Participants of the Conference "Federalism: Russian and Swiss Perspectives", Kazan, June 22-23, 2001

On the part of Switzerland:

• Walter Fetscherin – Swiss Ambassador to the Russian Federation.
• William Meier (with spouse) – Ministry Chief of Mission, Embassy of Switzerland, Moscow
• Andrea Bosshard – Attache, Political Section, Embassy of Switzerland in Moscow.
• Thomas Stauffer – Professor, Institute of Federalism, Fribourg.
• Thomas Fleiner – Professor, Director, Institute of Federalism, Fribourg.
• Nicolas Schmitt – Professor, Institute of Federalism, Fribourg.
• Rainer Schweitzer – Professor, University of Sankt Gallen.
• Dragoljub Popovic – Professor, Institute of Federalism, Fribourg.

On the part of Great Britan:

• Charles Lonsdale – First Secretary (Political), British Embassy, Moscow.

On the part of International organizations:

• Alexandr Gorelik – Director, U.N.O. Information Center.
• Rustem Khairov – Executive Director, International public foundation "For Survival and Development of Humanity".
• Yelena Pavlichenko – Executive Secretary, International public foundation "For Survival and Development of Humanity".

Russian Federation:

• Andrei Busygin – Doctor of Economics, First Deputy Head, Main Territorial Board of the RF President.
• Sergei Valentei – Doctor of Economics, Director, Research Center for Socio–economic Problems of Federalism.
• Viktor Vasilyev – Deputy Head, Board of International Relations, RF Federation Council.
• Milena Gligich–Zolotaryeva – Candidate of Law, Consultant of department of state structure, informational – analytical board of Federation Council.
• Mazgar Isyanbayev – Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of Department, Institute of socio–economic and legal research, Ural Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa.
• Elbrus Kargiyev – Head of administrative division, Department for connections with Federation subjects, Parliament and public organizations, RF Foreign Ministry.
• Vyacheslav Kronsky – Professor, Nizhniy Novgorod Institute of Management and Business, Doctor of Law, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation.
• Sergei Silvestrov – Doctor of Economics, adviser of the Chairman of Federation Council.
• Olga Sidorovich – Director, Institute of Law and Public Policy.
• Sergei Smetanin – Deputy Head, Legal Department, Office of the RF Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative to the Volga Federal District.
• Sergei Smusenok – Consultant, Board for Federal and Regional Policy.
• Mikhail Stolyarov – First Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation, Ph.D.
• Galina Ustinova – Referent, Program of the John D. and Catherine Ò. MacArthur Foundation.
• Alexandr Fedulov – Deputy Chairman, Committee for Legislation, Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the State Duma, Candidate of Law.

Republic of Tatarstan:

• Rafik Abdrakhmanov – Senior Research Fellow, Institute of History, Tatarstan Science Academy.
• Marat Galeyev – Deputy, Member of Presidium of the RT State Council.
• Andrei Yershov – Rector, Institute of Public Service to the RT President.
• Elvira Ishmayeva – Head, Department of Constitutional Legislation, RT State Council.
• Gennady Kurdyukov – Head, Department of International Law, Kazan University.
• Midkhat Kurmanov – Chairman, Standing Committee for  legislation, law, time-limit and deputy's ethics.
• Vasily Loginov – Chairman, Standing Committee for state structure, local government and external relations, RT State Council.
• Minzufar Mavlyatshin – First Deputy Chairman, RT Supreme Court.
• Gulsum Pugacheva – Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Socio–economic Sciences and Law, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences.
• Raisa Sakhieva – Head, Legal Board, Administration of the RT President.
• Guzel Singatullina – Senior Lecturer, Kazan State University.
• Midkhat Farukshin – Professor, Head, Department of Political Science, Kazan State University.
• Rafail Khakimov – Director, Institute of History, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences.
• Filza Khamidullin – Director, Institute of Socio–economic Sciences and Law, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences.
• Vadim Khomenko – Head, Department of Economy, Institute of Socio–economic Sciences and Law, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences.
• Shakir Yagudin – Head, Legal Board, RT State Council.
• Gulnara Shaikhutdinova – Adviser of the Chairman of the RT State Council.
• Marsel Galimardanov – Chief Federal Inspector for the Republic of Tatarstan.
• Denis Akhmadullin – Federal Inspector for the Republic of Tatarstan.
• Yuri Moskov – Acting Chief, Territorial Office of the Ministry for Federation, National and Migration Policy.
• Ildar Nasyrov – Head of Department, Territorial Office of the Ministry for Federation, National and Migration Policy