Sakharov Prize 2021: press conference after award ceremony in Strasbourg

Met dank overgenomen van Europees Parlement (EP) i, gepubliceerd op woensdag 15 december 2021, 8:15.

EP President David Sassoli i will hold a joint press conference with representatives of this year’s laureate, Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, on Wednesday at 12.45.

When: Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 12.45 CET

Where: Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room and via Interactio

President Sassoli will be joined by Ms Navalnaya, Alexei Navalny’s daughter, and Leonid Volkov, one of his political advisers who served as his chief of staff during Mr Navalny’s 2018 presidential election campaign.

With Mr Navalny currently imprisoned in Russia , he cannot attend the Sakharov Prize award ceremony himself. His daughter Daria Navalnaya will receive the prize on his behalf from EP President David Sassoli on Wednesday at 12.00.

You can also follow it live via Parliament’s webstreaming.

Journalists wishing to actively participate and ask questions, please connect via Interactio by using this link: https://broadcaster.interactio.eu/join/66e2-hy1p-1w4u

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When connecting, enter your name and the media you are representing in the first name / last name fields.

For better sound quality, use headphones and a microphone. Interpretation is only possible for interventions with video.

Journalists who have never used Interactio before are asked to connect 20 minutes before the start of the press conference to perform a connection test. IT assistance can be provided if necessary. When connected, open the chat window (upper right corner) to be able to see the service messages.

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