This event is in memory of GW student Nikolay Novoselov, whose father was a Russian Diplomat in the 1990’s. The forum is sponsored by GW, the U.S.-Russia Business Council, The Center for Democracy, and The Embassy of the Russian Federation. 

The U.S.-Russia Business Council was formed to expand and enhance the U.S.-Russian commercial relationship. Guided by member interests, the Council promotes an economic environment in Russia in which American companies can succeed. Through a wide range of activities, the Council contributes to stability and the development of a market economy in Russia, and Russia’s integration into the global economy.

The Center for Democracy is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, privately funded, program-creating organization, incorporated in December 1984. For the past fifteen years, the Center has fostered initiatives at critical moments in democratic transitions abroad, while serving as a bridge in issue dialogues between the two major political parties in the United States. Major program areas focusing on newly democratizing nations and re-emerging democracies worldwide include legislative institution-building and judicial reform and other rule-of-law issues.