Vladislav Inozemtsev

Vladislav Inozemtsev is a Russian economist and sociologist, currently residing in Washington (DC), USA. He graduated from the Department of Political Economy, Moscow State University, in 1989. He earned his PhD and Professorship degrees in Moscow in 1994 and 1999. For around ten years, he was the CEO and a principal shareholder of the Moscow-Paris Bank in Moscow. In 1996, Dr Inozemtsev established the Center for Post-Industrial Studies, which fostered research in economic modernization, and published a monthly review called ‘Svobodnaya Mysl’ (Free Thought). In the 2000s, Dr Inozemtsev held different positions in the Higher School of Economics and Moscow State University. In 2009–2012 Dr Inozemtsev advised the Commission on Modernization of the Russian Economy under then-President Dmitry Medvedev and authored the electoral programme for Mikhail Prokhorov in the 2012 Russian presidential elections. Between 2012 and 2023 Dr Inozemtsev served as visiting fellow with several European and American think tanks. In 2024 he became a co-founder of the Center for Analysis and Strategies in Europe, with which he has been affiliated ever since. Vladislav Inozemtsev is currently an associate fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) Dr Inozemtsev is the author of around 20 books (the most recent include “Deathonomics: the price of life in Putin’s Russia”) and is a regular contributor to many European newspapers including the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland), The Independent (UK), Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland), La Razon (Spain) and Berliner Zeitung (Germany).