On 31 March 2005 the FPC held a major one-day international conference bringing together prominent Russian experts to assess the implications of President Vladimir Putin's five years in power for Russia and for Russian foreign policy.

The conference was introduced by Carsten Sondergaard, the Danish State Secretary for Foreign and Security Policy. Other speakers included Dr Alex Pravda, University of Oxford, Anastasia Nesvetailova, University of Sussex, Bridget Kendall MBE, BBC Diplomatic Correspondent, Dr Vadim Malkin, Russian Axis, Paul Melling, Baker and McKenzie, Moscow, Dr Gabor Beszterczey, New Eurasia Foundation and Dr Thomas Gomart, head of the Russia/CIS programme at IFRI.

Download the conference report (100 kilobyte PDF)