Potsdam, 7 October 2021. With the presentation of the M100 Media Award to Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and his anti-corruption foundation FBK, the international media conference M100 Sanssouci Colloquium came to a glittering and moving conclusion last night at the Palace Theatre in the Neues Palais. Instead of the imprisoned Navalny, his campaign manager and close confidant Leonid Volkov accepted the award, which was presented to him by Potsdam’s Lord Mayor Mike Schubert. The laudation was given by FDP leader Christian Lindner, who, in the midst of exciting coalition negotiations, took the time to give the central political speech of the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium for the second time since 2018.
Under the title “From Crisis in Perpetuity to Democratic Resilience”, around 80 international representatives from the media, politics and academia had previously discussed in a virtual format the challenges currently facing politics, society, academia and the media and how the resilience of democracy can be strengthened.
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