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Oksana Oracheva: “Philanthropy doesn’t support or depend on political issues”
Oksana Oracheva: Exec Director of Vladimir Potanin Foundation on the rise of Russian philanthropy. Russia and philanthropy are not words that are usually go together by any means. International tensions at the moment express a resonant …
Emerging Societies-Emerging Philanthropies International Forum: what next?
As Larisa Zelkova of Russia’s Potanin Foundation outlined in her opening remarks, the Emerging Societies-Emerging Philanthropies International Forum, held in Peterhof, Russia, 1-2 July, was to focus on the possibility of creating a new international …
Emerging Societies-Emerging Philanthropies International Forum: The wide road forward
This was my very first visit to Russia so the combination of the excitement of new places and my expectations regarding the meeting itself meant that I arrived at the conference venue in Peterhof, Russia …
Emerging Societies – Emerging Philanthropies International Forum: So much in common with each other
The Emerging Societies – Emerging Philanthropies International Forum in Peterhof, Russia brought together around 60 representatives from 14 emerging countries in which philanthropy, corporate social responsibility and impact investments are developing rapidly: Belarus, Brazil, China, …
Emerging Societies, Emerging Philanthropies International Forum: Starting dialogue about donor education
Emerging philanthropic cultures face many challenges – among them lack of tradition, inadequate legal and fiscal environment – and at the same time have lots of opportunities. Growing local high net worth donors is an …
Emerging Societies, Emerging Philanthropies International Forum: Different countries, different philanthropic infrastructures, similar problems
In China the number of foundations has tripled in the last few years. It seems a lot, doesn’t it? It seems that the sector is evolving even though there are only around only 3,000 foundations …
Looking to the new generation for the future of Russian philanthropy
It seems that it has recently become a rule in Russia that any piece of news is bad news. Indeed, just about all the political developments in the second half of the last year and …
USAID: thank you and goodbye!
I recently made a decision not to write about Russian politics in my next piece for this blog. Alas, I can’t keep this promise as our government once again decided to get engaged in agenda-setting …
New legislation is a setback for Russian NGOs
Last week and in great haste the Russian Parliament adopted a new piece of legislation with a name that would have been appropriate for cold war times: ‘On regulation of activities of the NGOs, which …
Russian NGOs and civil society: under influence?
‘There is a war against Russia. It is an announced information war which involves hundreds and thousands of people, agencies and organizations. Taking advantage of the imperfect and out-dated Russian legislation, multimillion dollar budgets come …
