Elections 2025. Who to Trust?
February 14, 2025, 18:00–21:00

Germany is home to millions of people who speak and think in Russian, yet a unified and cohesive diaspora does not exist. Instead, Russian-speaking communities in Germany consist of different generations, with diverse backgrounds and political views. The ongoing wars in and around Europe, as well as the current period of profound change in Germany, have sparked renewed interest among many members of these groups. More and more people are seeking to participate in German politics, critique it, and strive to better understand it, stepping beyond their own information bubbles.


What does the Russian-speaking community in Germany think about current political issues? Which topics evoke the strongest emotions? What hopes and fears shape these discussions? We will examine key political questions and analyze them from the perspective of a political scientist and public expert who interprets German politics for a Russian-speaking audience.

Speakers
Alex Yusupov
Director of the Russian Program at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation

Alex is well known to many in the Russian-speaking community in Germany. Through his appearances on talk shows and his popular Telegram channel — where thousands of people take part in lively discussions on controversial topics — he offers an inside perspective on how politics is understood and debated within this community.

Yanina Ledovaya
Psychologist, Marketing Researcher at an IT Company

For many years, Yanina taught fundamental and applied psychological disciplines at St. Petersburg State University, conducting research on thinking, human behavior in social networks, as well as the phenomenon of moral disengagement and so-called "dark personality traits." She now focuses on studying factors affecting developer productivity, including in relation to the use of AI, and researches trends in the technology industry. She lives in Germany.

Moderator: Angelina Davydova, journalist, project coordinator at Dialogue for Understanding e. V., researcher at the Institute for Global Reconstitution.


We will talk about how we make our political choices, what role rationality plays in this and what role trust plays, as well as what moral disengagement is and how it relates to the willingness to support discriminatory policies. We will share our experiences of resisting propaganda and learn what contemporary science recommends in this regard.


Who might be interested in this event?


On the one hand, it is aimed at citizens and migrants from the former Soviet Union. Additionally, it is open to all other migrants who are interested in current political processes, with English serving as a common means of communication. Finally, it may be of interest to many German citizens who work in civic education or politics, as well as those who have Russian-speaking colleagues, friends, or personal connections to countries of the former Soviet Union. This event offers a rare opportunity to learn about the issues that matter to fellow citizens and migrants from diverse cultural backgrounds.


The event will be held in Russian with simultaneous interpretation into German.


Address: Evangelisch-Freikirchliche Gemeinde Berlin-Lichtenberg, Heinrichstraße 31, 10317 Berlin


Date and time: February 14, 2025, from 18:00 to 21:00

The event is part of the project "Multivocality — Elections 2025: Education Instead of Manipulation," organized by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung and WIR.DE Aktive Nachbarn. You can learn more about the project and other events here.
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