Peter Duncan will speak on the political situation inside Russia, Putin’s idea of a Eurasian Union, Russia’s actions in Ukraine, the impact of sanctions and the state of international relations.

Peter Duncan is Senior Lecturer in Russian Politics and Society at UCL SSEES. His books include an edited volume, Convergence and Divergence: Russia and Eastern Europe into the Twenty-First Century (2007) and two monographs, The Soviet Union and India (1989) and Russian Messianism: Third Rome, Revolution, Communism and After (paperback edition, 2014).

Tickets for this talk at £7 (£5 for GB Russia members) are only available by email to: membership@gbrussia.org