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1) THE INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

(INBSP)

The Institute was founded in 1991 (its legal status public organization). The INBSP

President is Prof. Serguei Blagovolin, member of the Presidential Council, ex-general director of

the Ist Program of the Russian TV (ORT). The main research directions are political, economic,

military, and social aspects of national security and strategic studies. INSBI performs orders of

leading Russian ministries and departments and elaborates military reforms, national security

concepts and conversion programs.

2) INTERNATIONAL FUND OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REFORMS

The Fund was set up in 1990 on the initiative of the USSR Council of Ministers. Its

research field is the strategy of  socio-economic and political reforms in Russia. It has a legal

status of a public organization. Its president is Martin  Shakkum. The Fund's administration

includes such well-known politicians as  Vadim  Bakatin, Victor  Mishin,  Leonid  Abalkin,

Andranik Migranyan, Sergei Glaziev, Boris Gromov, Yuri Maslyukov, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Stepan

Sitaryan, Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, and Nikolai Shmelev.

The Fund has a wide network of branches in large Russian cities and abroad (in the USA,

Great Britain, Germany and so forth).

The Reform takes a critical stand on the political and economic course carried out in our

country in the 1990s. At the same time, the Fund keeps on offering economic programs for

overcoming the crisis to the Russian leaders. The Fund had a considerable influence in the

period of Yevgeny Prymakov's premiership.

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3) INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE STUDIES (INOBIS)

The Institute was founded in 1992. It is a private establishment and its research field is

defence issues. Its general director is Victor  Surikov. The Institute consists of four centers

engaged in atomic research, defence studies, cosmic research, and studies in the field of  defence

industry.

INOBIS performs orders of the RJ Defence Ministry, RF State Committee of  Defence

Industry, RF Atomic Industry Ministry, and Russian Cosmic Agency.

4) INSTITUTE FOR TRANSITION PERIOD ECONOMY (IEPP)

The Institute was founded in 1992 and has a legal status of a public organization. It is

headed by  Yegor  Gaidar. Its research field is tendencies and prospects of economic.  socio-

economic and political-economic processes in today's Russia.

IEPP's tasks include analytical and methodological provision of the government and other

government bodies and economic consulting of local authorities. IEPP makes examination of

draft government's resolutions and legislative acts, and its experts participate in elaborating

government's programs. Annually IEPP prepares over 100 analytical commentaries scientific

reports, draft documents and other types of materials for  the President's Administration, the

government, and committees of the State Duma and the Federation Council. It also holds up to

one hundred consultation annually for these bodies and major banks and international

organizations (the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Bank for

Reconstruction and Development).

The Institute works on orders of RF republics and regions: makes an all-round evaluation

of their export-import potentials, elaborates programs for regions' development makes

examination of and prepares innovations projects, and also prepares necessary documents for

creating free economic zones.

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THE ALL-RUSSIAN CENTRE FOR PUBLIC OPINION STUDIES (VTSIOM)

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Sphere of studies — public opinion and marketing. The center was created in 1988 and

has a legal status of public organization. It is the largest organization in Russia systematic ally

studying public opinion by mass polls. It is also a basic sociological center of the President's

administration. Its President is academician  Tatyana  Zaslavskaya, and its Directors — Prof.

Yuri Levada.

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HUMANITARIAN AND POLITOLOGICAL CENTER STRATEGY

The center was founded in 1993. Its President is deputy of the State  Duma  Gennadi

Burbulis. In the early 1990s he was Boris  Yeltsin's favorire.  Inspite of the loss of the former

influence, he preserved definite ties and possibilities to exert infl7uence on political process (the

centre's legal status — public organization). The main attention is paid to an analysis and

forecasting of political situation, interaction of engaged in reforms parties and movements, civil

society's strata and authorities; ensuring of non-formal contacts  elites. By  G.Burbulis's words,

strategy tries to work out civilized ways of influencing authorities and their decision-making, by

of society.

Members of the strategy administration are such well-known liberal politicians and

scientists as  Sergei  Krasavchenko,  Yakov  Urinson,  Egor  Gaidar,  Sergei  Kovalev,  Nikolai

Shmelev, Vladislav Starkov, Valeri Tishkov, and others.

7)

 

THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITARIAN AND POLITICAL STUDIES (IGPI)

The Institute was founded in 1990 (its legal status — an international public organization).

It is a successor of the Moscow Public Bureau for information exchange (M-BIO) — the first in

the USSR independent (non-governmental) coordination and information center for public

movements. The main accent is put on the analysis of ethno-political processes. The chairman of

the IGPT Council is Vyacheslav  Igrunov, one of the leaders of  Yabloko political movements

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