The VIII summit of the Valdai International Discussion Club “Elections 2011-12 and the Future of Russia: Development scenarios for the next 5-8 years”

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Vladimir Putin meets with Valdai Discussion Club members

04:11 12/11/2011

Change in Russian political system will be 'evolutionary' - Putin

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the current political system in Russia remains effective and that any change will be "evolutionary.""We do not believe that it has fully exhausted itself, but we are not going to stand in place," Putin said at a meeting with members of the Valdai discussion club.

12:37 22/11/2011

Russia should not miss its chance: Development scenarios

The theses contained in the report “Russia should not miss its chance: Development scenarios” were prepared by the working group comprising Russian and international experts ahead of the VIII annual Valdai Discussion Club meeting, themed “2011-2012 Elections and the Future of Russia. Development Scenarios for the Next 5-8 Years”.

13:39 17/11/2011

Valdai Club experts: Putin’s view on Russia’s political system

“Putin believes there is no need for more and more political parties in Russia, and instead Russia should move towards a model featuring several political forces with active internal discussions, a battle of views and primaries, bringing new leaders into politics”

14:12 17/11/2011

Vladimir Putin discussed Russia’s foreign policy with Valdai Club experts

“Putin did not hesitate to say that if America continues pursuing its missile defense plans in Europe, serious conflicts may arise in bilateral relations, but Russia is not afraid of this”

8th meeting, Valdai International Discussion Club

10:02 15/11/2011

8th Summit of the Valdai Discussion Club: The Communist Party does not intend to change its position

The leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov rejected the Valdai Club’s proposal that they change the position of his party from communist to social democratic, calling it an attempt to eliminate traces of the communist ideology in the country.

10:08 15/11/2011

8th Summit of the Valdai Discussion Club: Sergei Mironov predicts the imminent collapse of United Russia

Just Russia leader Sergei Mironov does not rule out that United Russia may split into several different parties in the future and claims that Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov is quite content with his status as “an oppositional runner-up” who is afraid of victory.

09:59 13/11/2011

Vladimir Putin meets with members of the Valdai International Discussion Club. Transcript of the beginning of the meeting

10:14 15/11/2011

Skolkovo's global expertise: Russia’s scientific potential moving to the world market

The Skolkovo innovation city project will attract leading experts from around the world, and will help Russia’s scientific and engineering potential to reach the global market, experts announced at a round table meeting at RIA Novosti that was part of the eighth meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club.

05:07 12/11/2011

Putin dismissed pessimistic scenarios, while promising vague reforms

The Russian prime minister rejected what he described as “alarmist scenarios” offered by the experts, who came from around the world to debate on Russia at the annual Valdai Discussion Club.

ZOLOTOV, Andrei

16:12 14/11/2011

Video: Putin speaks at Valdai Discussion Club

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with leading Russian and foreign political experts on Friday at the annual Valdai International Discussion Club. The discussions in Moscow covered a broad range of issues including modern Russia’s political system and the Eurozone crisis.

04:46 12/11/2011

Vladimir Putin meets with Valdai Discussion Club members

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin had the three-hour-long dinner with members of the Valdai discussion club.

04:27 12/11/2011

Putin says role of intl forces in Afghanistan "not very effective"

The international forces in Afghanistan play a positive role but are not operating very effectively, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday at a meeting with members of the Valdai discussion club.

8th Valdai Internaitonal Discussion Club meeting

08:35 10/11/2011

Valdai experts eye Russia's near future

Twenty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia is at a major strategic crossroads and the choices its leaders make in the next few years will determine what kind of state it will be in for generations to come, political analysts said this week. The Valdai experts were due to meet face to face with Putin later this week to discuss Russia's development with him directly.

16:28 10/11/2011

Infographics: History of Valdai Discussion Club

The Valdai Discussion Club provides a global forum for the world’s leading and best-informed experts on Russia to engage in a sustained dialogue about the country’s political, economic, social and cultural development.

D. Medvedev and V. Putin in Nizny Novgorod on National Unity Day

16:51 10/11/2011

Feng Shaolei: Vladimir Putin is the leader who actually leads Russia

The proposed Medvedev-Putin swap will greatly benefit the election. Medvedev and Putin together represent a wider range of mutually complementary constituencies. This corresponds to the country’s organic path of socio-historical development.

FENG Shaolei

8th meeting of Valdai International Discussion Club

15:07 08/11/2011

Valdai Club experts foresee no change in post-election Russia

There will be no change in Russia’s political life, while the country’s economy is likely to come through a second wave of the economic crisis unscathed, experts with the Valdai International Discussion Club concluded on the first day of its eighth conference.

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20:39 09/11/2011

Valdai experts do not foresee “democratic revolution” in Russia

The majority of forum participants believe that Russia is in for a period of authoritarian modernization, in which change will be imposed “from the top” – i.e. from the Kremlin.

10:16 08/11/2011

VIII annual conference of Valdai International Discussion Club

Top Russia experts from around the world gather this week near Moscow to debate the country’s future 20 years after the breakup of the Soviet Union, amid fast-shifting global relations and in light of Vladimir Putin’s expected return to the Kremlin.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

11:31 08/11/2011

Russia’s foreign policy after 2012

Russia is facing many urgent development problems and the main goal of foreign policy is to create favorable conditions for their resolution. Policy today and especially in the next few years will be determined by constantly changing external circumstances, which are so unpredictable that no strategy is possible at all.

LUKYANOV, Fyodor

07:21 07/11/2011

World ‘Valdai group’ experts gather to assess Russia 's future

The Kremlin and Big Stone Bridge as seen from Prechistenskaya quay

09:34 07/11/2011

The most probable scenario for Russia is structural stagnation

The current trend towards increasing social and defense spending, and raising salaries is destabilizing the financial policy and to a certain extent, is scaring off foreign investors. This trend will have negative consequences in medium term.

SCHRÖDER, Hans-Henning

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaking at the summit of Eurasian Economic Community delegations in Minsk.

11:21 03/11/2011

Putin speaks about a Eurasian union as a new pole in an international environment

The idea of a Eurasian Union may be a useful way to think about ways by which Russia can cooperate with some of its neighbors. But if it ends in greater political regionalization by bringing power together in separate poles, it is contrary to the requirements of a globalized international environment.

LEGVOLD, Robert

14:40 11/11/2011

Valdai discussed Russia’s post-2012 development scenarios

The Valdai International Discussion Club held its eighth annual conference in the Kaluga Region and Moscow on November 7-11. The theme of the conference was “The 2011-2012 Elections and the Future of Russia: Development Scenarios for the Next 5-8 Years.”

Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting of economy modernization committee

10:12 03/11/2011

No visible results of “economic modernization on the Medvedev track”

It is a mistaken premise to expect modernization to be initiated from the top. A modern economy cannot develop in Russia without reforming its political institutions, such as the elections, the courts and the law enforcement agencies.

ALEKSASHENKO, Sergey

Robert Legvold, Director, Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative, Columbia University

10:14 18/11/2011

Robert Legvold: For the first time in history change in Russia is occurring from below, not from above

Robert Legvold, Director, Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative, Columbia University, took part in the eighth annual conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The theme of the conference was “The 2011-2012 Elections and the Future of Russia: Development Scenarios for the Next 5-8 Years.”

LEGVOLD, Robert

Ruslan Grinberg, Director, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

10:20 18/11/2011

Ruslan Grinberg: Despite the real results of great transformation, Russia badly needs re-industrialization

Ruslan Grinberg, Director of the Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences, took part in the eighth annual conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The theme of the conference was “The 2011-2012 Elections and the Future of Russia: Development Scenarios for the Next 5-8 Years.”

GRINBERG, Ruslan

Piotr Dutkiewicz, Director, Centre for Governance and Public Management, Carleton University, Ottawa

10:10 18/11/2011

Piotr Dutkiewicz: Foreign business needs more legitimacy and increased power of the private property to invest in Russia

Piotr Dutkiewicz, Director of the Centre for Governance and Public Management, Carleton University, Ottawa, took part in the eighth annual conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The theme of the conference was “The 2011-2012 Elections and the Future of Russia: Development Scenarios for the Next 5-8 Years.”

DUTKIEWICZ, Piotr

Alexander Rahr, Program Director, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

10:43 17/11/2011

Alexander Rahr: We expect from Russia stability, economic and strategic partnership

Alexander Rahr, Program Director, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), took part in the eighth annual conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The theme of the conference was “The 2011-2012 Elections and the Future of Russia: Development Scenarios for the Next 5-8 Years.”

RAHR, Alexander

Anatol Lieven, Chair of international relations and terrorism studies, King’s College London

10:54 17/11/2011

Anatol Lieven: Economic problems of the West remove much of the former Western pressure from Russia

Anatol Lieven, Chair of international relations and terrorism studies, King’s College London, took part in the eighth annual conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The theme of the conference was “The 2011-2012 Elections and the Future of Russia: Development Scenarios for the Next 5-8 Years.”

Feng Shaolei, Dean, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai

11:03 17/11/2011

Feng Shaolei: Present Russian development is a very special phenomenon, we should find new terms for it

Feng Shaolei, Dean, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai, took part in the eighth annual conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The theme of the conference was “The 2011-2012 Elections and the Future of Russia: Development Scenarios for the Next 5-8 Years.”

FENG Shaolei

Huseyin Bagci, Vice-Chairman, Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

11:08 17/11/2011

Huseyn Bagci: As Turkey and Russia modernize themselves, they should be strategic partners for the decades to come

Huseyin Bagci, Vice-Chairman, Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, took part in the eighth annual conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The theme of the conference was “The 2011-2012 Elections and the Future of Russia: Development Scenarios for the Next 5-8 Years.”

BAGCİ, Huseyun

Mikhail Dmitriev, President, Center for Strategic Research

11:07 17/11/2011

Mikhail Dmitriev: By the end of this decade we’ve got a new emerging Russian middle-class

Mikhail Dmitriev, President of the Center for Strategic Research, took part in the eighth annual conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The theme of the conference was “The 2011-2012 Elections and the Future of Russia: Development Scenarios for the Next 5-8 Years.”

DMITRIEV, Mikhail

Sergey Dubinin, Member of the Board, VTB Capital Investment Business VTB Group

11:20 21/11/2011

Sergey Dubinin: The scenario of ‘authoritarian modernization’ is the most realistic for Russia

Sergey Dubinin, Member of the Board, VTB Capital Investment Business VTB Group, took part in the eighth annual conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The theme of the conference was “The 2011-2012 Elections and the Future of Russia: Development Scenarios for the Next 5-8 Years.”

DUBININ, Sergei

Vyacheslav Nikonov, CEO, Russkiy Mir Foundation, Dean, School of Public Administration, Moscow State University

11:23 21/11/2011

Vyacheslav Nikonov: Russia will develop not according to scenarios with different ‘isms’, but in very practical framework

Vyacheslav Nikonov, CEO, Russkiy Mir Foundation, Dean, School of Public Administration, Moscow State University, took part in the eighth annual conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The theme of the conference was “The 2011-2012 Elections and the Future of Russia: Development Scenarios for the Next 5-8 Years.”

NIKONOV, Vyacheslav

13:17 06/12/2011

An alternative view of the Valdai Club meeting

Added to the uniqueness of the Valdai Club is its utter rarity—there isn’t a single political leader in the Western world that would endeavor to absorb the viewpoints of all sorts of foreign and domestic critics of all colors, including highly marginal groups.

MIGRANYAN, Andranik

04:46 12/11/2011

Vladimir Putin meets with Valdai Discussion Club members

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin had the three-hour-long dinner with members of the Valdai discussion club.

10:16 08/11/2011

VIII annual conference of Valdai International Discussion Club

16:12 14/11/2011

Video: Putin speaks at Valdai Discussion Club

10:14 18/11/2011

Robert Legvold: For the first time in history change in Russia is occurring from below, not from above

LEGVOLD, Robert

10:20 18/11/2011

Ruslan Grinberg: Despite the real results of great transformation, Russia badly needs re-industrialization

GRINBERG, Ruslan

10:10 18/11/2011

Piotr Dutkiewicz: Foreign business needs more legitimacy and increased power of the private property to invest in Russia

DUTKIEWICZ, Piotr

10:43 17/11/2011

Alexander Rahr: We expect from Russia stability, economic and strategic partnership

RAHR, Alexander

10:54 17/11/2011

Anatol Lieven: Economic problems of the West remove much of the former Western pressure from Russia

11:03 17/11/2011

Feng Shaolei: Present Russian development is a very special phenomenon, we should find new terms for it

FENG Shaolei

11:08 17/11/2011

Huseyn Bagci: As Turkey and Russia modernize themselves, they should be strategic partners for the decades to come

BAGCİ, Huseyun

11:07 17/11/2011

Mikhail Dmitriev: By the end of this decade we’ve got a new emerging Russian middle-class

DMITRIEV, Mikhail

11:20 21/11/2011

Sergey Dubinin: The scenario of ‘authoritarian modernization’ is the most realistic for Russia

DUBININ, Sergei

11:23 21/11/2011

Vyacheslav Nikonov: Russia will develop not according to scenarios with different ‘isms’, but in very practical framework

NIKONOV, Vyacheslav

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