INSOR

INSOR (abbreviated Russian:Институт современного развития, Institute of Contemporary Development), known until March 2008 as RIO Center (Russian:РИО-Центр, Center for Development of an Information Society), in a Moscow-based nonprofit think tank affiliated with current president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, who, as of July 31, 2008, heads INSOR's board of trustees. It is the only non-government organization where Medvedev retained formal influence after the presidential election. Daily management of INSOR is delegated to Igor Yurgens, vice-president and spokesman of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.