Andrey Illarionov
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Andrey Nikolayevich Illarionov (Андрей Николаевич Илларионов) is the economic policy advisor to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. (His forename is often seen spelt in English as 'Andrei', though the Russian letter 'й' is correctly transliterated as 'y'. [1] (http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/subj/22197.shtml))
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Life & career
Illarionev was born on September 16 1961 in Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). At seventeen he started working at a communications office (telephone and postal services) in the town of Sestroretsk. He then went on to study economics at the Leningrad State University, graduating in 1983, and gaining a Ph.D. in economics in 1987.
From 1983 to 1984, and again from 1988 to 1990 Illarionev taught for the International Economic Relations Department of Leningrad State University. From 1990 to 1992 he was senior researcher at the Regional Economic Research Department of the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, before leaving to become part-time economic adviser to the Russian Deputy Prime Minister and (until 1993) the first deputy head of the Economic Reform Centre of the Russian Government.
From 1993 to 1994 Illarionev was the head of the Analysis and Planning Group of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and the Government of the Russian Federation, after which he went on to become the vice-president of the Leontyev International Social and Economic Research Centre, and director of the Moscow division.
He was director of the Institute of Economic Analysis from 1994 to 2000, and since 2000 has been adviser to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
Illarionov is an outspoken critic of global-warming theory in general, and of the Kyoto Protocol in particular. At the 2003 World Climate Change Conference he asked ten questions on climate change which were immediately answered [2] (http://www.ito.umnw.ethz.ch/SysEcol/Articles_Reports/Illarionov_QandA_WCCC_2003.pdf). Nonetheless, months later Illarionov was still claiming not to have been answered [3] (http://www.ito.umnw.ethz.ch/SysEcol/Articles_Reports/Illarionov_Interv._9.Jul.04.pdf). On 1 April 2005 Putin removed Illarionov from his role as presidential representative to the G8 [4] (http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/01/04/illar.shtml), apparently for his criticism of the government’s treatment of oil giant Yukos. In February 2005, Illarionov attended a conference in Exeter, and again accused the British government of censorship because they had not invited many scientists who dispute global-warming claims.
Quotations
"Ideology on which the Kyoto Protocol is based, is a new form of totalitarian ideology, along with Marxism, Communism, and socialism."
"We had doubts about the Kyoto Protocol, we wanted reasoning from our partners in the European Union, in the IPCC. Formal requests had been sent to these organizations. But we have not received responses yet, which suggests that no coherent answers can be offered. What we hear is 'it is not comprehensive responses that matter, we will not give them anyway; what is important is whether you believe us or not'."
"We have received no single argument in favour of this document except political pressure. No link has been established between carbon dioxide emissions and climate change. No other objective facts have been presented in recent time. The IPCC's reports in 1990 and 1995 show it clearly."
"We are close to a consensus that the Kyoto Protocol does huge economic, political, social, and ecological damage to the Russian Federation. In addition, it certainly violates the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens, and well as the rights and freedoms of citizens in those countries which signed and ratified it."
See also
External links
- Kommersant Andrey Illarionov Doesn’t Believe in Armageddon (http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=-4816)
- Reuters Blair must listen to climate change sceptics — Russian aide (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08589745.htm)
- Gateway2Russia Kremlin aide blasts UK role in "totalitarian" Kyoto "sect" (http://www.gateway2russia.com/st/art_267961.php)
- President of Russia – Presidential Executive Office – Andrey Nikolayevich Illarionov (http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/subj/22197.shtml)ja:アンドレイ・イラリオノフ