Monologue for Two: Doctor Daphne Skillen
Doctor Skillen the author of “Freedom of Speech in Russia; Politics and Media from Gorbachev to Putin”.
Daphne witnessed Russia’s transition to democracy first hand in the late 1980s and 1990s, working as a journalist and media consultant for international development agencies. She worked on democracy-assistance programmes with Washington DC-based International Foundation for Electoral Systems, with the Soros Foundation and with EU organisations. She was DfID’sMoscow media manager between 1996-1998, in the Yeltsin era, she received an award from the Russian Union of Journalists for services to the cause of Russian journalism.