President Yanukovych left office after months of Maidon protests were violently crushed, and a new more pro-European government led by Turchynov took power. Russia then annexed Crimea after a hasty referendum. Chaos and anarchy reign in the eastern region around Donetsk.

In ‘Ukraine: the Spring, the Chaos, the Future’, we look back and look ahead. What is going to happen now? Will political and social stability return or will instability continue? We look at the country itself and of course at the geopolitical significance.

About the speakers

Conversation with Mustafa Nayem, a journalist/activist from Ukraine who was involved in the Maidan protests in Kiev, from November 2013 to February 2014. Other speakers are Floris Akkerman (Russia correspondent for VPRO and de Correspondent), Fleur de Weerd (historian and Ukraine journalist for Trouw among others) and Michiel Servaes (Member of Dutch parliament for PvdA (Labour Party) and election observer on 25 May). The debate will be chaired by Kirsten van den Hul.

With support of the embassy of Ukraine.