16 February Markku Lonkila (HEPO), Vladimir Gel’man (European University at St. Petersburg) and Jarmo Koponen (Uusi Suomi) presented papers on current Russian opposition protests at a seminar organized by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs in Helsinki. The seminar marked the launch of a FIIA Working Paper by Markku Lonkila concerning the role of social media in the ongoing political crisis in Russia. See the briefing paper