__RPSA Conference: RC37 Member elected to the Board __ On November 25, Russian Political Science Association held a regular conference in Moscow to hear reports and elect its new officers. Dr. Yan Vaslavskiy, member of RC37 representing Russia (MGIMO-University, Moscow), was elected as Board Member of the Association responsible for PR.

At the conference, President of RPSA, professor at the Chair of Comparative Politics at MGIMO-University (Moscow) Olga Malinova presented a report on the work of the Association in 2008-2010. Mikhail Ilyin, Honorary President of RPSA, professor at the Chair of Comparative Politics at MGIMO-University, and IPSA Executive Committee member, reported on recent IPSA activities. Alexander Nikitin, also Honorary President of RPSA, professor at the Chair of Political Theory at MGIMO-University, Chair of the RPSA Council on International Cooperation, presented a report on the work of the Council.

Conference participants approved a new edition of RPSA Charter and elected new officers to fill in the posts at the Association’s governing bodies. Professor Oxana Gaman-Golutvina, Head of Chair of Comparative Politics at MGIMO-University, was unanimously elected as RPSA’s new President. Olga Malinova resigned from her post in advance, shortly before the end of her term in a month’s time, in order to synchronize the serving terms for the Association’s President and Board.

Besides, RPSA’s new Board members were elected, with a sphere of responsibility assigned to each of the members. The length of the term for the newly-elected President and Board is three years.

At his new post of RPSA Board Member, Dr. Yan Vaslavskiy, responsible for PR, will concentrate on promoting RPSA and its activities in the Russian and foreign media, as well as on working with public bodies and NGO’s, universities, other organizations, and general public. Besides, RPSA’s cooperation with different IPSA RC’s will intensify, with RC37 definitely