The Internet Can Accommodate Everyone Who Wants to Attend The upcoming public discussion on government procurement in Russia featuring Alexei Navalny has generated tremendous interest among students, the media, and internet users. We are forced to suspend registration for new guests. A live broadcast will be available on the Higher School of Economics website. The upcoming public discussion on government procurement in Russia featuring Alexei Navalny has generated tremendous interest among students, the media, and internet users. As of yesterday, more than 700 people had already expressed a desire to attend. At 20 Myasnitskaya Street, in addition to the Academic Council Hall where the discussion will take place and which is equipped for online broadcasting, we have only four classrooms seating 100–120 people each, with the ability to show a live feed. We considered moving everything to the Cultural Center on Vorontsovo Pole, but for technical reasons this is not possible (the equipment there has been dismantled, and preparations are underway for the April Conference). Given that no one can prevent HSE students and faculty from arriving early and taking all available seats in the classrooms, we are forced to suspend registration for new guests and limit outside invitees to journalists and the group of experts that A. Navalny will bring. We believe that “participation for everyone interested” is ensured through the online broadcast. Yaroslav Kuzminov has invited Igor Artemyev, head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, to take part in the meeting, and his consent has been received. Also participating will be HSE academic supervisor Yevgeny Yasin and First Vice Rector Lev Yakobson. The team that developed the Federal Contract System concept will be represented by First Vice Rector Alexander Shamrin and Irina Kuznetsova, Director of the Institute for Resource Support of Procurement and Sales Management for State and Municipal Needs. A live broadcast will be available on the Higher School of Economics website (www.hse.ru). As a reminder, the discussion will take place on Friday, March 18, at 7:00 p.m. A recording will be available for those who do not manage to watch it live. Source For my part, I have decided to come alone. I received a huge number of letters from various specialists ready to support me in the discussion. Many thanks to everyone, but it is more interesting to preserve the purity of the experiment. I gave “Vyshka” (the Higher School of Economics) a list of three names—RosPil lawyers who are interested in listening. It seems that Radio Svoboda (Radio Liberty) and RIA Novosti were planning to provide a live broadcast of the debate. I do not know the details. P.S. about comments For obvious reasons, I have decided to temporarily screen “comments not from friends.” I had a bot add 2,000 users as “friends” (chosen at random) who had commented on my posts at some point. That is the limit, unfortunately. We will try to unscreen all comments from real people, not bots, as quickly as possible. If your comment has not been unscreened, it is not because you are criticizing me, but simply because there is not enough time. I ask for your understanding.