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	Lateline - 18/02/2005: Russian adviser discusses climate change issues
		ANDREI ILLARIONOV: Actually, I don't think that those people could be or should be described as ecological fundamentalists because the views of the people who support the Kyoto protocol and Kyoto-type limitations on emissions of carbon dioxide do not have anything in common with ecology, because Kyoto protocol is against ecology; it's against environment.
		ANDREI ILLARIONOV: I think it is very important to fight for freedom of speech, for freedom of expression everywhere, whether it's Britain, whether it's Russia or any other part of the world, because either we have freedom everywhere or we don't have freedom nowhere.
		ANDREI ILLARIONOV: Neither President Putin nor anyone who was present at the Russian Government meeting that has approved ratification of the Kyoto protocol for Russia never said that we did it because of scientific ground of the Kyoto protocol.
	www.abc.net.au /lateline/content/2005/s1307945.htm (1630 words)

	RUSNET :: Economics advisor: Russia will repay foreign debt by 2010 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Illarionov stressed that there was no need in new borrowings at the moment, from an economic point of view.
		Illarionov said it was his position and the position of the President that the national currency should be strong, but its exchange rate should not be set too high, to allow the economy to develop and compete.
		Illarionov said the national currency should be protected by reserves from currency and inflation risks.
	www.rusnet.nl /news/2003/06/26/print/businesseconomics03.shtml (261 words)

	Russian Media
		Mr Illarionov who was initially hired by Vladimir Putin six years ago to support President with balanced economic advice was considered as a quite maverick character in Putin’s advisors stable.
		Illarionov is of the opinion that there is a state backed strategy to have IPOs — in particular, amongst state-controlled companies — being used as a mechanism for new stock issues to reinvest the raised funds in order to repay loans.
		Another Illarionov’s concern was a series of IPOs by state-controlled companies which demonstrated a mainstream in 2005.
	www.mmdcee.com /f-content.php?page=511&l=1&c=russia&prf=1 (384 words)

	Russian presidential aide accuses Britain of Davos censorship - Gateway To Russia - News From Russia
		Illarionov decided to take this step as a sign of protest against "the policy of censorship in Davos", according to a statement by Illarionov's office that was received by RIA-Novosti today.
		Illarionov was one of the initiators of the move to get the issue of climate change included on the agenda of the World Economic Forum.
		Illarionov is convinced that "as a member of the G8, Russia has as much of a right to discuss problems of global climate change, which are included on the G8 agenda for this year, as Britain does".
	www.gateway2russia.com /st/art_266039.php (614 words)

	Andrey Illarionov Felt the Change of Climate - Kommersant Moscow
		Andrey Illarionov was the man in the middle.
		Illarionov, the ferocious opponent of the protocol and Russia’s participation in it, did his best to touch upon the question in Davos.
		As Kommersant learnt, there was a brisk correspondence between Illarionov and the organizers, in which the Russian President’s Advisor insisted on the discussion.
	www.kommersant.com /p541902/r_1/Andrey_Illarionov_Felt_the_Change_of_Climate (655 words)

	ÖÏÊÐ - The final word of Illarionov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Andrey Illarionov considers that in 2004 model of Russia’s development changed in both economic and political way; transition from inertial to intervention model with state interference into economic policy took place.
		Andrey Illarionov called change of the model of development “event of the year”.
		Illarionov claimed that the government chose a populist intervention policy, and doubling of GDP will be impossible for the nearest ten years.
	www.ancentr.ru /portal/printout2773.html (779 words)

	Presidential Economic Advisor Resigns :: Russia-InfoCentre
		Andrey Illarionov, one of the presidential aides, has handed in his resignation.
		Illarionov was a kind of an asset in the administration.
		September 16, 1961 Andrey Illarionov is born in Leningrad.
	www.russia-ic.com /news/show/1698 (658 words)

	Company News - RAO "UES of Russia"
		In a letter published in the same newspaper, UES said that Illarionov's statements on its performance, and pricing and investment policies were tendentious, based on misleading comparisons and ignored the particular conditions and difficulties facing the electricity sector in Russia.
		"Andrey Illarionov's article The substance of reform is more important than its pace" published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on 14-15 January 2003 contains a whole series of factual distortions and inaccurate information and conclusions about the work of UES and the electricity sector as a whole.
		Mr Illarionov also tries to ground his conclusion on tariffs in Russia being overblown on the fact that according to his calculations, the share of Russia's GDP spent on electricity is 2.5-3 times higher than in the United States and other developed countries.
	www.rao-ees.ru /en/news/speech/show.cgi?280103rus.htm (2210 words)

	Russian Economy, GDP, Putin Goals - Johnson's Russia List 6-29-03
		For instance, Andrey Illarionov suggests that the share of public expenses in GDP must be considerably reduced which in its turn, he says, will raise the well-being of the population.
		At the very beginning of the report, Andrey Illarionov said that GDP growth within the last five months made up 7.1% as compared with the same year-ago period, and real earnings of the population went up by 14.3%.
		Andrey Klepach from the Center of Development told RBC Daily that although Illarionov's report was rather long, the presidential aides voiced no effective plan for GDP doubling.
	www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/7244-7.cfm (746 words)

	RUSNET :: Presidential advisor on doubling GDP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		According to Illarionov, doubling the GDP is doubling citizens' welfare, which is linked to food, clothes, services, education, healthcare, and life expectancy.
		Illarionov stressed that in all countries of the world the state "does its best and even more" for increasing economic growth and people's welfare.
		This comment was an answer to the words of Deputy Economy Minister Arkady Dvorkovich who said at the forum that doubling the GDP over the next 10 years is a bad task, but a good whip for the government to use in implementing reforms.
	www.rusnet.nl /news/2003/10/03/print/businesseconomics_01_1553.shtml (461 words)

	Andrei Illarionov - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Andrei Illarionov is the chief economic Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, and an outspoken critic of the Kyoto climate change treaty.
		Andrei Illarionov, "On the Results of the Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol Seminar in Moscow", Comments at a press conference, Alexander House, July 8, 2004.
		Andrei Illarionov, "Andrei Illarionov: Protocol is just lots of hot air", The Australian, December 9, 2004.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Andrei_Illarionov (247 words)

	A Step At A Time: An Atmosphere of Fear
		Kremlin ex-adviser Andrey Illarionov has warned of an “atmosphere of terror” reminiscent of Nazi Germany in a radio interview prompted by news of his appointment to the Washington think-tank Cato Institute.
		Illarionov denounced this as a regression from a modern state to a medieval type of state which is “the property of a narrow group of people who use the instruments of state against the rest of society”.
		The second thing, which is provided by our own experience of recent years - difficult, bitter and tragic experience - is the example of terrorist seizures of the theatre and the school,” he added, referring to the Moscow theatre siege in 2002 and the Beslan school siege in 2004.
	halldor2.blogspot.com /2006/10/atmosphere-of-fear.html (952 words)

	top.rbc.ru
		Illarionov’s opinion, the flout in the eastern United States was of a purely industrial nature, but its unprecedented scale was the result of underdeveloped electricity grids.
		Illarionov, some erroneous decisions were made during the discussion of the energy reform in Russia, and opponents stated the necessity of increasing generating facilities.
		Illarionov said the density of population and, accordingly, reserve capacity, was lower in Russia, which increased the risk of power failures.
	top.rbc.ru /english/index.shtml?/news/english/2003/08/18/18180729_bod.shtml (514 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Illarionov believes power grid monopoly reform plan is lethal to Russia
		This is fatal to Russia and it must be prevented," Illarionov, a bitter opponent of Chubais, said.
		According to Illarionov, UES is now "investing less than when Chubais’s incompetent team came in to run the grid monopoly".
		Illarionov said the UES management "is trying to disguise the collapse of their policy and avoid opening the company's financial status to the public.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/ntr24679.htm (471 words)

	Putin's Former Advisor and Critic to Study Authoritarian Regimes in U.S. - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Illarionov called his work at the institute a continuation of the study of authoritarian regimes.
		In his new position, Illarionov is likely to continue to espouse the opinions that he has been expounding since his retirement from the post of presidential advisor early this year.
		Andrei Lugovoi, the former Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) operative and the businessman now reported by the Western media to be linked to the poisoning and death in the UK of his former colleague Alexander Litvinenko, refuted those allegations in an exclusive interview to Russia Today.
	www.mosnews.com /news/2006/10/11/illar.shtml (535 words)

	A.Illarionov: the policy of expansion of economic and political freedoms is necessary for the country :: Small Business ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The adviser to the President of the Russian Federation on economic questions Andrey Illarionov declared today about it, answering questions of journalists, who takes part in the the conference "Liberal program of a new century: Global prospect", which have opened in Petersburg.
		In opinion of Illarionov, the result of interventional economic policy, which was carried out in the country in 90th, an economic crisis of 1992-98 became.
		Thus Illarionov noted, that among the countries, successful in the field of economic growth, there are no authoritative, dictatorial countries.
	business-in-russia.com /headlineitem_id_54_nn_1 (342 words)

	The Georgian Times on the Web: Comprehensive news site, daily international, national and local news coverage , ...
		Andrei Illarionov, ex-advisor of Russian resident, denies the information on his appointment advisor of Georgian president.
		Andrei Illarionov, the former aide to the Russian President, to b appointed a senior economic advisor to Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgian president was widespread by the Russian business daily Komersant on Monday morning.
		Illarionov, who is now a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, served as the Russian President?s economic advisor before resigning in December 2005 to protest what he called the end of political reforms.
	www.geotimes.ge /index.php?m=home&newsid=2162 (242 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Putin aide slams Yukos sell-off
		Andrei Illarionov blasted "the state's incompetent interference in the economy", at a Moscow news conference.
		Mr Illarionov, whose views often contrast with those of top Russian government officials, said the country had changed its model of economic development.
		However, Mr Illarionov said Russia's economic growth had slowed significantly, as had the inflow of investment.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/europe/4129875.stm (519 words)

	Russia Monitor
		More than once did the observers mark a sharp criticism on the part of the adviser of the president Andrey Illarionov towards separate projects and actions of the government.
		The tasks during the transition period which are confronted to the country, the government and the president are so inconsistent, that Putin uses an administrative resource as means of conflict resolution: he "tightens" subordinates by employing a control of one to others.
		On one of the nearest sessions of the presidium of the State Council (Gossovet) will probably be dedicated to the consideration of specific proposals on change of the legislation in connection with a necessity to differentiate power among federal authority, regional authority and local self-management.
	www.russiamonitor.org /en/main.asp?menu_id=1_a_787_2 (661 words)

	Pravda.RU:Will Unpopular Reforms Result in Default?
		Today at a press-conference in Moscow, Presidential Aide for economy Andrey Illarionov, whom the press calls “the voice of the president”, began his Christmas dispelling of the myths about Russia.
		Andrey Illarionov says that the following myths are about to be dispelled: the myth about the lack of investments in Russia’s economy and about the necessity of large-scale investments in the natural monopolies; the myth about understatement of the tariffs for energy, gas and railway transportation.
		Andrey Illarionov says, it is already recognized that it will be expedient to preserve vertically integrated companies during reforming of the power engineering sector.
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2002/12/27/41461_.html (931 words)

	Global warming leaves Russian cold - 20 Dec 2004 - World Trade Organisation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dr Andrey Illarionov, an economic adviser to the President since 2000, caused widespread consternation among advocates of the Kyoto Protocol a year ago for his outspoken opposition to the climate change treaty.
		Illarionov remains an ardent opponent of Kyoto - the "death treaty" he calls it.
		Illarionov also questioned the utility of an agreement which covered a quarter of the worldÂ’s greenhouse gas emissions.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /organisation/print.cfm?o_id=251&objectid=9003939 (569 words)

	Russia in Global AffairsPresidential Advisor: Kyoto Treaty Discriminates against Russia - Журнал "Россия в ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Illarionov said that the provisions of the treaty and resulting limits would stop economic growth in Russia.
		Illarionov said that the curved growth rate of the GDP increases correspondingly with growth of emissions of carbonic gases.
		Furthermore, Illarionov said that the US and Australia have both declined to take part in the treaty protocol.
	eng.globalaffairs.ru /news/289.html (342 words)

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		Great Britain is using this information, he said at a news conference, in order to raise the issue of global warming at the G-8 summit which is to be held in the summer.
		Illarionov is convinced this is a political decision.
		He said "the organizers of the forum explained this, saying that Great Britain was part of the G-8 and that it was not its plan to organize discussion of this topic".
	www.climateark.org /shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=38775 (537 words)

	ICSS - Seminars Archive
		A discussion ensued, where took part academician Nodary Simonia, Director of IMEMO RAS, Andrey Illarionov, Counselor to the President of RF, Vladimir Mau, Rector of National Economy Academy, Alexey Arbatov, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, Guhun Kwon, Resident Representative of IMF in RF and others.
		Andrey Illarionov pointed out, in particular, that in a long-term perspective economic growth is determined not by exchange or credit or monetary policy, but by the size of the State and non-market sector.
		The State's size, the fiscal burden it imposes on the economy and the scale of the State regulation are the factors that affect economic growth.
	www.icss.ac.ru /seminars/sem10.html?newver=eng (386 words)

	"Russia's domestic policy was the weakest point in 2004" - Pravda.Ru
		The BBC Russian Service is citing Illarionov as saying that today Russia is a different country from the political and ideological points of view.
		Andrey Illarionov said selling Yuganskneftegas to Baikal Finance Group by auction, Rosneft’s purchase of Baikal Finance Group and operations to merger or separate Rosneft and Gazprom were “the fraud of the year.” He also said it was an absolute mystery where the buyer of Yuganskneftegas might get money.
		Andrey Illarionov also touched upon the failure of the Russian foreign policy in Ukraine.
	english.pravda.ru /letters/2001/09/11/14774.html (867 words)

	Moldpres News Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		According to Illarionov, namely this thing was "the last drop" in taking the decision to offer resignation from the office of adviser of the Russian president.
		Illarionov thinks that it is quite possible to find a mutually acceptable formula for Russia and Ukraine as regards the price for gas.
		According to Andrey Illarionov, the prices in Russia "will be not at the level of 40 dollars on average, but approximately 200 dollars for 1,000 cubic metres".
	www.moldpres.md /?Lang=en&ID=31288 (559 words)

	Russian Expert Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Andrey Illarionov believes freedom to be most important developing factor of Russia as rich and dynamic country (20.01.06)
		According to Illarionov, at the moment Russia moves from one crisis to another and increasing inflation (that is caused by existing president republic creating more economic risks).
		The 7th conference ‘Public Institutes and Development: at the turn of global changes’ devoted to global development problems was organized by nonprofit organization ‘Global Development Network’, consolidating nine research networks and several thousands of scientists from 100 countries, in partnership with Saint-Petersburg Government and Leontyev’s Center.
	www.rusrev.org /eng/content/news/default.asp?shmode=2&ida=1147 (369 words)

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