Flashcards: Organizations based in Moscow

The Youth Time is an international non-governmental organization with its main office in Prague, Czech Republic and its back office in Moscow.

The Gorbachev Foundation (Russian: Горбачёв-Фонд) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Moscow, founded by the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in December 1991 and began its work since January 1992.

The Russia Forum is an annual event held in Moscow, hosted by Troika Dialog.

Ministry of Justice of Russia (Министе́рство юсти́ции Росси́йской Федера́ции, Миню́ст Росси́и) is the central government body charged with leading the legal and penal system of Russia.

Export Insurance Agency of Russia (EXIAR) (Russian: Российское Агентство по страхованию экспортных кредитов и инвестиций, ЭКСАР; Officially: Russian Agency for Insurance Export credits and Investments) is a Russian government agency, which was established on October 13, 2011 as the successor for the Russian Export-Import Insurance Company (Российское экспортно-импортное страховое общество), that was existed since April 23, 1996.

Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство финансов Российской Федерации, Минфин России, MinFin) is a federal ministry, responsible for general financial policy and for general management in the field of finance of the Russian Federation.

The ministry was created in 1809 as the Ministry of Railway Transport of the Russian Empire; after the revolution it became the People's Commissariat for Railways of the USSR and then (after 1946) the Ministry of Railways, later expanding its authority and becoming the Ministry of Transport of the USSR.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство природных ресурсов и экологии Российской Федерации) is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Russia tasked with managing the country's natural resources and protecting the environment.

The Skeptic Society (Russian: Общество скептиков, Óbščestvo skeptikov) is a Russian-speaking skeptical society.

The Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Russian: Федеральное агентство по делам Содружества Независимых Государств, соотечественников, проживающих за рубежом, и по международному гуманитарному сотрудничеству), commonly known as Rossotrudnichestvo (Russian: Россотрудничество), is an autonomous Russian federal government agency under the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Sakharov Center (Russian: Са́харовский центр) is a museum and cultural center in Moscow devoted to protection of human rights in Russia and preserving the legacy of the prominent physicist and Nobel Prize winning human rights activist Andrei Sakharov.

The Initiative or Action Group for the Defense of Human Rights in the USSR (Russian: Инициати́вная гру́ппа по защи́те прав челове́ка в СССР) was the first civic organization of the Soviet human rights movement.

World Without Nazism (WWN)(Russian: Мир без нацизма, МБН), or Mir Bez Natsizma (MBH), is a Russian political organization with ties to Vladimir Putin's government, which claims to campaign against "neo-fascism.

The Russian Federation Ministry of Agriculture is the cabinet-level agency responsible for support of agricultural production, soil conservation, rural development, agricultural market regulation, and financial stabilization of the farm sector.

The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство труда и социальной защиты Российской Федерации) is the federal ministry responsible for social protection and labor.

The Foundation for Civil Society Development is a non-governmental organisation whose main focus of research is in the fields of politics, regional development and contemporary media.

The Carnegie Moscow Center is a think tank and research center that focuses on domestic and foreign policy, international relations, international security, and the economy.

Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation (Russian: Аналитический центр при Правительстве Российской Федерации) is the source of prompt expert views on a wide range of socio-economic development issues of the country.