

Professor Bill Bowring’s guest this week on “25 Questions” is Sergei Krivenko, director of the Moscow-based NGO Citizen, Army & the Law, coordinator of the Citizen & Army network, a member of the board of the International Memorial Society and a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group. Sergei has been one of the leading proponents for the introduction and development of Alternative Civilian Service for conscripts that has been introduced in post-Soviet Russia. His organisation also works to protect the rights of conscripts and improve their conditions of service. Sergei also served two terms as a member of the Presidential Council on Human Rights and Civil Society. The video can be viewed on YouTube and below.