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The Center for Current Policy — is a private Russian company working in the field of political analysis, consulting, expert reviewing, monitoring and research.

History
The Center was founded in May 1992. Its first projects studied the development of multiparty system in Russia.

Since 1994, the Center has been conducting analytical monitoring of the media and providing political consulting services.

In 1999, the Center experts gave analytical support to the leaders of the Unity electoral block during the State Duma election campaign.

Since early 2000, the Center has been cooperating with the Presidential Executive Office of Russia.

The Center 's analytical reviews often draw interest of Russian and international expert communities and the media.

At different times the Directors of the Center were: Vladimir Berezovsky (1992-1997), Alexey Chesnakov (1997-2000), Valery Fedorov (2000-2003), Konstantin Simonov (2003-2006), Mikhail Vinogradov (2006-2008), Since 2008 the Center has been run by Alexey Chesnakov.

The Center focuses primarily on analyzing political and social processes, mass media monitoring, political and electoral consulting, marketing research.

Key activities
The Center’s main activities include analyzing political and social processes, mass media monitoring, political, electoral and business consulting.

The Center for Current Policy experts often act as speakers on the topic of conflict resolution in eastern Ukraine. The Center has issued several analytical reports on Russian-Ukrainian relations and the Minsk Protocol.

The Center's experts also provide information and analytical reports on topical domestic policy issues, such as State Duma deputies, Russian governors and political preferences of the population.

Alexey Chesnakov, the Director of the Center, often gives expert comments for the popular media: The New York Times , The Washington Post and others. The Center's experts are published in the Carnegie Moscow Center, Forbes Russia and other print media.

Analytics and research
In 2017, the Center issued its Ukraine-Donbass: Conflict Resolution weekly analytical monitoring. This document aims to reveal the dynamics of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

In 2018 the Center calculated Russian Social and Political Stability Index (RSPSI). The experts studied current political events and assessed their impact on domestic political processes in Russia.

In spring and summer 2019, experts from the Center studied the background and management approaches of the new governors appointed in autumn 2018 and spring and summer 2019. This research resulted in political profiling of the governors.

In autumn 2019, the Center conducted several studies based on the analysis of data obtained through the State Duma API. The experts have studied how MPs vote on various draft laws, as well as how MPs use the parliamentary inquiry tool in their activities.

In October 2019, the Actual Comments media website, managed by the Center, launched a section on "Putinism" analyzing features of Putin's political system. Vladislav Surkov, aide to President Vladimir Putin, commented on the first article in the section.

Published works

 * Valery Fyodorov, Avtandil Tsuladze. The Putin Era
 * The Mechanisms of Power: 10 Years of Political Analytics
 * Ideas. Leaders. Actions. United Russia Library (in 3 volumes).
 * Democracy: A Reboot of Meanings