natalia Rubinstein, literary critic, Roginsky’s oldest friend. 6.30 – 9pm Please not the early start Discussion will be in Russian with English interpreter ![]() This year, Memorial marks 30 years since its founding. Roginsky tells about the earliest initiatives to create a memorial to commemorate the victims of mass repression, which grew into the largest informal political movement of the 1980s, and shares his observations on what Memorial has been able to achieve since. The premiere of the film took place at Memorial's offices in Moscow and in Perm on March 30th, 2018, the anniversary of Roginsky's birth. On that day, the film was also shown simultaneously by many liberal Russian media outlets. It was the first time that multiple media platforms had held this kind of joint action - an expression of the high regard in which they hold Arseny Roginsky. Soon after, screenings and discussions followed in Kiev, Kharkov, St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, Washington, and now, in London. ![]() Having joined Memorial in 1988 to help gather materials for the archive and museum, Ludmila stayed in touch throughout the years. In 2016, she approached Arseny Roginsky to share on film his thoughts on the place of Memorial in today's Russia and to tell his life story. Usually turning down such requests, reluctant to talk on camera about himself, Roginsky agreed this time. This recording would become his last. |
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