Vladimir Kostin

Monitoring and analysis of trends in Russian/CIS political, regulatory environment clients : international risk consultancy companies, investment funds, think tanks etc., including quarterly scoring assessment of the CIS countries for Euromoney Country Risk (ECR) .

- Participation in shaping the regulatory framework ensuring sustainable development of the dairy industry, first of all with regard of technical regulation aspects, including relevant interaction with key state authorities. - Communication with international organizations on relevant issues (study of international experiences in the field of milk standards). - Monitoring and analysis of key political, legislative and business trends/risks affecting the dairy industry.

- Media support (development of communications strategy, monitoring and analysis of presence in traditional and social media, expert interviews, recommendations, media planning, press releases, etc.) for Russian economic organizations. - Organization (as GR specialist, program director, speaker producer, etc.) of various events ( average number of participants: several thousand people). - Monitoring and analysis of the Russian media and regulatory environment in various industries.

Management of bilateral economic cooperation institutions (intergovernmental commissions, working groups, economic councils, etc.), drafting speeches, policy papers, meeting minutes, official letters, document reconciliation, etc.

Creation (as a member of the editorial board) of profiles based on the analysis of political, socioeconomic, historical, and other characteristics of countries around the world. The book was published in 2009.