SCHEDULE OF THE PRESS-BRIEFING AT UKRAINIAN CRISIS MEDIA CENTER ON 20 MAY 2026

12:00

Russian influence operations during election campaigns: European experience and lessons for Ukraine

Panel 1
• Vadym Halaichuk, First Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Ukraine’s Integration into the European Union, Member of Parliament of Ukraine
• Fedir Shandor, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Hungary (online)
• Volodymyr Solovian, Head of UCMC’s Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group
• Pavel Havlíček, Research Fellow at the Association for International Affairs, Czechia (online)
• Mihai Vacariu, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania
• Lidiya Smola, Professor at the National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", Doctor of Political Sciences, Political Analyst

Panel 2
• Tiina Ilsen, Chair of the Board of the International Practitioners Partnership Network (PractNet), Estonia
• Tinatin Khidasheli, Chairwoman of the Civic IDEA, Georgia (online)
• Volodymyr Solovian, Head of UCMC’s Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group
• Valeriu Pașa, Political Expert, Chairman of the WatchDog.MD Community (online)
• Volodymyr Kopchak, Head of the South Caucasus Branch of the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies
• Arnold Bleyan, Executive Director of the Armenian Center for Democracy and Security Affairs (online) -TBD
• Dementiy Bilyi, Political Scientist, Local Historian, Head of the Kherson Regional Organization of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine