Vladimir Milov

Vladimir Milov is president of the independent, non-profit, Institute of Energy Policy in Moscow. He was Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia from May to October 2002, responsible for development of the national Energy Strategy, privatisation and structural reforms within the Russian energy sector.

Background

According to Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website:

Milov is a renowned energy, infrastructure development, and regulatory policy strategist in Russia. He has played leading roles in the development of Russian gas, electricity and railway sector reforms, Russian energy and transport strategies, and subsoil regulation legislation. Milov is the author of numerous concept and analysis papers related to Russian energy and infrastructure problems.

Prior to becoming the Deputy Energy Minister, he previously served as an advisor to the Minister of Energy and in 2001 led the energy expert team within the Center for Strategic Research, a government-linked think tank. Milov headed the economic analysis department of the natural monopoly regulator, the Federal Energy Commission of Russia, from 1997-2001.

A frequent contributor to Russian and international media, Milov is a regular columnist for the daily Russian business newspaper Vedomosti and his opinion pieces have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times.

Affiliations

• President, Institute of Energy Policy (http://www.energypolicy.ru) - an independent think tank based in Moscow
• Leader, Center for Strategic Research - a government based think-tank (2001)

Resources

• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Vladimir Milov, accessed 20 January 2009.
• EU-Russia Centre, accessed 20 January 2009.