When: 29.03.22 19:00 – 20:30
Where: The Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Pl London W2 1QJ
Tickets: £12 standard / £10 student / £5 online ticket
Join us to hear from Stanislav Aseyev, Ukrainian journalist who was released in 2019 from captivity in Donetsk, and who is one of the most authoritative voices on Russian aggression against Ukraine.
This event will be held in person at the Frontline Club, and tickets are also available to watch online via livestream.
This event is hosted by the Frontline Club in partnership with the Ukrainian Institute London, Cambridge Ukrainian Studies, the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain (London Branch) and British Ukrainian Aid.
With consecutive interpretation into English.
Speaker
Stanislav Aseyev
A native of Donetsk, Stanislav Aseyev stayed in the city when it fell under the control of Russian-backed militants in 2014. He continued undercover reporting on conditions under the Russian occupation for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty until 2017 when he was kidnapped by the militants and sentenced to 15 years for ‘extremism’ and ‘spying’. Aseyev was held captive and subjected to torture for over two and a half years in Donetsk’s most infamous prison. Released as part of a prisoner exchange in December 2019, he has since written searing accounts of his time in captivity, which have recently been translated into English.
In addition to his journalistic work, Aseyev is the author of five books, including his autobiographical novel, The Melchior Elephant, or The Man Who Thought, where he dives into the life of the occupied city and his take on the events that unfold. In Isolation, a collection of dispatches from occupied Donbas is soon to be published in English as part of Harvard’s Ukrainian literature series. The English translation of Aseyev’s memoir, The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, is also upcoming with Old Lion Publishing House.