Participant Biographies

Vladimir Matveev

Vladimir Matveev

Leading Research Scholar, Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Regionalism in Central Asia and the Politics of Energy

Dr. Matveev is the Leading Research Scholar of the Center for Strategic Problems of North-East Asia and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Institute of Far Eastern Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He was a Counselor at the Committee on Federation Affairs and Regional Policy for the Russian State Duma from 1994-2004, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Pricing from 1978-1994, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Gas Industry Economics from 1974-1978. Dr. Matveev received a Ph.D. in economics from the Institute of Pricing.