January 17, 2015- Open Russia’s online forum “Can You Converge at a Square?”

• How effective can a peaceful protest be?

• Does the Russian opposition have any chance to achieve its goals through nonviolent actions?

On January 17 (Saturday) at 12:00 PM (Moscow time) these questions will be addressed by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Alexei Navalny, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Aleksandr Podrabinek, Aleksandr Arkhangelsky, Anatoly Osmolovsky, Lev Gudkov, Pyotr Tsarkov, Vlad Tupikin, and the others.

Watch the live stream on openrussia.org and khodorkovsky.ru.

We encourage the forum audience to participate in our discussion by asking questions via:

• Emails to info@openrussia.org

• Chats on Open Russia website

• Facebook event page

• Open Russia Twitter page, #мирныйпротест

There will be no simultaneous English translation – the event will be broadcast in Russian only.