May 23, 1998
| 9:30-10:00 | Introductions | Col. Terence Taylor, Assistant Director IISS
Oksana Antonenko, Russian Military Reform Project, IISS
Dr Andrei Kortunov, President of Moscow Science Foundation
Vladimir Lebedev, Security Council of the Russian Federation |
Economic and Social Implications of Personnel Cuts
| 10:00-11:30 | Session 1: | Resettlement, Retraining and Social Adaptation of retiring military personnel | Chair: | Dr Andrei Kortunov, President, Moscow Public Science Foundation | | Speakers: | Oleg Shatrov, Head Department on Social Protection of the Retiring Military Personnel and their families, Ministry of Labour and Social Development
Col Anatoly Kvitko,Personnel Department, The Russian Ministry of Defence | | UK experience: | | Lt Col Jack Hemsley, Project Manager for Russian Resettlement Program, UK Ministry of Defence | | Ukrainian experience: | | Gennady Aksenov, Head Program on Social Adaptation of Retiring Military personnel |
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| 12:00-14:00 | Session 2: | Resettlement programs (regional experience) | Chair: | Col Terence Taylor, Assistant Director, IISS | | Russian experience: | Vladimir Stepanov (Kaliningrad),
Valery Kuzyakin (Znamensk),
Vyacheslav Kovalyov (Smolensk),
Alexei Marchenko (Nizhny Novgorod),
Anatoly Kanunnikov (Rostov-on-Don) | | UK program on resettlement and retraining of the Russian officers: | | Squadron Leader Max Jardime RAF, Program manager | | German Programs on retraining of Russian Military personnel | | Capt Johim Shmidt |
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| 15:00-16:00 | Session 3: | Engaging regional authorities in designing and implementing resettlement programs | Chair: | Lt Col Jack Hemsley, UK MOD | | Speakers: | Gen. Yermakov, advisor to the Main Staff Directorate, MOD RF
Alexei Donskov, Deputy Head of Department, Federal Employment Service (Vladimir region)
Alexander Bondarenko, Head of Department, Federal Employment Service (Tula region)
Nikolai Fedorov, Institute for Employment Research, Russian Academy of Sciences |
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Military and Society
| 16:30-17:45 | Session 4: | Public Relations strategies for the Military (relations with local communities and the media) | Chair: | Anatol Lieven, Editor Strategic Comments, IISS | | Speaker: | Lt Col Nicholas Clissitt, Deputy Head Public Relations (Army), Ministry of Defence | | Speaker: | Lt Col Sergei Bogachev, Department for Education and Training, MOD RF (relations with public) |
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| 18:00-19:30 | Session 5: | Reforming the system of military education | Chair: | Vladimir Lebedev, RF Security Council | | Speaker: | Dr Chris Bellamy, Royal Military College of Science | | Speaker: | Dr Gennady Kabakovich, Bashkir State University(Ufa) |
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May 24, 1998
Defence Budgets and Economics of Military Reform
| 9:30-11:00 | Session 6: | Problems of development and implementation of the Defence budgets (parliamentary control) | Chair: | Vladimir Korablev, Security Council of RF | | Speaker: | Ron Parker, National Audit Office | | Speakers: | Dr Boris Zhelezov, Institute of USA and Canada, Russian Academy of Science,
Col. Vyacheslav Krashevsky, Department for Military Budget and Finance, RF MOD |
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| 11:30-13:00 | Session 7: | Defence Budgets (structure, transparency and inter-agency co-ordination) | Chair: | Ron Parker, National Audit Office | | Speakers: | Vladimir Fedortsov, Deputy Head of the Administrative Department, The Government of RF
Col. Vladimir Tsyplakov, Department for Military Budget and Finance, RF MOD
Col. Andres Mero, Hungarian Ministry of Defence |
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| 14:00-16:00 | Session 8: | Implications of military base closures (transfer of land and material, legal aspects of base closures, work with local communities, social problems); | Chair: | Terence Taylor, IISS | | Speaker: | John Tesh, Deputy Command Secretary, Land Forces Command | | Speakers: | Col. Pavel Sudakov, Department for military-economic analysis, MOD RF Vladimir Nedviga, Deputy Head of the Department of Local Government, Ministry of Nationalities |
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| 16:30-18:00 | Session 9: | Privatisation of military support services (what can be privatised, benefits and limits of privatisation). | Chair: | Col Terence Taylor, IISS | | Speaker: | Nick Witney, Director General of Management and Organisation Ministry of Defence | | Speaker: | Vladimir Fedortsov, Deputy Head of the Administrative Department, The Government of RF |
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| 18:00-18:30 | | Closing remarks and Overview of the Seminar |
Participants
Lt Col Jack Hemsley, Project Manager for Russian Resettlement Program, UK Ministry of Defence
Sq Ld Max Jardim, Russian Resettlement Program, Ministry of Defence
Dr Chris Bellamy, Royal Military College of Science
Ron Parker, National Audit Office
Nick Witney, Director General of Management and Organization, Ministry of Defence
John Tesh, Deputy Command Secretary, Land Forces Command
Col Terence Taylor, Assistant Director, IISS
Oksana Antonenko, Research Associate, IISS Russian Military Reform Project Coordinator
Anatol Lieven, Editor Strategic Comments, IISS
Tai Ming Cheung, Research Associate, IISS
Lt Col Nicholas Clissitt, Deputy Head Public Relations(Army), UK MOD
Col Robin Greenham, UK Military Attaché in Moscow
Michael Davenport, UK Embassy in Russia
Air Commodore Mike Feenan, UK Defence Attaché in Moscow
Captain Johan Schmidt, The German Embassy in Moscow
Ilona Kiss, Programm Manager, Russian Studies Center, Constitutional and Legislative Policy Institute
Lt Col Andras Mero, Land forces Command Hungarian MOD
Gennadiy Aksyenov, Head,Center of social adaptation of military personnel, Ukraine
Vladimir Rubtsov, Deputy Head Center of social adaptation of military personnel, Ukraine
Ministry of Defence (MOD RF)
Alexey Sidorov, Department for military-economic analysis
Vladimir Yashchenko, Department for military-economic analysis
Col Pavel Sudakov, Department for military-economic analysis
Col Anatoly Kvitko, Personnel Department, Officer Retraining Programs
Col Radyi Galimzynov, Personnel Department
Col Alexander Soldatov, Personnel Department
Col Evgeny Melnikov, Center for Military Strategic Studies, General Staff RF
Lt Col Sergei Bogachev, Department for Education and Training
Col Vladimir Galushkin, Department for International Military Cooperation
Col Alexander Neronov, Department for International Military Cooperation
Col Vladislav Tsyplakov, Department for Military Budget and Finance
Col Vyacheslav Krashevsky, Department for Military Budget and Finance
Lt Col Alexander Uzhanov, Press Service, MOD RF
Russian Federation, Ministry of Interior (MVD RF)
Col Victor Nikonov, The Main Command of the Interior Troops, MVD RF
Lt Col Victor Zamkov, The Main Command of the Interior Troops, MVD RF
Lt Col Alexander Sidorovich, The Main Command of the Interior Troops, MVD RF Ministry of Labor and Social Development
Oleg Shatrov, Head of Department on Social Protection of Retiring Military and their Families Ministry of Nationalities and Federation Affairs
Kim Tsagolov, Deputy minister on regional and national policy, Russia
Vladimir Nedviga, Deputy Head of Department on Local Government
Albina Fedorova, High school director, Krasnoznamensk sity (expert on legislation on closed military towns) Ministry of Finance
Evgeny Abrashkin, Department on Military Finance The Administrative Department of the RF Government
Vladimir Fedortsov, Deputy Head of the Department The State Duma of the RF
Nikolai Komkov, Consultant to the Defence Committee
Larissa Dmitrieva, Consultant to the Committee on Defence Conversion and High Technologies The State Property Agency
Admiral Nikolai Gusev, Head of Department on State Property of Military-Industrial Complex and Military Property
Admiral Tengiz Borisov, Deputy Head of the Department The Security Council of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Korablev, Head of Department on International Cooperation
Vladimir Lebedev, Assistant to the Secretary of the Security Council
Dr Sergei Kortunov, Member of Staff Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Vladimir Yanin, Counclor the Second European Department Association of Federal Entities "Central Russia"
Army General Viktor Ermakov, The Senior Advisor Staff Department, RF MOD
Army General Vladimir Arkhipov, The main expert Rear Organization Defence Ministry, Russia
Vladimir Lysikov, Deputy Head of Association "Central Russia"
Alexand Semiokhin, Head of Program on Resettlement of Retiring Military Personnel, Association "Central Russia"
Alexey Basov, Deputy Head of Program "Central Russia" Association
Alexei Donskov,Deputy Head Federal Department on employment Vladimir Region
Alexandr Bondarenko, Head Federal Department on employment, Tula Region Regional Resettlement and Retraining Centers for Retiring Military
Vladimir Stepanov, Head Center for social adaptation of retiring military personnel, Kaliningrad
Valeriy Kuzyakin, Head Center for social adaptation of retiring military personnel, Znamensk
Vyacheslav Kovalyev, Head Center for social adaptation of retiring military personnel, Smolensk
Alexey Marchenko, Head Center for social adaptation of retiring military personnel, Nizhniy Novgorod
Gennadiy Karavaev, Head Center for social adaptation of retiring military personnel, Odinstovo
Vadim Kalinichev, Head Center for social adaptation of retiring military personnel, Moscow
Alexander Avramenko, Deputy Head Center for social adaptation of military personnel, Moscow
Anatoly Kanunnikov, Head UK MOD Program Officer Retraining Center, Rostov-on-Don
Gennagiy Kabakovich Professor, Bashkortostan University
Nikolay Fydorov Director, Institute of employment, Russian Academy of Science
Anatoly Panov, Moscow International Business School "Mir-Bis", Center for Retraining of Retiring Officer Moscow Public Science Foundation
Dr Andrei Kortunov, President
Dr Tatyana Bogdasarova, Head of Program Conference Coordinator from Russia
Dr Boris Zhelezov, Expert on Military Budgets, Institute for USA and Canada
Dr Marina Lebedeva Prof, Moscow Institute for International Relations Military Science Academy
Cap Alexei Logunov
Lt Col Roman Maltsev
Col Alexei Nazarevsky
