Chairman of Board of Directors, Ph.D. , the Academician of IIA, CMC
Konstantin Y. SMOLENTSEV has participated in
an International conference "Resurgent Russia: where is it headed now?", which took place in Canada’s capital Ottawa and organized by Canadian Institute
of International Affairs (CIIA).
Main themes of the Conference were:
- Economy and role of
government in business
- Inner challenges
- Strategic and geopolitical problems
- Canada-Russia relations
Among participants were the Ambassador of Russia in Canada Mr.Mamedov, Ex-Ambassador of Canada in Russia Mr.Chris Westdal, Marie-Lucie Morin,
Deputy Minister of International Trade, Ottawa, Richard Schuster, Senior Economist,
Export Development Canada, representatives of International Peace Research Institute,
(PRIO) Oslo, Institute of Economics of Transition, Moscow, Transparency International,
Moscow, New Economic School, Moscow, the Glasnost Foundation, Moscow, World Security
Institute, Washington and other public, government and business organizations
of Russia and Canada, employees of embassies of a few countries in Canada.
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