for International Cooperation and Public Diplomacy (hereinafter Council), an expert/consultative body on the Russian foreign policy composed of more than 40 prominent representatives of the non-profit sector and expert community taking active part in international programs and studies. In the majority of cases, resolutions and recommendations reflecting the consolidated position of the leading civil society institutes on the subjects considered were adopted at the end of the meetings; those were later on sent to field-specific bodies of the state authorities. Members of the Fifth Convocation (2014–2017) Ivan Abazher Valentin Agarkov Leila Amerkhanova Vladimir Andreychenko Kirill Androsov Igor Archbishop of Abakan and Khakassia Ionaphan (Tsvetkov) Edward Babrashev Dmitry Badovsky Sergey Bagnenko Andrey Balzhirov Igor Batishchev Valery Biryukov Dmitry Biryukov Yelena Blashchuk Vyacheslav Bocharov Marina Bogoslovskaya Leo Bokeria Alexander Boroda Alexander Borzhko Alexander Brechalov Lidia Budchenko Vladimir Bulatov Irina Burmykina Alexandr Butuzov Vsevolod Chaplin Victor Cherepov Sergey Chernin Vsevolod Chernov Alexandr Chislov Vadim Chubarov Dmitry Chugunov Nikolai Daikhes Olga Danilova Andrey Dementyev Nina Dergunova Olga Deyeva Iosif Diskin Roman Doshchinsky Nikolay Drozdov Lubov Dukhanina Sergey Fakhretdinov Georgy Fedorov Vladimir Fisinin Shamil Gantsev Edward Gavrilov Victor Grachev Natalya Gramolina Vladislav Grib Maxim Grigoriev Dmitry Grigorovich Sergey Grigoryev Diana Gurtskaya Vyacheslav Gvozdev (Sergey Pologrudov) Ignaty, Metropolitan of Khabarovsk and Priamurie Oleg Kalinsky Sergey Kashnikov Evgeny Kazantsev Magomed Khadzhimuratov Alexandr Khamidullin Sultan Khamzayev Artyom Kiryanov Andrey Klemeshev Tatyana Klimenko Maria Komarova Vyacheslav Korepanov Mikhail Kornev Valery Korovin Igor Korovkin Olga Kostina Andrey Kovalchuk Vladimir Kovalchuk Veronika Krasheninnikova Albert Krganov Anatoly Kucherena Zaur Kuchiyev Mikhail Lermontov Dmitry Leskin Elvira Lifanova Larisa Litvinyuk Aigun Magomedov Galina Makashina Stepan Maltsev Takhir Mamedov Sergey Markov Iskhak Mashbash Yelena Migunova Lidia Mikheyeva Irina Minkh Ivan Mokhnachuk Andrey Molchanov Lev Mukhlayev Alexandr Muzykantsky Zaurbi Nakhushev Nickolay Naumenko Vladimir Neroyev Bogdan Novorok Vladimir Okrepilov Sergei Ordzhonikidze Pyotr Orlov Nickolay Ostarkov Svetlana Parshkova Inna Parshutina Nickolay Pashtayev Tatyana Pastukhova Alexandr Pelin Olga Poletilo Oleg Polukhin Yury Polyakov Galina Polyanskaya Christina Potupchik Mikhail Prudnikov Konstantin Raikin Andrey Razbrodin Alexey Repik Yelena Reutskaya Mikhail Rudnev Sergey Rudov Alexander Rusakov Sergey Ryakhosky Denis Ryzhy Dmitry Sazonov Eugeny Semenyako Valery Serov Yelena Shapkina Vladimir Shaposhnikov Konstantin Shavrin Sergey Shchetinin Lubov Shevlyakova Alexandr Shipulin Alexander Sholokhov Igor Shpektor Vladimir Shuglya Irina Skvortsova Vladimir Slepak Irina Sorokina Nickolay Strelkov Andrey Suknev Maksim Surayev Elena Sutormina Pavel Sychev Zurab Tsereteli Sangadji Tarbaev Alexey Tishchenko Azamat Tlisov Yelena Topoleva-Soldunova Andrey Tsarev Vladimir Tsukanov Anton Tsvetkov Yevgenia Uvarkina Valery Vasiliev Natalya Vavilova