Secretary: Yevgeny Velikhov, president of the Kurchatov Institute for nuclear research

First Group (appointed by the president)
Sergei Abakumov, head of the National Civil Committee for Interaction with Law Enforcement, Legislative and Judicial Agencies, an NGO
       Hambo-Lama Damba Ayusheyev, Buddhist leader of Russia
Mavlit Bazhayev, president of the Association of Chechen Public and Cultural Groups and chairman of Alliance, a fuel and energy group
Lidia Blokhina, president of the International Public and Economic Union of Women
Galina Bogolyubova, president of the Russian Slavic Foundation
Leo Bokeria, director of the Bakulev cardiovascular surgery research center of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Maria Bolshakova, head of the Russian Union of Military Servicemens' Families
Leonid Borodin, editor of Moskva, a literary magazine
Alexei Chadayev, politics editor of Russky Zhurnal, an online publication
Lyubov Dukhanina, director of Naslednik, a private school
Valery Fadeyev, editor of Expert magazine and director of the Public Projects Institute, the think tank that drafted the bill on the Public Chamber
Vladimir Fedosov, head of the Federation of Peace and Accord, an NGO
Mufti Ravil Gainutdin, head of the Council of Muftis of Russia
Vyacheslav Glazychev, professor at the Moscow Architecture Institute
Vladimir Govorov, head of the All-Russia Public Organization of War and Military Service Veterans
Pavel Gusev, editor of Moskovsky Komsomolets and president of the Moscow Union of Journalists
Tamara Ilina, dentist in Penza and member of Women's Dialogue, a national NGO
Alina Kabayeva, two-time gymnastics world champion and senior member of the Russian Sports Union of Youth
Alexander Kalyagin, director of the Et Cetera Theater and head of the Theater Workers' Union
Metropolitan Kliment (Kapalin) of Kaluga and Borovsk, Chancellor of the Russian Orthodox Church
Anatoly Kucherena, Moscow lawyer and head of Civil Society, a national NGO
Yaroslav Kuzminov, director of the Higher School of Economics
Rabbi Berl Lazar, Chief Rabbi of Russia
Alexander Lomakin-Rumyantsev, head of the All-Russia Association of Invalids
Lyudmila Lysenko, teacher in School No. 1 in the village of Kurskaya, Stavropol region
Marina Medvedeva, head of Green Planet, a national children's environmental group
Vyacheslav Nikonov, president of the Politika Foundation, a think tank
Alexandra Ochirova, president of the International Women's Center -- Women's Future, a charity
Irina Rodnina, three-time Olympic ice-skating champion and head of the All-Russia Volunteers Association Sportivnaya Rossia
Leonid Roshal, head of the Moscow Children's Clinical and Research Institute of Emergency Surgery and Trauma,
        president of the International Charity Fund for Aid to Children in Disasters and Wars
Sergei Ryakhovsky, head of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians
Eduard Sagalayev, president of the National Association of Television and Radio Broadcasters
Aidan Salakhova, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts
Maria Slobodskaya, president of the Institute for Civil Society Issues, a think tank
Mikhail Shmakov, head of the Federation of Independent Unions
Alexander Shokhin, chairman of the supervisory board of Renaissance Capital, an investment bank,
        president of the Russian Union of Industrialists and  Entrepreneurs
Valery Tishkov, director of the Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Yevgeny Velikhov, president of the Kurchatov Institute for nuclear research
Yelena Yershova, president of the Consortium of Women's NGOs
Vladimir Zakharov, head of the Center for Russian Ecological Policy
Yelena Zelinskaya, vice president of the Media Union, a journalists' organization
Oleg Zykov, head of No to Alcoholism and Drugs

Second Group (representatives of national NGOs picked by the first group)
Alexander Afonichev, deputy head of a St. Petersburg and Leningrad region sports association
Alexander Baranov, director of a pediatric center at the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Sergei Borisov, president of Opora, an association of small and medium-size businesses
Igor Chestin, director of the World Wildlife Fund's Moscow office
Mikhail Fridman, billionaire president of Alfa Group
Valery Ganichev, head of the Russian Union of Writers
Elmira Glubokovskaya, co-head of the Movement of Women for National Health, a union
Yulia Gorodnicheva, student of Tula State University and activist with Nashi, the pro-Kremlin youth organization
Vladislav Grib, researcher at the Federal Prison Service's Research Institute and vice president of the Russian Union of Lawyers
Alexander Ignatenko, president of the Institute of Religion and Politics, a think tank
Kamilzhan Kalandarov, director of the Institute of Human Rights
Anatoly Karpov, former world chess champion
Sergei Katyrin, vice president of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Roza Klementieva, head of the Association of Women Living in Rural Communities
Bishop Longin (Korchagin) of Saratov and Volsk, Russian Orthodox bishop
Alexei Kozyrev, writer and head of St. Petersburg's pardons commission
Sergei Kushnaryov, director of the Atomic Forum, a foundation to support nuclear research and industry
Dmitry Lipskerov, writer
Galina Malanicheva, head of the All-Russia Association to Protect Historical and Cultural Heritage
Sergei Markov, Kremlin-connected analyst
Andranik Migranyan, senior researcher at the Institute of CIS Countries
Gasan Mirzoyev, director of the Russian Bar Academy
Viktor Mishin, head of Krokus Bank
Vladimir Potanin, billionaire owner of Interros
Andrei Przhezdomsky, executive director of the Russian Foundation for Free Elections
Yelena Proklova, actress at the Moscow Gorky Theater
Alla Pugachyova, pop diva
Sergei Puzin, head of the Federal Bureau of Medical and Social Studies
Genri Reznik, head of the Moscow Bar Association
Oleg Rozhnov, senior member of the Russian Youth Union
Sergei Shabanov, department head at Opora, an association of small and medium-sized businesses
Karen Shakhnazarov, head of Mosfilm
Alexander Shkolnik, Channel One producer of children's programming
Anatoly Savchenko, head of a laboratory at a federal medical institution
Yelena Semerikova, head of Women's Dialogue
Anatoly Starodubets, head of the Russian Defense and Sports Organization
Pavel Sulyandziga, first vice president of the Association of Ethnic Minorities of the Far North, Siberia and Far East
Nikolai Svanidze, Rossia television anchor
Boris Titov, head of Delovaya Rossiya, a business association
Grigory Tomchin, president of the Foundation to Support Legislative Initiatives
Gennady Zaitsev, the longest-serving commander of the Federal Security Service's counterterrorism Group A, 
         current vice president of an association of  FSB veterans
Alexander Zharkov, deputy head of the Freedom League

Third Group (representatives of regional NGOs picked by the first two groups)
Sergei Abramov, partner at private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners
Alexander Adamsky, director of the Institute of Educational Policy, a think tank
Tatyana Alexeyeva, head of the Kemerovo Chamber of Commerce
Fazu Aliyeva, editor of Zhenshchiny Rossii, or Women of Russia
Vladimir Belozyorov, head of a railroad workers' union
Vladimir Bondarenko, head of the Khabarovsk Association of Unions
Nikolai Derzhavin, executive director of Family Traditions
Yelena Dyakova, scientist with the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Urals branch
Bishop Feofan (Ashurkov) of Stavropol and Vladikavkaz, Russian Orthodox bishop
Konstantin Frolov, director of the Blagonravov Machine Studies Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Leonid Guselnikov, head of Yamal-Region, a regional state television and radio company
Valentina Kirillina, head of a union of Sakha women's organizations
Konstantin Kuzmin, director of the Kaliningrad Drama Theater
Sergei Lazurenko, lawyer at Yakovlev and Partners
Lidia Lebedeva, head of the Kalmykia Women's Union
Anatoly Makeyev, executive director of For the Revival of the Urals
Iskhak Mashbash, writer from the Adygeya republic
Georgy Mayer, rector of Tomsk State University
Vladimir Melnikov, head of the Tyumen research center of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Siberian branch
Sergei Minko, head of a Jewish autonomous region organization for veterans of regional conflicts and wars
Kirill Mireisky, Russian Orthodox activist
Vladimir Moshkov, head of the Amur region branch of the Afghan War Veterans Union
Oleg Netrebsky, senior member of the Federation of Independent Unions
Yury Novikov, director of the Yaroslavl State Medical Academy
Natalia Ondar, lecturer at Tuva State University
David Pashayev, president of the State Center for Atomic Ship Building
Nikolai Peterov, painter
Amirkhan Samirkhanov, head of Bashkortostan's Union Federation
Mikhail Sholokhov, consultant to the Mikhail Sholokhov State Museum and the writer's son
Valentina Sokolova, director of the Omsk Youth Theater
Khusain Soltagereyev, head of Chechnya's Council of Unions
Alexander Titov, head of the Karelian research center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Yury Tototto, senior member of the Association of Chukotka Ethnic Minorities
Oleg Tretyakov, editor of Delovoi Peterburg
Zurab Tsereteli, sculptor
Roza Tufetulova, member of Tatarstan's pardons commission
Valery Vasilyev, department head at a Krasnoyarsk utilities company
Nadezhda Vavilina, head of a department at the Siberian Academy of State Service
Svetlana Yaroslavova, director of the Center for the Study of Civil Initiatives
Viktor Zabolotsky, head of the Khanty-Mansiisk regional branch of the Afghan War Veterans Union
Alexander Zarubin, board member of Renova, a holding company
Tatyana Zhuravlyova, head of a department at the Nenets Institute for Staff Training

last updated January 23, 2006