ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Averkiev Igor Valerievich Historian and sociologist. Expert of the Perm Civil Chamber, member of the board of the Perm Civil Chamber, member of the board of the Perm Regional Human Rights Center

Auzan Alexander Aleksandrovich Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Department of Applied Institutional Economics, Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov. Head of the Institute of the National Project “Social Contract”, member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society and human rights, member of the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation for modernization and technological development of the Russian economy, head of the advisory working group of the commission. Member of the Board of the Institute of Contemporary Development (INSOR). Author of more than a hundred scientific works, including four monographs

Golunov Sergey Valerievich Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of the Department of Regional Studies and International Relations of Volgograd State University. Director of the Center for Regional and Transborder Studies of VSU

Dubova Anastasia Evgenievna Postgraduate student of the Department of Economic Sociology, Faculty of Sociology, research intern at the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development of the Institute for Analysis of Enterprises and Markets, National Research University Higher School of Economics. Author of the articles “Study of the social nature of informal economic activity of the police” (2011), “Commercialization of Police and Shadow Economy: The Russian Case” (2012, co-author)

Zharkov Vasily Pavlovich Candidate of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department of Political and Comparative Historical Research at the Moscow Higher School of Economics and Social Sciences. Author of more than 100 scientific papers. Publicist, collaborates with Novaya Gazeta, The New Times magazine, Russian Journal and other publications

Klein Ezra American journalist and blogger, columnist for the Washington Post newspaper

Kordonsky Simon Gdalyevich Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, full-time professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, head of the department of local self-government, head of the design and educational laboratory of municipal government. Scientific director of the Khamovniki Foundation for the Support of Social Research. Author of the monographs “Markets of Power: Administrative Markets of the USSR and Russia” (2006), “Class Structure of Post-Soviet Russia” (2008), “Local Federation” (2010), etc.

Kosals Leonid Yanovich Doctor of Economics, full professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Economic and Sociological Research. Author and co-author of scientific works “Why Doesn’t Russian Industry Work?” (1994); “Sociology of the transition to a market in Russia” (2000); “The Russian Defense Industry Confronts the Market: Findings of a Longitudinal Study” (2011), “Commercialization of Police and Shadow Economy: The Russian Case” (2012)

Chiesa Giulietto Italian journalist and politician, one of the leaders of the Communist Party in the provincial council of Genoa in 1967-1979. Moscow correspondent for the newspapers Unita (1980-1990) and La Stampa (1990-2000). In 1989-1990 - Research Fellow at the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies at the International Scientific Center named after. Woodrow Wilson in Washington. In 2004-2008 - Member of the European Parliament. Author of the books “Time of Change” (1990), “Transition to Democracy” (1991, Russian translation 1993), “Zero” (2008)

Leibin Vitaly Eduardovich Russian journalist. Graduated from the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, majoring in Molecular Biology, then trained at the University of Illinois (USA). Returning to Russia in 1996, he abandoned the continuation of his scientific career and began working in the field of editorial publishing. In 2003, he headed the information and political portal “Polit.ru”, conducted public lectures “Polit.ru”. RU". Currently, he is the editor-in-chief of the national weekly “Russian Reporter”

Leibovich Oleg Leonidovich Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Perm State Institute of Art and Culture, Leading Researcher at the Center for Financial Studies of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Author of 280 scientific publications, including the books “Reform and modernization in 1953-1964.” (1993), “Modernization in Russia” (1996), “In the city of M” (2009)

Malakhov Vladimir Sergeevich Philosopher and political scientist. Compiler and editor of the dictionary “Modern Western Philosophy” (1991-1998, together with V.P. Filatov, third edition 2009, together with O. Heffe). Author of the books “The Discreet Charm of Racism” (2001), “Nationalism as a Political Ideology” (2005), “The State in the Conditions of Globalization” (2007), “We've Come in Large Numbers: Essays on Nationalism, Racism and Cultural Pluralism” (2007). Translator and commentator on the works of G.-G. Gadamer, V. Dilthey, D. Lukács and others.

Mamradze Petr Member of the Parliament of Georgia (opposition faction “Unity for Justice”), Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Muravyov Alexey Vladimirovich Russian historian, teacher at Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosova, secretary of the editorial board of the RAS journal “Christian East”, member of the Governing Council of the RAS Association. Religious scholar, specialist in the history of Eastern Christianity and Byzantium, publicist, candidate of historical sciences. Senior Researcher, Institute of World History

Nemirovsky Alexander Arkadyevich Candidate of Historical Sciences, senior researcher at the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Author of the monographs “At the Origins of Hebrew Ethnogenesis. The Old Testament legend about the patriarchs and the ethnopolitical history of the Middle East" (2001); ““In the Sun, my father, I rely...”: IBoT I.34 and the political history of Upper Mesopotamia in the 13th century. BC e." (2007, co-authored with B. E. Alexandrov)

Olkhovatov Andrey Yurievich Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Author of a number of books and publications on the history of science and technology

Paneyakh Ella Lvovna Sociologist, leading researcher at the Institute of Law Enforcement Problems of the European University in St. Petersburg. Author of the book “Rules of the Game for Russian Entrepreneurs: Development of Market Institutions in the Context of Conflicting Legislation” (2008)

Pozanenko Artemy Alekseevich Analyst of the Design and Training Laboratory of Municipal Administration of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, postgraduate student of the Department of Local Self-Government of the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Rimsky Vladimir Lvovich Head of the Department of Sociology, INDEM Foundation. Author of 50 scientific papers in mathematics, data analysis and applied statistics, political sociology, political science

Rogozin Dmitry Mikhailovich Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Moscow Higher School of Social Sciences and Economics, Director of the Center for Methodology of Federal Research of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Author of the publications “Cognitive analysis of a survey instrument” (2002), “Openness of youth public associations” (2003), “Methodological foundations of public opinion polls” (2006), “Falsification of the expertise of an expert interview” (2007), “Conformal sampling in shopping centers” (2008), “Non-communicative orders in conversations about heat supply” (2009), “Evaluating immersion in film viewing” (2011)

Rozov Nikolay Sergeevich Doctor of Philosophy, professor, scientific editor and compiler of the anthology “Time of the World”, a series of collective monographs “Theoretical History and Macrosociology”, translator of “Sociology of Philosophies” by R. Collins, author of more than 200 scientific publications, including monographs “Structure” civilizations and trends in world development" (1992); “Philosophy of Humanitarian Education” (1993); "Values ​​in a Troubled World" (1998); “Philosophy and Theory of History” (2002); “Historical macrosociology: methodology and methods” (2009); “Rut and Pass: Macro-sociological foundations of Russia’s strategies in the modern world” (2011)

Rubtsov Alexander Vadimovich Head of the Center for Research of Ideological Processes at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Author of the books “Megaproject for Russia” (2007); “Megaproject. The format and contours of the national development strategy" (2008, co-authored with S. Bogoslovsky), "Russian identity and the challenge of modernization" (2009), introductory and strategic sections of the INSOR reports "Russia in the 21st century. The image of the desired tomorrow" (2010) and "Finding the future" (2011)

Serov Dmitry Olegovich Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law of the Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management (NSUEU - NINH), scholarship holder of the German Historical Institute in Moscow (Deutsches Historisches Institut Moskau)

Sokolov Boris Vadimovich Russian historian, critic and literary critic, Doctor of Philology, Candidate of Historical Sciences. Author of 62 books and several hundred articles on the military and social history of the 20th century

Titaev Kirill Dmitrievich Master of Sociology (European University in St. Petersburg, University of Helsinki), leading researcher at the Institute of Law Enforcement Problems at the European University in St. Petersburg, senior lecturer at the Department of Methods and Technologies of Sociological Research, National Research University Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg

Filippov Alexander Fridrikhovich Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Doctor of Sociological Sciences. Full professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Head of the Department of Practical Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy. Head of the laboratory of the Center for Fundamental Sociology of IGITI. Author of monographs “Sociology of Space” (2008); “Theoretical foundations of the sociology of space” (2003)

Shushkova Natalya Viktorovna Candidate of Sociological Sciences. Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, National Research University Higher School of Economics - Perm. Author of 70 scientific publications, including the books “Sociology of modern paternalism” (2010), “The national question in an urban community” (2004, co-author), “Social portrait of a young family in the Kama region. Sociological essay" (2005, co-author)