1 Oct 2012 10:34

Medvedev to coordinate Open Govt work

MOSCOW. Oct 1 (Interfax) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved the composition of the commission in charge of coordinating the work of the Open Government, the government press service told Interfax on Monday.

The commission is chaired by Medvedev. His deputy is Mikhail Abyzov, minister on liaison with the Open Government.

Among the members of the commission will be Sergei Aleksashenko (director of macroeconomic research at the Higher School of Economics), Trade and Economic Development Minister Andrei Belousov, and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich.

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