Difference between revisions of "The Institute of Modern Russia"
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Revision as of 13:18, 10 September 2014
 The Institute of Modern Russia    | |
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| Formation | 2010 |
| Type |  non-profit |
| Member of | Russia/Undesirable organization |
| Sponsored by | National Endowment for Democracy |
| A nonprofit public policy organization — a think tank - concerned primarily with Russia. | |
The Institute of Modern Russia (IMR) is a non-profit public policy organization — a think tank — which claims to be nonpartisan. It has offices in New York and Washington D.C. It was founded on 3 February 2010, by "leading experts in Russia-US relations and human rights". According to the Institute's mission statement:
"... through its research, advocacy, public events and grant-making, IMR is committed to fostering democratic values, respect for human rights and the rule of law, and the development of civil society in Russia; the promotion of a principles-based U.S.-Russia dialogue; and the integration of a modern and forward-looking Russia into the community of democracies."
However, the statement, together with its ex-patriot senior staff, their uniformly US-educated backgrounds, the locations of its offices and certain buzz-phrases such as "the community of Democracracies" above, together give the lie to its claims of being "non-partisan". In reality it is thoroughly integrated with - and thus in service to - the orthodox western world view of globalising capitalist development under the hegemonic leadership of the Anglo-US Establishment; in other words thoroughly partisan as between the Western uni-polar and the nascent Eurasian multi-polar world views.
It is a typical example of what is referred to in domestic Russian policy circles as "Russia's 6th Column" - ie those ex-patriot organisations working against the the domestic Russian establishment. Their counterparts inside Russia are similarly referred to as "The 5th Column" and, post the Ukraine coup of 2014, near universally despised as unpatriotic organisations serving the interests of foreigners.
The president of IMR is Pavel Khodorkovsky, the son of Russian former multi-billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky (who was released from prison in Dec 2013 [1] [2]; the Institute's advisors include Vladimir V. Kara-Murza, Richard Sakwa and Andrei Piontkovsky. Lyudmila Alexeyeva is a Trustee of the Institute.
IMR is a federal tax-exempt Section 501(c)(3) public charity, incorporated in New Jersey. Headquarters of Institute of Modern Russia, Inc. are at 231 W 29th Street Suite 908 New York, NY 10001 United States (1-10 employees).[3]
In partnership with the London-based Herzen Foundation, the Institute runs a special project called The Interpreter Mag, a daily online journal committed to translating Russian-language media and blogs into English and publishing original features, reports, op-eds and interviews, with the goal of making the Russian-speaking world accessible to Western journalists, analysts, policymakers, diplomats and laymen.
Sponsor
| Event | Description |
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| National Endowment for Democracy | The "traditional intermediary of the CIA", promoting the US "national interest" abroad by financing groups and individuals. |
References
- ↑ Freed Russian Applies for Swiss Visa Allowing Travel in 26 Nations - New York Times 23 December 2013
- ↑ The Little Oligarch in Exile - New Yorl Observer 26 January 2011
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