Nomma Zarubina's key theses of the future speech for Russia’s Rupture and Western Policy joint event of Jamestown Foundation & Free Nations #PostRussia Forum on April 16 in #Washington DC👇 • #Siberian Universities as a significant factor for Siberia, especially in Tomskaya Oblast, and why it is essential to preserve their independence from the Kremlin’s influence. • Extraction of intellectual and natural capabilities of #Tomsk for military purposes and pro-Kremlin propaganda. • Natural Resources of Western #Siberia – the inability of the region to earn on its own natural subsoil. • The Kremlin's policies in #Russian regions include censorship, state control, and limiting scientific literature from abroad, while also promoting pro-#Kremlin sentiment within the scientific community. * Nomma Zarubina is a graduate of the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at #Baruch College. She is an antiwar activist, a researcher of Central Asia and information warfare in post-Soviet states, and a former NGO representative at the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Nomma Zarubina is a social activist involved in antiwar movements and an independent researcher with a focus on Central Asia and information warfare in post-Soviet states. As an NGO representative at UN #ECOSOC, she was honored to be a speaker during the 57th and 58th sessions of the #UN Commission for Social Development. In 2020, she graduated from the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College in New York.