A conference dedicated to the 55th anniversary of the conclusion of the USSR-Germany peace treaty is being held in Izvestia. Broadcast

The International Conference "BREZHNEV–BRANDT: PARADOXES OF EASTERN POLITICS. On the 55th anniversary of the conclusion of the USSR–Germany peace treaty."

The moderators of the conference are Igor Prokopenko, Deputy General Director of REN TV channel, and Armen Oganesyan, Editor-in-Chief of the International Life magazine.

Participants:

-Yakov Plais, Professor of the Department of Political Science at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Economics;

-Ekaterina Timoshenkova, Senior Researcher at the Department of Social and Political Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Historical Sciences;

-Alexey Filitov, Chief Researcher at the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor;

-Natalia Tsvetkova, Acting Director of the Institute of the USA and Canada.Academician G.A.Arbatov of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences;

-Viktor Vasiliev, Senior Researcher at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Counselor at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Germany (2008-2012), PhD.;

-Alexey Gromyko, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, PhD;

-Andrey Shagov, Associate Professor, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department of the Research Institute of Military History of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation;

-Lily Ong, Analyst on Geopolitics and Cybersecurity (Singapore/USA);

-Vasily Belozerov, Head of the Department of Political Science at Moscow State Linguistic University, Professor, PhD, Member of the Scientific Council at the Security Council of the Russian Federation;

- Philip Trunov, Senior Researcher at the Department of Europe and America at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, PhD.;

- Vladislav Belov, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, PhD in Economics;

-Alexey Kuznetsov, Head of the Department of the Research Institute of Military History of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation;

-Natalia Narochnitskaya, President of the Historical Perspective Foundation, Member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Historical Sciences.;

-Karin Bechet-Golovko, Visiting Professor at Moscow State University, President of the Komitas Gentium France-Russia Association.

The conference includes three thematic sessions:

11.00 – 12.30 From confrontation to cooperation;

13.00 – 15.00 Paradoxes of Eastern politics;

15.45 – 18.00 Lessons of Oriental politics.

Each session will open with a demonstration of excerpts from Igor Prokopenko's new feature film Dear Willy.

The conference will feature a unique exhibition of photographs, autographs and artifacts telling the story of the relationship between Leonid Brezhnev and Willy Brandt from the private archive of Leonid Brezhnev's personal envoy, Valery Lednev.