Vladimir Milov

Head of the Independent Institute of Energy Policy in Moscow

Vladimir Milov is a publicist, economist, energy expert and politician representing the the opposition in Russia. Born in 1972, he graduated from the Moscow State Mining University in 1994 as a mining engineer. Mr. Milov has a professional background that foremostly focuses on energy issues. In 1997-2002, he occupied different positions in the Russian governmental institutions, being responsible for energy policy and energy reforms.

In 1997 he joined the Federal Energy Commission of Russia, the natural monopoly regulator, where he was responsible for design of the basic regulatory legal and methodological framework for electricity and gas sectors up to 2001. In 2002 he served as a Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia. During his work in the Russian Government, Mr. Milov was responsible for development of major structural reform concepts for Russian electricity and railroad sectors. He also developed the concept of market restructurization of Gazprom, which later was banned by President Vladimir Putin. In 2003-2008, Milov founded and chaired an independent energy policy think tank – Institute of Energy Policy.
Milov is also a regular columnist of two major Russian political and business editions: Vedomosti and Gazeta.Ru. In 2008 he published a critical report on the 8 years of Vladimir Putin’s presidency “Putin. The Results” (together with Boris Nemtsov) thus joining political opposition in Russia. Since February 2010, Milov is the leader of the opposition movement “The Democratic Choice”.