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Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 Trip into the countryside, a day after the event. Idyllic peace and tranquility of a Ukrainian dacha. ---------- The military cemetery we visited opened in Lviv at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It already contains many hundreds of graves, with a capacity that is far greater. The longer Western allies dither about supporting Ukraine to win, the faster this (and similar) cemetaries will expand. ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NOR DOG Animal Rescue - Our mission is to help the animals suffering from the war in Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/@nordoganimalrescue3564 ---------- INTRODUCTION: Silicon Curtain features dozens of Ukrainian voices and experts in English, to support Ukraine’s struggle against Russian aggression and disinformation warfare. On August 10th we held a panel event in Lviv, to show our solidarity with Ukraine and generate awareness of its struggle for survival and liberty against Russian aggression. Through YouTube, social media, and press coverage we aim to get a million people to view the content, and focus on how Ukraine can win this war, and what support it needs in order to do so. The event features some of the most accomplished journalists and experts on Ukraine. Not only the future of Ukraine rests on its victory, but the very survival of democracy across Europe is under threat. The contagion of Russian authoritarian control, and toxic informational warfare is aggressively pushing out across the world, and will do so with renewed vigor, if Putin is allowed to claim a victory against Ukraine. This is not just Ukraine’s fight, but involves anyone who values liberty, democracy, diversity, and the rule of law. See the event website at: https://siliconcurtain.co.uk/lviv ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 Interviews and reportage recorded which in Lviv, 9th August 2023 ---------- The military cemetery we visited opened in Lviv at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It already contains many hundreds of graves, with a capacity that is far greater. The longer Western allies dither about supporting Ukraine to win, the faster this (and similar) cemetaries will expand. ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NOR DOG Animal Rescue - Our mission is to help the animals suffering from the war in Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/@nordoganimalrescue3564 ---------- INTRODUCTION: Silicon Curtain features dozens of Ukrainian voices and experts in English, to support Ukraine’s struggle against Russian aggression and disinformation warfare. On August 10th we held a panel event in Lviv, to show our solidarity with Ukraine and generate awareness of its struggle for survival and liberty against Russian aggression. Through YouTube, social media, and press coverage we aim to get a million people to view the content, and focus on how Ukraine can win this war, and what support it needs in order to do so. The event features some of the most accomplished journalists and experts on Ukraine. Not only the future of Ukraine rests on its victory, but the very survival of democracy across Europe is under threat. The contagion of Russian authoritarian control, and toxic informational warfare is aggressively pushing out across the world, and will do so with renewed vigor, if Putin is allowed to claim a victory against Ukraine. This is not just Ukraine’s fight, but involves anyone who values liberty, democracy, diversity, and the rule of law. See the event website at: https://siliconcurtain.co.uk/lviv ----------

We are at risk of losing the information war. The widespread normalisation of disinformation as a political tool is accelerating distrust in democratic institutions and processes. Greyzone warfare is gaining the edge over open, pluralistic societies. Russia and China have also proved adept at weaponizing information for their foreign policy objectives. Governments have held off intervening strongly in the online media sphere, for fear of wrecking classical liberalism, but at what cost? #ElisabethBraw #greyzonewarfare #ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #zelensky #putin #propaganda #war #disinformation #hybridwarfare #foreignpolicy #communism #sovietunion #postsoviet ---------- SPEAKER: Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where she focuses on defence against emerging national security challenges, such as hybrid and Greyzone threats. She is also a columnist with Foreign Policy, where she writes on national security and the globalised economy. Before joining AEI, Elisabeth was a Senior Research Fellow at RUSI, where she led the Modern Deterrence project. Elisabeth is also a member of the steering committee of the Aurora Forum, a member of the National Preparedness Commission (UK) and an Associate Fellow at the European Leadership Network. She is often published in a wide range of publications, including Politico, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (writing in German), The Times and The Wall Street Journal. Elisabeth is also the author of two highly regarded books. - Monthly columnist – POLITICO (Feb 2023 – Present) - Advisory Board Member - GALLOS Technologies Limited (Aug 2022 – Present) - Commissioner – UK National Preparedness Commission (Nov 2020 – Present) - Member of the Advisory Group – Centre for Information Resilience (Feb 2021 – Present) - Senior Fellow – American Enterprise Institute (Oct 2020 – Present) - Columnist – Foreign Policy (Feb 2020 – Present) - Member of the Steering Committee – Aurora Forum (Dec 2019 – Present) - Op-ed contributor – The Times (Dec 2016 – Present) - Non-resident Associate Fellow – European Leadership Network (ELN) (Aug 2017 – Present) - Senior Research Fellow – Royal United Services Institute (Sep 2019 – Oct 2020) - Adjunct Fellow – Centre for European Policy (Jul 2018 – Jul 2019) - Senior Consultant – Control Risks (Jun 2016 – Aug 2018) - Non-resident Senior Fellow – Atlantic Council (Apr 2016 – Jun 2018) ---------- LINKS: https://twitter.com/elisabethbraw https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabethbraw/ https://rusi.org/people/braw https://www.aei.org/profile/elisabeth-braw/ https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/person/elisabeth-braw/ https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elisabeth-braw/ https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/elisabeth-braw https://cepa.org/author/elisabeth-braw/ ---------- ARTICLES: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/16/russia-ukraine-gray-zone-warfare-autocrats-democracy-527022 https://www.ft.com/content/0ac9e1a9-2aad-47d9-83fb-4839e9b31b33 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/china-is-master-of-grey-zone-aggression-t6z2khp69 https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/60291/create-a-psychological-defence-agency-to-prebunk-fake-news https://www.aei.org/podcast/elisabeth-braw-on-gray-zone-warfare/ ---------- BOOKS: ‘God’s Spies: The Stasi’s Cold War Espionage (2019) The Defender's Dilemma: Identifying and Deterring Gray-zone Aggression (2022) Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World (2024)

Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 PANEL 3 (15:00-16:00) – Culture Versus Tyranny ---------- SPEAKERS: Marta Trotsiuk - Ukrainian art ambassador Maria Shuvalova - Professor of Philology Oleksandr Pronkevych - Literary scholar Sofia Cheliak - Ukrainian Cultural Manager ---------- Russia seeks to deny Ukrainian agency, even denying the existence of the Ukrainian language, literature, and culture. That makes them key to Ukraine’s resilience. #MartaTrotsiuk #MariaShuvalova #OleksandrPronkevych #SofiaCheliak #culture #lviv #victory #ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #zelensky #putin #propaganda #war #disinformation ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NOR DOG Animal Rescue - Our mission is to help the animals suffering from the war in Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/@nordoganimalrescue3564

In today’s conversation, I’ll be speaking with Olga Solovyeva about Yandex (the Russian Google), and technology, politics, censorship, and leadership. The founder of Yandex, Arkady Volozh, condemns Russia's war in Ukraine. He's the second Russian business leader to go public with his criticism. Yandex is a unique IT business which managed to stay afloat throughout the years of authoritarianism, and despite an occasional compromise with the state maintained the reputation of the most liberal company in Russia.--------- Olga Solovyeva is a social researcher with experience in higher education, business, and civil society organisations. Her areas of expertise areas include communication, technology, and society. She works on issues of data ethics, IT business regulation, and the relationship between the state and tech in Russia and writes on these topics for academic, professional, and general audiences.--------- LINKS: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olga-solovyeva-b20124b1/ --------- ARTICLES:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/a-political-leader-goes-political-founder-yandex-arkady-solovyeva/https://globalvoices.org/2023/04/19/why-tech-companies-can-no-longer-ignore-their-role-in-shaping-politics-and-society/https://blogs.helsinki.fi/russianmedialab/2023/02/24/digital-authoritarianism-and-it-business-in-russia-online-talk-on-russian-media-in-march/?fbclid=IwAR3InY7bLXK_1hBjio2hpDbE4HIWy_lm1YriXxT47wDcPAm1kxt7vvi_y2ohttps://advox.globalvoices.org/2022/07/06/disinformation-2-0-should-we-bring-the-notion-of-propaganda-back-into-public-discourse/https://globalvoices.org/2022/03/25/keeping-fakes-under-control-how-legislation-on-disinformation-turns-into-a-censorship-tool/---------

Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 PANEL 4 (16:30-17:30) - Freedom and Victory ---------- SPEAKERS: Anna Danylchuk - YouTuber and Academic Olena Halushka - Co-founder of the International Center for Ukrainian Victory Joe Lindsley - Daily Ukraine correspondent, WGN Radio ---------- Ukraine would fall in 3-10 days; that’s what Russia and many in the West seemed to think. Now Russia has the 2nd best army (in Ukraine) and is staring down defeat. What counts as a sustainable victory for Ukraine? #AnnaDanylchuk #OlenaHalushka #JoeLindsley #lviv #victory #ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #zelensky #putin #propaganda #war #disinformation #hybridwarfare ---------- WATCH NEXT: Olena Halushka https://youtu.be/W3Z5tCst0oY Anna Danylchuk https://youtu.be/vPT6oZ1FOAw https://youtu.be/5AenntkSxIs https://youtu.be/r0PNxM7Xyow Oleksandra Romantsova https://youtu.be/ADR627guqJc https://youtu.be/ZPApjtQdn9g ----------

One year after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Nobel Peace Prize winning organisation Centre for Civil Liberties has documented more than 30,000 war crimes in the country. Their aim is for an eventual “Tribunal for Putin” that will hold the criminals accountable. But how does documenting Russian crimes by the Centre for Civil Liberties and others help this process? While fighting against Russian aggression, Ukraine is defending not only its independence, but European security and the principles of democracy and open society. What can the international community do to hold Russia accountable? This interview will explore this vital topic, and how Russia’s versions of the Nuremberg trials could be established. ---------- SPEAKER: Oleksandra Romantsova is a Human rights activist, and since May 2014 has been working at the Centre for Civil Liberties. As Executive Director, she learned that the Centre for Civil Liberties had become the Nobel Peace Prize laureate for 2022. From 2016 she coordinated a project observing the human rights violations and war crimes in the east of Ukraine, and political persecution in occupied Crimea. As a leading figure within the Centre for Civil Liberties she has been actively engaged in advocacy, seeking international support for Ukraine and to bring those responsible for war crimes in Ukraine to justice. ---------- LINKS: https://ccl.org.ua/en/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2022/center-for-civil-liberties/facts/ https://twitter.com/ccl_ua?lang=en https://twitter.com/SashaRomantsova https://twitter.com/avalaina

GUEST: Orysia Lutsevych, deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House ---------- Russia’s attempt to destroy Ukraine as an independent country cannot be allowed to succeed. This is not solely for the sake of Ukraine. At stake are the future of global security and the preservation of the core principles of international relations embodied by the United Nations. ---------- SPEAKER: Orysia Lutsevych is deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia Programme and head of the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House. Orysia’s research focuses on social change, the role of civil society in democratic transition in Eastern Europe and, most recently, democratic resilience to foreign encroachment. She is the author of several Chatham House research publications, including – Resilient Ukraine: Safeguarding Society from Russian Aggression. Her media work includes contributions for BBC, CNN, Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, and New York Times. ---------- LINKS: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2023/06/how-end-russias-war-ukraine

Headline guests of our event discussing how to achieve victory and secure freedom for Ukraine. Details - https://siliconcurtain.co.uk/lviv/

GUEST: Oleksiy Goncharenko - politician, activist and YouTube host. ---------- https://siliconcurtain.co.uk/lviv On August 10th we shall be moderating and filming a panel event in Lviv. Thus we aim to show our solidarity with Ukraine and generate awareness of its struggle for survival and liberty against Russian aggression. Through YouTube, social media, and press coverage we aim to get a million people to view the content, and focus on how Ukraine can win this war, and what support it needs in order to do so. The event will feature some of the most accomplished journalists and experts on Ukraine. ---------- Oleksiy Goncharenko was born in Odesa, and is a Ukrainian politician, member of the Ukrainian parliament, member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Vice President of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, founder of a Ukrainian network of educational and cultural centres. In 2014, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada on the party list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc. In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Goncharenko was re-elected as an independent candidate. He also runs a hugely popular YouTube channel and is a very effective communicator through digital media channels.