ZOiS Newsletter
August 2024
New ZOiS Report
Russia’s war against Ukraine prompted hundreds of thousands of Russians to leave their country. Drawing on unique face-to-face surveys of Russian migrants in five different host countries, a new ZOiS Report provides insights into the diversity of their political views and socio-economic profiles.

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News
 
Joint event
On 7 and 8 October 2024, the German Association for East European Studies (DGO), the Freie Universität Berlin and the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) will host ceecon24, the largest multidisciplinary congress on Central and Eastern Europe in the German-speaking world.

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Lecture series KIU | First session: 21 October 2024 | Auditorium at the Grimm-Zentrum
On 21 October, the lecture series of the Competence Network for Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies (KIU) of the European University Viadrina (Frankfurt/Oder) will start. It takes place in cooperation with the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Freie Universität Berlin. The series will kick off with a reading/lecture by photographer and writer Yevgenia Belorusets.

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Publications
ZOiS Spotlight 17/2024 
by Ewa Dąbrowska
Western sanctions aimed to make it more difficult for Russia to access foreign technologies and thus drive up the cost of waging war against Ukraine. Their success has so far been limited. How has Russia managed to avoid the worst effects of technological sanctions?

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ZOiS Spotlight 16/2024 
by Ivaylo Dinev and Nadja Douglas 
Most Karabakh Armenians who fled Nagorno Karabakh in September 2023 were drawn to Armenia as their ‘mother’ state. Previous surveys show that they have a strong Karabakh-Armenian identity and seek their own political and cultural representation. But the Armenian government has other plans.
 
 
 
Events
Ukraine Research Network@ZOiS | 01/10/2024, 9:30 am - 12.30 pm | ZOiS, Mohrenstr. 60, 10117 Berlin
With the first two waves of scholarship funding now complete, the Ukraine Research Network@ZOiS will present research outcomes on topics such as displacement, reconstruction, civil society, education, religion, and popular culture and discuss policy implications.

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You are welcome to find out about current events on our website: www.zois-berlin.de/en/events
 
 
Media
Tagesspiegel article  with assessments by Gwendolyn Sasse (18/09/2024)
Interview with Beate Eschment on the Russian-language YouTube channel of Deutsche Welle (15/09/2024)
Article about the ZOiS Report 4/2024 on the Russian-language website of Deutsche Welle (12/09/2024)
Tagesspiegel article with quotes by Gwendolyn Sasse (01/09/2024)
 
Links to our media coverage on current topics can be found on our website ZOiS in the media.