Last November, I traveled and spoke to European Libertarian groups in Moscow and in Madrid. The latest additions to our speaker lineup come from contacts I made during his trip.
Vera Kichanova is a libertarian elected official and activist who has been described as one of “Putin’s Unruly Children.” In 2012, she was elected as a municipal deputy in Moscow’s Yuzhnoye Tushino district. In 2013, she received a Democracy Award from the National Endowment for Democracy. While in Washington, D.C., to receive the award, she met with National Security Adviser Susan Rice in the White House. Back in Moscow, she works as a journalist and is a frequent and vocal advocate for liberty who has been detained or arrested many times for her activities. She has become one of the most visible and internationally known faces of the Russian opposition, and has been featured in articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Der Spiegel, and more. Vera is 22 years old.
We will also have two speakers from the United Kingdom: Guy Montrose, the current LPUK chair, and Andrew Withers, the past LPUK chair. Both have been elected to public office. In the midst of growing Euro-skepticism, and the splintering and realignment of the traditional UK political parties, the LPUK faces challenges and opportunities distinct from our own; but politics is politics.
Libertarianism is on the rise globally, and these three speakers hope to not only share their perspectives and experiences, but to learn from ours, too.
Other international libertarians have been invited, and we’re hoping that more will be in attendance. We’ll keep you updated.
The 2014 National Convention is getting closer. The deadline for early-bird prices is May 1. So buy now to get the best prices! BTW, Ms. Kichanova will likely be a breakfast speaker.
The cutoff date for booking hotel rooms is very early June, but reserving your room now is definitely recommended, for two reasons: The supply of rooms is not unlimited; and the sooner you reserve, the more time the convention organizers have to arrange for more rooms, if necessary, prior to the cutoff date.
Go to the website LPcon2014.org for more information. See you in Columbus!
Sincerely,
Geoffrey J. Neale
Chair, Libertarian National Committee
Yes, but paleofascists in the US aren’t happy with that, since they like Putin’s laws and generally admire him.
The Russian Libertarian Party is one of the few groups with the courage to speak out against Putin’s anti-gay laws.
Is it just me, or is she the spitting image of Velma?
So the pool of American speakers is now so thin that the LNC had to explore strange old worlds, to seek out new dorks and new dorkspeakers, and to lamely book who no one has cared to book before…
Somehow that level of patheticness fits for Ohio…
Maybe she’s the saboteur Andy’s been searching for.
Wow, a Democracy Award from the National Endowment for Democracy and a meeting with National Security Adviser Susan Rice. How impressive. Not many libertarians are so well-connected to imperialist scumbags. Vera is a special girl.
What did she have to do for the CIA to get the NED award, organize a street riot or plan a false flag op? Maybe she’s a bagman distributing U.S. taxpayer cash to an underground network of NATO operatives plotting regime change in Moscow. Maybe she’s setting up a twitter network for a Pink Revolution!
Exciting!