Andrei Illarionov
Senior Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity
Andrei Illarionov is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. From 2000 to December 2005 he was the chief economic adviser of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Illarionov also served as the president's personal representative (sherpa) in the G-8. He is one of Russia's most forceful and articulate advocates of an open society and democratic capitalism, and has been a long-time friend of the Cato Institute. Illarionov received his Ph.D. from St. Petersburg University in 1987. From 1993 to 1994 Illarionov served as chief economic adviser to the prime minister of the Russian Federation, Viktor Chernomyrdin. He resigned in February 1994 to protest changes in the government's economic policy. In July 1994 Illarionov founded the Institute of Economic Analysis and became its director. Illarionov has coauthored several economic programs for Russian governments and has written three books and more than 300 articles on Russian economic and social policies.
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Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: aIllarionov@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
"Russia’s Potemkin Capitalism," in Ian Vasquez, ed., Global Fortune: The Stumble and Rise of World Capitalism (Cato Institute, 2000).
Articles and Newsletters
"Friedman and Russia," Cato Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Winter 2008.
"Oil and Freedom in the New Russia," Cato Policy Report, vol. 29, no. 1, January/February 2007.
Opinion and Commentary
"Enabling The Kremlin," The Washington Post, December 14, 2007
"In the End, Yeltsin Went the Way of Freedom," Moscow Times (Russia), April 28, 2007
Events
"Georgia's Transformation into a Modern Market Democracy," May 13, 2008 [Policy Forum]
"Russian Energy Policy and the New Russian State," November 20, 2006 [Policy Forum]
"Freedom, Commerce and Peace: A Regional Agenda," October 25, 2006 [Conference]
"The Death of the G8," April 18, 2006 [Press Conference]
"The Rise of the Corporate State in Russia," March 7, 2006 [Policy Forum]
Multimedia
Andrei Illarionov on BBC discussing what the west should do about Russia. January 21, 2008 [Flash Video, 21:55]