Gaidar Readings – fifth day

Irina Starodubrovskaya, head of Political Economy and Regional Development Center of Gaidar Institute, moderated the session.

Key speakers were: deputy plenipotentiary representative of the RF President in the North-Caucasus Federal okrug, Maksim Bystrov, and Irina Starodubrovskaya, head of Political Economy and Regional Development Center of Gaidar Institute.

Denis Sokolov, researcher from Gaidar Institute and editor in chief of the journal “Frontir”; Konstantin Kazenin, deputy editor in chief of REGNUM; Ibragim Yaganov, chairman of the farmers union and leaseholders, Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria; Oleg Argunov, general director of Hazbek gypsum plant, Republic of Karachaevo-Cherkessiya; Denga Khalidov, co-chair of All-Russia congress of Caucasian people, head of ethno politics and Islam strategic research center; Alexey Krylovsky, managing partner of the investment-consulting project AV, Stavropol krai, city of Piatigorsk.

Andrey Yatskin, plenipotentiary representative of the RF government in the Federation Council, attended the session.