IPF	Sergey Golunov

Drug-Trafficking as a Challenge for Russia's Security and Border Policies Context and background ▪  Soros network initiatives Center for the Study of Democracy Economics Education and Research Consortium  ▪ Relevant regional initiatives EU-Russia Summit President of Russia, official web portal Kazakhstan's National Anti-Drug Program  ▪ Annotated papers Drug Trafficking and Related organized Crime in Russia Illicit Drug Trends in Russia in 2004    Project objectives evaluate the effectiveness of Russian security and border policies intended to combat transboundary drug-trafficking by assessing the extent of drug addiction compared with Russia as a whole examine appeals to address the problem made by political and other elites bothnationally and internationally seeking to develop political strategies and obtain financial support for new structures write a research paper and 20-page policy study in coordination with the group advisor for Russian decision-making structures in the corresponding field suchas the Security Council, State Antinarcotic Agency (Gosnarkokontrol’),Federal Assembly and regional authorities

Fellow Website ▪ www.policy.hu/golunov    Fellow activities & publications ▪ Conferences attended: ▪ International Symposium “Regional and Transregional Dynamism in Central Eurasia: Empires, Islam and Politics” at Slavic Research Center (Hokkaido University, Japan) and ▪ Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TRACCC), Conference on drug-trafficking, Chelyabinsk, Russia, November 2005.   ▪ Sergey Golunov and was awarded a fellowship at SRC in Japan (July-August, 2005).   ▪ The article “Drug-Trafficking through Russia-Kazakhstan border: Challenge and Responses” will be published in Japan in Spring 2006.   ▪ The collective report edited by Golunov “Transnational Criminal Activities through Russia’s Borders with Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia” was published in Volgograd.    The fellow ▪ Curriculum vitae ▪ Research proposal ▪ e-mail:    2005 Working Groups ▪ 2005 Working Group Summary ▪ Democratic Governance ▪ Wider Europe ▪ Public Health and Roma ▪ Policy Making ▪ Combatting Organized Crime ▪ Higher Education Reform ▪ Open Society in Former SU ▪ Open Society and Muslims    2006 Working Groups ▪ 2006 Working Group Summary ▪ Wider Europe ▪ Open Muslim Societies ▪ Open Society Threats ▪ Resource Curse ▪ Roma Exclusion ▪ Open Information Policy

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January 2006