Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

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Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Российский союз промышленников и предпринимателей
Formation1990
FounderArkady Volsky
PurposeRepresenting Russian business interests
HeadquartersKotelnicheskaya Embankment 17, Moscow, Russia
Key people
Alexander Shokhin (President) Igor Yurgens (Vice-President)
Websitehttp://eng.rspp.ru/
Putin meeting with the union in 2001.

The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), a lobby group based in

Russian Federation of the previous USSR scientific and industrial union[1]
founded in the summer of 1990.

vice-premier of Russia from 1991 to 1994, and subsequently a Duma deputy for eight years.[4]

The current president is Alexander Shokhin.[5] The current vice-president, Igor Yurgens, a graduate of Moscow State University, has served as an adviser to UNESCO and to the Trade Unions Council, and chaired the General Confederation of Trade Unions in 1996. Yurgens is sometimes interviewed by Western media on issues concerning Russian industry.

At a meeting of the lobby in July 2009,

VoIP programs like Skype and ICQ as encroaching foreign entities that the government must control.[6]

References

  1. ^ "The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers) (RUIE)" (PDF). International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russian Federation. November 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. ISBN 978-0-88132-537-9
    . Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Prominent Russian businessman dies". Radio Free Europa. 11 September 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Prominent Russian business leader dies, colleague says". Pravda. 9 September 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  5. ^ "rspp.ru About President page".
  6. ^ Shuster, Simon; Teterevleva, Anastasia (24 July 2009), "Skype singled out as threat to Russia's security", Reuters, retrieved 25 July 2009

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