The Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies invites you to a screening of:
Tango with Putin:
Fighting for Free Media in Russia
Monday, September 26th, 2022
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.

at

The Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St NW
Washington DC, 20052
Room 213
Natasha, 35, is a newly rich, successful woman who is looking for fame, reputation and to make her dreams come true. She decides to launch an independent TV station in Putin’s
Russia, 2008. Natasha hires opposition reporters and minorities and soon her “baby” becomes a lone island of political and sexual freedom, Dozhd T. Also known as TV Rain, Dozhd was the only independent TV news station that had (until recently) survived Putin's rule. Its rise put Natasha on the frontlines of the war between Truth and Propaganda and saw her labeled e a 'foreign agent' in her own country.

Hear more of this story at our screening of "F@ck This Job" followed by a Q&A with protagonist and Dozhd TV founder Natalya Sindeeva and producer and Dozhd TV co-founder Vera Krichevskaya.


Speakers:
Natalya Sindeeva is a co-founder, main owner, and chief executive officer of the Dozhd TV (TV Rain) Media Holding, which includes Dozhd TV (TV Rain) and the Republic.ru online magazine. Co-founder and former general producer of the Silver Rain radio station, founder of the Silver Galosh anti-award. Three times laureate of the "Media Manager of Russia" prize, honorary academician of the Russian Academy of Radio. In 2016, Sindeeva became a laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize for the Protection of Human Rights.
Vera Krichevskaya is a co-founder of Dozhd TV (TV Rain) and an award-winning television director and producer who has held numerous roles at NTV Channel, ICTV Channel and 24DOC TV. Her feature documentaries include “F@ck this Job”, "The Citizen Poet," "The Man Who Was Too Free," and "The Case" ("Delo Sobchaka"). In 2013, Vera was a World Press Institute Fellow.
Moderator:
Robert W. Orttung came to GW in 2011, after working at the Open Media Research Institute, EastWest Institute, American University's Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, and the Jefferson Institute. Orttung is a faculty member of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies. In correlation with his work at GW, Orttung is also a visiting fellow at the Center for Security Studies of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.

This event is on the record and open to the media.
The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES)
Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
1957 E Street, NW / Suite 412 / Washington, DC 20052
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