Digital Resistance: Russian Experience

​For years Russian government has been trying to control all civil activity, and when the war with Ukraine started they decided to extinguish the human rights movement altogether. Despite the government’s effort the civil society still exists, using technology to oppose a superior power.

​Misha Lebedev has been helping several civil initiatives as product manager and volunteer for 10+ years. He is currently working on Zaodno, a peer-to-peer crowdfunding platform for NGOs, which he cofounded along with Sasha Putilin in 2022.

​Misha is going to talk about the latest history of the human rights oppression in Russia, and how the civil society resists it by building exceptional products, digital and otherwise. Please join us if you’re interested in the intersection of technology and the human rights movement.

​The talk will last for about 30 minutes, followed by a Q&A with an afterparty upstairs, where we’re going to serve some pelmeni and vareniki (Russian dumplings, with meat and with potatoes).

​The doors will open at 7:30 PM, and the talk will start at 8 PM.

​(Photo by Dmitry Markov)