Vladimir Putin came to power promising a ‘dictatorship of the law’. Since 2012 he has consciously built a more socially conservative regime, emphasising opposition to ‘non-traditional sexual relations’ and promoting ‘traditional values’. How has Russia’s ‘conservative turn’ interacted with the Kremlin’s formal legal and constitutional obligations?

Jane Henderson, a King’s College London affiliate educated at the University of London, is a retired academic lawyer. She has written widely on Russia’s legal system and constitution, the subject of her 2011 book The Constitution of the Russian Federation: a contextual analysis, of which a second edition is in the works.

* - in cooperation with The Great Britain - Russia Society

Tea, Coffee & Biscuits at 6.30 pm. Talk starts at 7.00pm.

Please note that this event will be in English, without translation into Russian.