Instead of the authorities of the Russian Federation, Khodorkovsky was invited to the conference in Munich
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The organizers of the Munich Security Conference this year refused to invite representatives of the Russian government. Instead of them, representatives of the opposition were invited to the event – in particular, Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Garry Kasparov.
Chairman of the conference Christoph Heusgen v interview MDR TV channel explained the decision by not wanting to give the Russian authorities a platform for propaganda.
“The statements that we hear from the Kremlin every day do not allow us to conclude that Russia will even one iota retreat from what Putin has declared as the goal of the war, namely, the destruction of Ukraine,” Heusgen noted.
The forum will open on February 17.
- The Munich Security Conference has been held since 1962. Heads of state, government, ministers, politicians and public figures from dozens of countries take part in it. Russia has participated in the conference since 1999.
- In 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a speech at the Munich Conference. In his speech, he sharply criticized the United States and its allies for “attempting to establish unipolar peace” for the expansion of NATO, which, according to him, poses a threat to Russia. This speech is considered one of the starting points from which the deterioration of Russia’s relations with Western countries began.
- In 2022, the Russian authorities refused to participate in the forum for the first time in more than 20 years. According to them, “in recent years, the conference has increasingly transformed into a transatlantic forum, losing its inclusiveness and objectivity.”
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