The Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understianding and Yegor Gaidar Foundation organised the presentation of the book "Collapse of an Empire. Lessons for Modern Russia." by Yegor Gaidar with an introduction by prof. Leszek Balcerowicz and the discussion "Does contemporary Russia draws conclusions from Gaidar's ideas?".

fot. Andrzej Gałązka

More about the book "Collapse of an Empire. Lessons for Modern Russia."

Programme

Introduction
Ernest Wyciszkiewicz, acting director of the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding,
Boris Minz, Chairman of the Managing Board of the Yegor Gaidar Foundation 
Part I
Discussion about the book with the participation of prof. Leszek Balcerowicz and Peter Gaidar
Moderator: Dr. Slawomir Debski, director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs
Part II
Debate "Does contemporary Russia draws conclusions from the Gaidar's ideas?"
Participants:
Prof. Yevgeny Gontmacher, former Deputy Minister of Social Policy in 1993-94, deputy director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, a member of the Board of the Institute of Contemporary Development, a member of the Committee of Civil Initiatives.
Prof. Dmitry Trawin, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, director of the Research Center for Modernisation at the European University in St. Petersburg
Prof. Stanislaw Gomulka, chief economist at the Business Center Club, a member of the National Development Council, former Deputy Ministers of Finance, a former adviser to the President of the Narodowy Bank Polski, the consultant of the International Monetary Fund, the OECD and the European Commission
Rafał Antczak, Vice President of Deloitte Business Consulting, a member of the Education and Information Governance at Warsaw Stock Exchange
Moderator: Grzegorz Ślubowski, Coordinator of the international editorial office, Polish Radio
5 April 2016, (Tuesday), 17:00 VTIKAC, 9 Bracka sT., Warsaw