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1 EGOR GAIDAR In memoriam

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3 ORGANIZED AND SUPPORTED BY: MOSCOW SCHOOL OF POLITICAL STUDIES COUNCIL OF EUROPE HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT PROGRAM OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE (BUDAPEST) ROLF GROUP OF COMPANIES CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION SWEDISH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY (SIDA) U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) ALUMNI OF THE MOSCOW SCHOOL OF POLITICAL STUDIES The Moscow School of Political Studies was established in 1992 as a non-governmental organisation with its mission to promote development of democratic institution and civil society in Russia

4 SUNDAY, June 6th Opening ceremony: Elena Nemirovskaya, Founder, Moscow School of Political Studies Robert Gerschner, Advisor, Embassy of Austria to Russian Federation Larisa Mishustina, Head referent to the President of the Russian Federation Session: International relations The values framing the dialogue between Russia and the West: partnership either confrontation? Konstantin Kosachev Coffee break Session: International relations Europe and modernization in Russia Jean-Louis Laurens (Council of Europe) Lunch Session: Law and politics A citizen in a legal space Vladimir Pligin Coffee break Session: Economy and culture Economic development and cultural change Evgeny Yasin Dinner Round table: Democracy matters Alexander Sogomonov 4

5 MONDAY, June 7th Session: Regional policy Politics Economy Society Region development Sergei Morozov Coffee break Session: Politics and economy Post-crisis development of Russia: view of alternatives Alexander Auzan Lunch Session: Politics and economy Russia's short- and long-term strategies for development Arkady Dvorkovich Coffee break Session: Culture and politics The heritage of Russian history Geoffrey Hosking (United Kingdom) Coffee break Session: Politics Modernization: real and false challenges for Russia Kirill Rogov Dinner Round table: Dialogue Alexander Voloshin 5

6 TUESDAY, June, 8th Session: Politics Modernization and Russia Anne Pringle (United Kingdom) Coffee break Session: Law and politics Judicial power in Russia: between Themis and Nemesis Georgy Satarov Lunch Session: Culture and Mass Media Great Patriotic war. Witness statements. Direct speech. Zoya Eroshok Coffee break Session: Politics and Mass Media Russian media between authorities and society: to the 200 th anniversary of Andrey Kraevsky Alexey Kara-Murza Coffee break Session: Politics The political dimension of modernization Boris Makarenko Dinner Round table: Endless overcoming the endless deadlock challenge for the next decade Alexander Arkhangelsky 6

7 WEDNESDAY, June 9th Session: Economy Russian economy in long- and short-term perspective Sergei Guriev Coffee break Session: Civil society and culture Is culture progress-prone or progress-resistant? Maxim Trudolubov Lunch Session: Civic education On the civic education in Russia Yury Senokosov Alexander Sogomonov Coffee break Session: Political culture Great power as the basic obstacle for development of Russia Sergei Petrov Coffee break Session: Political culture Russian history modernization concept Nikita Sokolov Dinner Round table: Modernization in Russia: the new agenda Alexander Sogomonov 7

8 THURSDAY, June 10th Session: Culture, society, politics The price for values Vladislav Inozemtsev Vladimir Ryzhkov Coffee break Session: Politics Europe after the crisis Alberto Carnero (Spain) Lunch Session: Law and politics Transparency and corruption in the modern Russia Elena Panfilova Coffee break Session: Politics and economy Russia after the crisis Sergei Alexashenko Coffee break Session: International relations Where is Europe in Russian foreign policy? Thomas Gomart (France) Dinner Round table: To be modern in the XXI century Alexander Sogomonov 8

9 FRIDAY, June 11th Session: Law and politics Local government as foundation of democracy Matti Anttonen (Finland) Coffee break Session: Law and politics Legislative power in Russia: issues and ways to solve Vladimir Platonov Lunch Session: Economy and society Business and civil society Roger Munnings (United Kingdom) Coffee break Session: International relations Russia and USA in the global world Michael Margelov Coffee break Session: Economy The global economy after the crisis: what prospects for Russia and other emerging markets? Razeen Sally (United Kingdom) Dinner Round table: Civil society: values and languages Alexander Sogomonov 9

10 SATURDAY, June 12th Session: Politics and society Serbia from 'democratic revolution' to the EU membership challenges and opportunities Sonja Licht (Serbia) Coffee break Session: Society and politics Historical politics Arseny Roginsky Maxim Trudolubov Lunch Session: Politics Postsoviet politics: origins, current state, perspectives Andrey Ryabov Coffee break Session: International relations Leadership problem in the modern world Fedor Lukianov Closing ceremony: Elena Nemirovskaya, Founder of the Moscow School of Political Studies Igor Knyazev, Director for development of the Moscow School of Political Studies Dinner 10

11 EXPERTS ALEXASHENKO, Sergei ANTTONEN, Matti (Finland) ARKHANGELSKY, Alexander AUZAN, Alexander CARNERO, Alberto (Spain) DVORKOVICH, Arkady EROSHOK, Zoya GERSCHNER, Robert (Austria) GOMART, Thomas (France) GURIEV, Sergey HAMPSON, Keith (United Kingdom) Head, Strategic consulting group Ambassador of Finland to the Russian Federation Author and moderator of the «Tem vremenem» TV program, journalist President of the Institute of national project «Social Contract» International Affairs Unit Director, the Foundation for Social Research and Analysis (FAES) Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Observer, Newspaper «Novaya Gazeta» Advisor, Embassy of Austria to Russian Federation Director of the Russian/NIS Center at IFRI, The French Institute of International Relations Associate Professor and Rector of the New Economic School in Moscow Consultant, «Democracy International» Ltd MP United Kingdom Parliament (1974 to 1997) 11

12 HOSKING, Geoffrey Professor of Russian History, School (United Kingdom) of Slavonic and East European Studies University College London INOZEMTSEV, Vladislav Professor of Economics, Director, Centre for Post-Industrial Studies (Moscow), Publisher and Editor, Svobodnaya Mysl monthly KARA-MURZA, Alexey KNYAZEV, Igor KOSACHEV, Konstantin LAURENS, Jean-Louis (Council of Europe) LICHT, Sonja (Serbia) LUKIANOV, Fedor MAKARENKO, Boris MARGELOV, Mikhail MISHUSTINA, Larisa Deputy of the Department of Social and Political Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences Director for development, Moscow School of Political Studies Chairman of the Committee on International Relations, Russian State Duma Deputy, Russian State Duma General director of the Council of Europe on political questions Founder and President, Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence Chief-editor of the «Russia in Global World» President, Center of Political Technologies President, Center of Political Technologies Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Federation Council Senior Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation 12

13 MOROZOV, Sergei MUNNINGS, Roger (United Kingdom) NEMIROVSKAYA, Elena PANFILOVA, Elena PETROV, Sergei PLATONOV, Vladimir PLIGIN, Vladimir PRINGLE, Anne (United Kingdom) ROGINSKY, Arseny ROGOV, Kirill RYZHKOV, Vladimir Governor, Chairman of the Government, Ulianovsk region Chairman of the Audit Committee Institute in Russia; Chairman and CEO KPMG Russia/CIS Region (1996 to 2008); Chairman KPMG Global Energy and Natural Resources Practice (1993 to 2008) Founder, Moscow School of Political Studies Director general, Transparency International Russia s Centre State Duma Deputy, Founder of the group of companies ROLF Chariman of the Moscow State Duma Chairman, State Duma Committee on Constitutional. Legislation and State Construction. State Duma Deputy Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Russian Federation Historian, founder of the «Memorial», human rights organization Political observer, Fellow, Institute for the Economy in Transition Politician, publicist 13

14 RYABOV, Andrey SALLY, Razeen (United Kingdom) SATAROV, Georgy SENOKOSOV, Yury SOGOMONOV, Alexander SOKOLOV, Nikita TRUDOLUBOV, Maxim VOLOSHIN, Alexander YASIN, Evgeny Political analyst; cochair of the Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program, Carnegie Moscow Center; columnist, «Novaya Gazeta» Director, ECIPE (European Center For International Political Economy) Head, founder, associate fellow, InDem Foundation (Informatics for democracy) Founder, Moscow School of Political Studies Director of publishing programs Academic director, Centre for Sociological and Political Education, Russian Academy of Science Editor in chief, magazine «Otechestvennye zapiski» Editor, Opinion page, Vedomosti daily Chairman of the Board, Norilsky Nikel President of the Foundation «Liberal Mission»; Academic Head of Deputy Rector, Higher School of Economics ZAKHAROV, Andrey Editor, magazine «Neprikosnovennyi zapas: debates on politics and culture» 14

15 PARTICIPANTS FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ABADIYEV, Magomed (Ingushetia Republic) ABRAMYAN, Artem (Adygei Republic) ALIYEV, Victor (Saratov Oblast) ANDONOV, Sergey (Rostov Oblast) AKHMEDOV, Magomedbek (Dagestan Republic) BARANOVA, Yulia (Yaroslavl Oblast) BARANOVSKY, Konstantin (Nizhnii Novgorod Oblast) BASNUKAYEV, Mussa (Chechen Republic) BLINOV, Vladimir (Leningrad Oblast) BOROVIK, Yevgeny (Sverdlovsk Oblast) Ingush State University, lecturer Maikop Municipal Notarial District, notary Nasha Rossija (Our Russia) All-Russia Public Movement, regional branch, Deputy Chairman, lawyer Christian Broadcasting Portal, editor-in-chief Presidential Program Alumni Association for Rostov, Vice President Dagestan Power Retail Supplier Company, Public Relations Service, head Yaroslavl Oblast, Yaroslavl District, assistant to the head of administration Leader XXI publication, editor-in-chief. The Atmosfera Foundation board, deputy chairman Chechen State University, lecturer Delovaya Rossija (Business Russia) All-Russia Public Organization, Leningrad Oblast branch, board, member Civil Committee Against Crime and for Legal Protection of People, co-chairman; businessman 15

16 BUZUNOVA, Svetlana (Sverdlovsk Oblast) VASILYEV, Aleksey (Sakha Republic (Yakutia) VASKOV, Maxim (Rostov Oblast) secretary VERESHCHAGIN, Aleksey (Stavropol Region) VOLUNKOVA, Yevgenia (Karelia Republic) GOLUBEVA, Valentina (Moscow) GORBATIN, Vyacheslav (Kaluga Oblast) GUGUNAVA, Dmitry (Nizhnii Novgorod Oblast) GUSEINOVA, Olga (Samara Oblast) DANILOVA, Elvira (Chuvash Republic) DEMIN, Anton (Khabarovsk Region) DENISENKO, Anna (Voronezh Oblast) Sverdlovsk Oblast Legislative Assembly, press service, senior expert Svyaz-Bank, Yakutia Branch, CEO Russian Academy of Sciences, Sociology Institute, South Russia branch, academic Business Support Center, director Karelskaya Guberniya news daily, journalist Management Technology Development Center, Director Legislative Assembly of the Kaluga Oblast, deputy Marketing Division Media Group, Public Relations Department, Director Samara State University; Oxford University grantee Creative Video Advertising Center, Director Ty v Tsentre (You are in the Centre) territorial youth newspaper, editor-in-chief FSUE Regional Development Institute, Expert Assessment and Analysis Department, head 16

17 DENISOVA, Galina (Rostov Oblast) DERINOVA, Anna (Samara Oblast) JANKYOZOV, Batyr (Karachayevo-Cherkess Republic) DOROSHENKO, Yevgeny (Tomsk Oblast) DROGOV, Yevgeny (Kirov Oblast) DYBIN, Pavel (Yaroslavl Oblast) YEGOROVA, Anastasia (Irkutsk Oblast) YEZHOV, Oleg (Primorski Region) ZHADAYEV, Dmitry (Perm Region) ZHUKOV, Nikolay (Stavropol Region) ZAURALSKY, Vitaly (Novosibirsk Oblast) ZAKHARENKOV, Yevgeny (Smolensk Oblast) South Federal University, Pedagogical Institute, Social Communication and Technology Department, head Samara State University, International Department, expert Saratov State Law Academy, North Caucasus Law Institute, lecturer Tomsk Oblast Department Committee for Youth Politics, Physical Culture and Sports, Youth Politics, Chairman O-Kratkoye publishers, Director The Oblast Duma, assistant to the deputy; businessman Irkutsk Oblast Legislative Assembly, deputy Pravoje Delo (The Right Course) Party, Primorski Regional branch, executive secretary Perm Regional Education Ministry, senior expert Argumenty i Fakty news daily, political analyst RusTechnics Company, Director Smolensk Oblast Public Chamber, member 17

18 ZYUZIN, Artem (Ivanovo Oblast) IVANISHCHEV, Vitaly (Voronezh Oblast) KADIYEV, Rasul (Dagestan Republic) KAMBIYEV, Ruslan (Karachayevo-Cherkess Republic) KARMAK, Yekaterina (Kaluga Oblast) KATEYEV, Timur (Moscow) KIREYEV, Hassan (Moscow) KLEVTSOV, Dmitry (St. Petersburg) KLIMENKO, Lyudmila (Rostov Oblast) KLOCHKOVA, Lyudmila (Volgograd Oblast) KOVALEVA, Natalia (St. Petersburg) KOZHAYEV, Yegor (Chelyabinsk Oblast) IV Obl Torg company, General Director Zheleznodorozhny District utilities management company, manager Lawyer; Echo of Moscow Makhachkala radio, anchor The Muslim World TV and Video Company office, Director. Stavropol Region and Karachayevo-Cherkess Republic mufti s office, deputy mufti for youth affairs Staff Reserve the Professional Team of the Country federal project, regional head Web site of the Young Guard of United Russia All-Russia Public Organization International Migration Center public organization, President Dorog Net (No Routes) Internet project, head; the Company of Enterprising Russian Citizens, activist South Federal University, Pedagogical Institute, lecturer Volgograd State University, lecturer Russian National Library, Publishing House, editor Magnitogorsk Municipal Assembly, deputy 18

19 KOLOVANOVA, Oxana (Irkutsk Oblast) KONYAYEV, Sergey (Leningrad Oblast) KUZIN, Konstantin (Moscow Oblast) KUZNETSOV, Fyodor (Penza Oblast) KUZMIN, Yevgeny (Chita Oblast) KURNAKOVA, Nadezhda (Kirov Oblast) LADYKOVA, Tatiana (Chuvash Republic) LAPENKOV, Vyacheslav (Krasnoyarsk Region) LATYPOVA, Aliya (Bashkortostan Republic) LATYSHKO, Aleksey (Kursk Oblast) LEBEDEV, Dmitry (Irkutsk Oblast) LEBEDEVA, Yulia (Voronezh Oblast) LITVINENKO, Roman (Moscow) Bratsk Television Studio TV and Radio Company, General Director Gatchina Municipal District, deputy Entrepreneurs Protection Federation, project supervisor, lawyer Network commerce company, Director Municipal District Duma, deputy The Youth Parliament of the Oblast, deputy Chuvash State University, lecturer Zheleznogorsk Council of Deputies, deputy Association of the Bashkortostan Republic Charity Organizations, project manager Russian Electorate Society (ROI), Kursk Oblast commission, board, Chairman First National Builders Organization, Siberian branch, director; businessman Government of Voronezh Oblast, senior expert Russian News Service radio, live shows anchor 19

20 MAGOMEDOMAROV, Magomed (Dagestan Republic) MAZUKABZOV, Aslan (Kabardino-Balkaria Republic) MALTSEV, Vladimir (Perm Region) MALYUGIN, Igor (Volgograd Oblast) MARDANSHIN, Aidar (Moscow) MIRONYUK, Denis (Kalinigrad Oblast) MOZHEGOV, Dmitry (St. Petersburg) MOISEYENKO, Alexandra (Chelyabinsk Oblast) MORDASOVA, Irina (Novgorod Oblast) NIKISHCHENKO, Yelena (Altai Republic) NOVIKOV, Dmitry (Smolensk Oblast) PETROV, Aleksey (Irkutsk Oblast) Echo of Moscow Makhachkala radio, anchor of authors shows; businessman Businessman Perm Territory Legislative Assembly, deputy Volgograd Academy of Government Service, Public Relations Center, Director Rosinformtechnology, senior expert Chairman of the youth public organization of the municipal district; businessman Company of Enterprising Citizens of Russia, coordination council of the public movement, member South Urals State University, expert Novgorod.ru regional Internet portal, editor Svobodny Kurs (Liberal Course) territory newspaper, correspondent Smolensk Municipal Council, deputy Irkutsk School of Public Politics, Director 20

21 POLYANIN, Dmitry (Sverdlovsk Oblast) PRYAKHIN, Dmitry (Novosibirsk Oblast) PURGINA, Maria (Nizhnii Novgorod Oblast) RAKHAYEV, Jamal (Kabardino-Balkaria Republic) RENEV, Denis (Primorski Region) ROMANOV, Roman (St. Petersburg) RULEVA, Yelena (St. Petersburg) RYKOV, Aleksey (St. Petersburg) RYAZANTSEVA, Marina (Stavropol Region) SAVLOVA, Nadezhda (Nizhnii Novgorod Oblast) SAMKO (ZERNOVA), Lina (Leningrad Oblast) Regional Center for Media Education, editor; the Oblast Election Committee, Information Disputes Commission, member NVision Group, CEO Nizhnii Novgorod Association of the Companies of Housing Real Estate Owners, lawyer Kabardino-Balkaria Institute for Humanities Research, expert Pravoje Delo (the Right Course) party, regional branch in the Primorski Region TV and Radio Company, municipal broadcasting directorate, analytical department, supervisor Delovaya Rossija (Business Russia) All-Russia Public Organization, Leningrad Oblast regional branch, Executive Director Abzats newspaper, executive secretary; Smolny Institute of Liberal Arts Regional Real Estate Center, head Nizhnii Novgorod Oblast Legislative Assembly, assistant to the deputy chairperson Ecology and Law journal, editor-in-chief 21

22 SELEVERSTOV, Ivan (Sakha Republic (Yakutia)) SIROTIN, Pavel (Voronezh Oblast) SKORIKOVA, Marina (Yaroslavl Oblast) SMOLYAR, Arthur (Novgorod Oblast) SOKOLOV, Alexander (Yaroslavl Oblast) SOSEDKO, Stalislav (Bashkortostan Republic) TANGALICHEVA, Ester (Kaliningrad Oblast) TEMIRBULATOV, Alim (Dagestan Republic) TERYOKHIN, Sergey (Yaroslavl Oblast) TIMAKIN, Alexander (St. Petersburg) TIKHOMIROV, Vladimir (Yaroslavl Oblast) TRUFANOV, Nikolay (Irkutsk Oblast) TYURYUKHANOV, Dmitry (Chita Oblast) ATON-Management company, Department for Institutional Customers of the Managing Company, Director Voronezh Oblast Legislative Assembly, assistant to deputy, lawyer Yaroslavl Oblast Television Company, show editor Civil Initiative Foundation, Director Yaroslavl State University, lecturer Bashkortostan Republic Land and Property Relations Ministry, Property Management Committee, sector head. Russian State Humanities University, Kaliningrad Branch, expert Justice Ministry of the Russian Federation, Dagestan Republic Directorate, deputy head Federation of Automotive Owners of Russia, Coordination Board, member Russian Navigators/Boyscouts Association, Commissioner for International Relations Yaroslavl Oblast Duma, deputy Radian company, Deputy General Director Transbaikalia Oblast Legislative Assembly, deputy 22

23 USHAKOV, Vladimir (Chelyabinsk Oblast) FIDAROV, Alexander (North Ossetia/Alania Republic) KHUDZIYEV, Timur (North Ossetia/Alania Republic) SHADRIN, Denis (Kirov Oblast) SHARANOV, Sergey (Krasnoyarsk Region) SHATOKHINA, Yelena (Volgograd Oblast) SHEREMET, Vitaly (Krasnodar Region) SHITAKOV, Arthur (St. Petersburg) SHUMANOV, Ilya (Kaliningrad Oblast) SHUMILOVA, Alsina (Kirov Oblast) YUDINA, Irina (Kabardino-Balkaria Republic) Magnitogorsk city Mayor s Office, Deputy Mayor Outpatients Clinic No. 7, chief physician North Ossetia/Alania Presidential Administration, Department for Government and Governance Law, senior expert Center for Civil Initiative autonomous non-profit organization, Director Clinic No. 51, deputy chief physician Volgograd Center for the Support of Non-Profit Organizations, board, Chairperson Avant-Garde PR agency, Director Administration of the Governor and Government of the Leningrad Oblast, head of sector Kaliningrad municipal administration, head of sector Kirov Oblast Legislative Assembly, deputy The Newspaper of the South, correspondent 23

24 PARTICIPANTS FROM THE ARMENIA REPUBLIC AKOPYAN, Seiran GRIGORYAN, Aram YERKANYAN, Artem ZAKARYAN, Armen KAZARYAN, Edgar MINASYAN, Sergey Government of the Armenia Republic Administration, audit sector, deputy head ZAO Areximbank Gazprombank Group, Branch Manager Shant TV company, political analyst Yerevan School of Political Studies, Director Vanadzor Branch of the Armenian State Economy University, Director Caucasus Institute, Deputy Director PARTICIPANTS FROM THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC KACHARLI, Nigar RAKHIMOV, Mutallim SULTANOV, Atash Ali&Nino bookstore chain, owner Adalat party, deputy chairman Diplomat PARTICIPANTS FROM THE BELARUS REPUBLIC SARNA, Alexander Belarus State University, lecturer PARTICIPANTS FROM THE BULGARIA REPUBLIC SLAVOV, Kalin CHOLAKOV, Valcho Law Council under the Auspices of the President of the Bulgaria Republic, member Consulting company, managing partner 24

25 PARTICIPANTS FROM GREAT BRITAIN PATLER, Imogen Manchester University, Politologist PARTICIPANTS FROM THE KAZAKHSTAN REPUBLIC DANILOV, Alexander Vice-President of a Public Organization PARTICIPANTS FROM THE MOLDOVA REPUBLIC GAVRILICE, Andrian Liberal Democratic Party, Youth Department, International Sector, employee PARTICIPANTS FROM THE UZBEKISTAN REPUBLIC BEKTEMIROVA, Nargiza Uzbekistan Republic Institute for the Study of Civil Society, researcher PARTICIPANTS FROM THE UKRAINE BOLIVAR, Aida DERKACH, Sergey DOVGAN, Ilona IGNATYEV, Aleksey MINAKOV, Mikhail OKARA, Andrey Research Center for the Study of Political Processes, Director. Coalition of the Non-Government Pubic Organizations of the Ukraine, chairperson Kiev Rada, assistant to deputy; Your Lawyer legal protection bureau, senior lawyer 1+1 TV Channel, anchor, journalist ADFormer advertising agency, director and founder UNDP in the Ukraine, senior program manager Center for East European Studies, Director 25

26 PARTICIPANTS FROM THE CROATIA REPUBLIC VRDOLJAK, Nicola DRAGICHEVIC- VELIKOVIC, Ivana KRESIC, Hrvoje KRLENKO, Nevena Ginger consulting company, co-founder and consultant in new telecommunication and media technologies HRT TV company, international correspondent Novi List newspaper, journalist Academy for Political Development, Executive Director 26

27 ALUMNI BALAKIREVA, Natalia (Oryol Oblast) ISTAMULOV, Abdulla (Chechen Republic) KLESHKO, Aleksey (Krasnoyarsk Region) ROSTOVSKAYA, Maja (UK) RUKAVISHNIKOVA, Yelena (Kabardino-Balkaria Republic) SAVOCHKINA, Lyudmila (Saratov Oblast) SARYCHEV, Pavel (Khabarovsk Region) KHRUSTALEV, Alexander (St. Petersburg) CHUMBADZE, Keti (Georgia) SHMELEV, Alexander (Moscow) SHMELEVA, Svetlana (Moscow) Sozidaniye (Creation) Foundation for Humanities and Economic Research, expert North Caucasus Strategy center, President. Councilor to the Chairman of the Chechen Republic Parliament Krasnoyarsk Territory Legislative Assembly, deputy chairman London University (UCL), politologist Russian Union of Young Scientists all-russia public organization, member; journalist Saratov Oblast Duma Committee for Social Politics, deputy chairperson East of Russia Radio Station, editor-in-chief OAO Lenoblagaz, assistant to the general director MGIMO (university) under the auspices of the RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs, politologist Internet projects director, businessman Government of Moscow, Khoroshevsky District Legal Department, head 27

28 MANAGERS Anastasia Gontareva Svetlana Aristarkhova Lev Baliner Olga Kazarina Igor Knyazev Inna Berezkina INTERPRETERS Gennadiy Ekonomov Mikhail Zagot Sergey Savchenko Natalia Petrova «MOSCOW SCHOOL OF POLITICAL STUDIES» Russia, , Moscow, Staropimenovsky pereulok, 11, stroenie 1 Тel/fax: +7 (495) msps@msps.su 28

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