CENTER FOR STRATEGIC RESEARCH Moscow, Russia

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• CENTER FOR STRATEGIC RESEARCH (Moscow, Russia)
• Brief information
• Oleg V. Fomichev, Director of Development

URL http//www.csr.ru e-mail
fomichev_at_csr.ru, info_at_csr.ru
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CENTER FOR STRATEGIC RESEARCH Brief history
? The center was set up by the leading Russian
scientific institutions upon request of the
government in 1999 with the aim of working out
the long-term development strategy for the
country ? In 2000 the strategy was completed
all leading specialists of the CSR joined the
government in order to practically implement it ?
In 2003 the CSR boosted its activities the
Center became a platform and an expert think-tank
for the development of national projects
education and healthcare reforms, creation of a
market of affordable housing, reform of social
benefits system for the military. The main
criterion for the CSRs work is a key-in-the
door approach to all its projects which starts
from a concept of a reform and goes all the way
down to working out wording for a specific draft
law and its further tracking by the experts in
the government and the Parliament ? At the
moment the CSR project portfolio is more
extensive and in addition to the above ones
includes such projects as financial markets,
antitrust policy, eradication of poverty,
migration policy, subsoil use reform and a number
of others. These projects are being developed
both upon request of the government and on the
center's own initiative
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CENTER FOR STRATEGIC RESEARCH personalities
The Foundation Council members G. Gref, RF
Minister of Economic Development and Trade
Chairman of the Foundation Council D. Mezentsev,
Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Deputy
Chairman of the Foundation Council E.
Nabiullina, President of the Center for Strategic
Research Ye. Yasin, Head of Research, Higher
School of Economics State University Ya.
Kuzminov, Director, Higher School of Economics
State University V. Mau, Director, National
Economy Academy of the RF Government Ye.
Gavrilenkov, Chief Economist, Managing Director,
TroikaDialogue Investment Company O. Vyugin,
Head of the Federal Service for Financial
Markets A. Illarionov, Advisor to the President
of the Russian Federation Director, Institute of
Economic Analysis V. Ivanter, Director,
Institute of Economic Forecast, Russian Academy
of Science M. Uzyakov, Deputy Director for
Research, Institute of Economic Forecast, Russian
Academy of Science T. Khabriyeva, Director,
Institute of Legislation and Comparative
Jurisprudence of the RF Government The CSR is
headed by E. Nabiullina, President of the Center
for Strategic Research. Its research projects are
implemented under the guidance of M.Dmitriyev,
the Foundation's Head of Research.
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CENTER FOR STRATEGIC RESEARCH
The center now is in the stage of development,
expanding its activities in the following
spheres Long-term scientific research in
several directions World economy trends,
globalization and Russias place in the world
order eradication of poverty migration trends
and new migration policy, regional development,
international economic relations,
etc. Start-up and further development of a
number of new result-oriented projects in the
sphere of policy advice creation of innovation
system, economic aspects of subsoil regulation,
competitiveness raising policies
etc. Establishment of close links with
national and foreign expert organizations