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Müller, Deputy Communications Director, Nord Stream 2 AG, Switzerland 21 November 2017: Vygaudas Ušackas, Director, European Institute, Kaunas Technological University, Lithuania 21 November 2017: Veijo Hyvönen, Journalist, Turun Sanomat, Finland 21 November 2017: Andrei V. Belyi, Associate Professor, University of Eastern Finland, Finland 21 November 2017: Vladimir Gelman, Professor, European University at Saint Petersburg, Russia 21 November 2017: Peter W. Schulze, Professor, University of Goettingen, Germany 21 November 2017: Hanna Smith, Director of Strategic Planning and Responses at the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats and Aleksanteri Fellow at the University of Helsinki, Finland 21 November 2017: Juha Väätänen, Professor, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland 21 November 2017: Jussi Niemeläinen, Journalist, Helsingin Sanomat, Finland 21 November 2017: Dmitry Gudimenko, CEO, Capital Development Group, Finland 21 November 2017: Juha Palokangas, Manager, Russia Affairs, Finnish Forest Industries, Finland 21 November 2017: Otso Torniainen, CFO, Fennovoima, Finland 21 November 2017: Kimmo Lundén, Journalist, Maaseudun Tulevaisuus, Finland 15 November 2017: Jan Feller, Deputy Managing Director, German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce 7 November 2017: Meelis Kitsing, Associated Professor, Estonian Business School, Estonia 3 October 2017: Arimo Källi, Chief Superintendent, FSIS, Finland 20 March 2017: Aki Pulli, Chairman, Suomi-Ukraina –silta ry (Finland – Ukraine Association) 17 February 2017: Petri Vuorio, Director, Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, Finland 15 February 2017: Pia Kinnaslampi, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young, Finland 15 February 2017: Heli Pellikka, Director, Russia Desk Leader, Ernst & Young, Finland 10 February 2017: Jarmo Lindholm, Executive Vice President, Atria plc, Finland 3 February 2017: Ari Kurvi, Data Center Manager, Yandex, Finland 23 January 2017: Mika Koskinen, Executive Vice-President, Valio, Finland 20 January 2017: Lauri Veijalainen, CEO, Stockmann Group, Finland 10 January 2017: Joni Hautojärvi, Managing Director, Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta, Finland 30 November 2016: Tapani Mylly, Communications Manager, Meyer Turku, Finland 17 November 2016: Kyösti Järnefelt, Senior Advisor, Finpro, Finland 16 November 2016: Micael Blomster, Managing Director, M Blomster Consulting Oy, Finland 10 November 2016: Maarit Keitanen, Consul, Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg 9 November 2016: Minna Sundelin, Stakeholder Relations Manager Finland and Estonia, Nord Stream 2 AG 3 November 2016: Glenn Gassen, Head of Market Entry and Business Development, German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce 2 November 2016: Aki Kangasharju, Chief Economist, Nordea 27 October 2016: Jonas Wendel, Minister Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki 15 March 2016: Andrey Kletrov, Independent Expert on the Arctic Industries, Russia 8 March 2016: Ilona Mettiäinen, Researcher, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland 9 February 2016: Tapio Pekkola, Communications Manager EU Nordic Policies, Nord Stream AG 28 January 2016: Olha Bas, Third secretary, Embassy of Ukraine in Finland 26 January 2016: Pekka Puolakka, Managing Partner, Law Firm Sorainen 21 January 2016: Sergey Ilyukhin, Head of Long Term Analysis, Fortum Corporation, Finland 12 January 2016: Ilkka Salonen, Member of Board of Directors of various companies 1 December 2015: Viktorija Cohen, Lecturer, Vilnius University, Lithuania 26 November 2015: Alise Barvika, Head of the Representative Office of Investment and Development Agency of Latvia in Finland 26 November 2015: Uģis Bambe, Ambassador of the Embassy of Latvia in Finland 5 November 2015: Pavel Vetrenko, Associate Professor, St. Petersburg State University of Economics, Russia 9 April 2015: Ilkka Kanerva, MP and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, Finland 9 April 2015: Olavi Ala-Nissilä, Former MP and Member of the European Court of Auditors, Finland 10 March 2015: Andrii Olefirov, Ambassador of Ukraine in Finland 6 February 2015: Jadwiga Rogoża, Senior Fellow, Centre for Eastern Studies, Poland 3 February 2015: Elisa Markula, Managing Director, Paulig Coffee Division, Finland 29 January 2015: Maisa Romanainen, Senior Vice President, Passenger Services, VR, Finland 27 January 2015: Jussi Soini, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland in Ukraine 22 January 2015: Timur Uzbjakov, Country Manager, Sormat Oy, Finland 20 January 2015: Olli Pohjanvirta, CEO, Nurminen Logistics, Finland 19 & 20 January 2015: Natalia Zaslavskaia, Associate Professor, St. Petersburg State University, Russia 15 January 2015: Topi Paananen, CEO, Peikko Group, Finland 2 December 2014: Jonne Pöyhtäri, Managing Director, East Consulting Oy, Finland 27 November 2014: Olga Trofimenko, Associate Professor, St. Petersburg State University, Russia 20 November 2014: Svetlana Samsonova, Head of the International Student Academic Unit, National Research University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia 18 November 2014: Anna Pełka, Counsellor, Embassy of Poland in Finland 6 November 2014: Anu Fredrikson, Adviser, Embassy of Finland in Norway 4 November 2014: Anders Lidén, Ambassador of Sweden in Finland 30 October 2014: Esa Hämäläinen, Professor, Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku, Finland 10 October 2014: Venelin Tsachevsky, Professor, Ambassador of Bulgaria in Finland 2003–2006 19 September 2014: Sergey Drobyshevsky, Director of Research, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, Russia 19 September 2014: Yuri Piskulov, Professor, Russian Academy for Foreign Trade, Editor-in-Chief of the journal International Economy, Russia 19 September 2014: Mikhail Pliukhin, Deputy Governor, Kaliningrad region, Russia 19 September 2014: Boris Mints, Chairman of Managing Board, Yegor Gaidar Foundation, Russia 19 September 2014: Ari Niemi, Editorial Writer, Turun Sanomat, Finland 19 September 2014: Yakov Urinson, Deputy Chairman, Yegor Gaidar Foundation, Minister of Economy 1997-1998, Russia 19 September 2014: Oleg Fomichev, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Russia 19 September 2014: Markus Granlund, Dean, Turku School of Economics, Finland 19 September 2014: Juho Savo, Region Mayor, Regional Council of Southwest Finland 10 June 2014: Eero Nelimarkka, Chief Superintendent, FSIS, Finland 14 April 2014: Tero Vauraste, President & CEO, Arctia Shipping, Finland 14 April 2014: Tuomas Kiiski, Doctoral Candidate, Turku School of Economics, Finland 10 April 2014: Nils Torvalds, Candidate for the European Parliamentary elections, Finland 10 April 2014: Sampo Terho, Candidate for the European Parliamentary elections, Finland 10 April 2014: Petri Sarvamaa, Candidate for the European Parliamentary elections, Finland 10 April 2014: Mikael Pentikäinen, Candidate for the European Parliamentary elections, Finland 8 April 2014: Peter Ingman, Member of the Board, Ingman Group, Finland 8 April 2014: Alexander Bolshakov, Director, Energopro, Belarus 8 April 2014: Alexander Martinkevich, Deputy Director, High Technology Park, Belarus 8 April 2014: Elvira Karnitskaya, Chair, Economy Committee of Gomel region, Belarus 8 April 2014: Sergei Tkachenko, Head of Administration, FEZ Grodnoinvest, Belarus 8 April 2014: Andrei Khudyk, Mayor, City of Grodno, Belarus 8 April 2014: Sergei Chizhik, Deputy Chairman, National Academy of Sciences, Belarus 8 April 2014: Natalia Grintsevich, Director of Investment Department, National Agency of Investments and Privatization, Belarus 8 April 2014: Vladimir Ulakhovich, Deputy Chairman, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Belarus 8 April 2014: Björn Grönholm, Director, UBC Environmental Commission, Finland 8 April 2014: Christian Ramberg, Managing Director, Port of Turku, Finland 8 April 2014: Rikumatti Levomäki, Managing Director, Turku Science Park, Finland 8 April 2014: Lasse Aho, Managing Director, Olvi Oyj, Finland 8 April 2014: Kalervo Väänänen, Rector, University of Turku, Finland 8 April 2014: Alexander Guryanov, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Belarus 8 April 2014: Pekka Sundman, Director of City Development Group, City of Turku, Finland 10 March 2014: Martti Hahl, President, Barents Center Finland 6 February 2014: Bakhtiar Ospanov, First Secretary, Embassy of Kazakhstan to Finland 6 February 2014: Saltanat Akhmet, Visiting Lecturer, Kazakhstan Academy of Public Administration 6 February 2014: Murat Nurushev, Professor, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan 30 January 2014: Mikhail Belokon, Doctoral Student, Pan-European Institute, Finland 30 January 2014: Tomi Virtanen, Assistant Manager, Turku Chamber of Commerce, Finland 28 January 2014: Kauko Jämsén, Director, St. Petersburg’s Turku Centre 23 January 2014: Juha Immonen, Senior Partner, Romana Executive Search Oy, Finland 21 January 2014: Alexander Ostrovsky, Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus in Finland 14 & 16 January 2014: Arseniy Svynarenko, Researcher, University of Tampere, Finland 9 January 2014: Timo Lehtinen, Chief Financial Officer, YIT Oyj, Finland 28 November 2013: Natalia Kuznetsova, Professor, St. Petersburg State University, Russia 21 November 2013: Mikko Söderlund, Managing Director, SRV St. Petersburg 14 November 2013: Maimo Henriksson, Ambassador of Finland in Norway 11 & 12 November 2013: Joanna Zukowska, Dr., Warsaw School of Economics, Poland 7 November 2013: Xing Huang, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Finland 4 November 2013: Matthew Lodge, Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Finland 31 October 2013: Nina Tynkkynen, Researcher, School of Management at University of Tampere, Finland 23 April 2013: Marek Menkiszak, Head of the Russian Department, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland 11 February 2013: Marja Liivala, Counsellor, Unit for Russia, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland 6 February 2013: Kai Paananen, CEO, SET Petrochemicals Oy, Finland 28 January 2013: Virpi Herranen, Director, FinNode Russia, Finland 21 January 2013: David Dusseault, Senior Market Analyst, Gasum Oy 16 January 2013: Juha Hämäläinen, President and Chairman of the Board, Finnish Belarusian Chamber of Commerce 14 January 2013: Niko Kyynäräinen, Business Development Director, Turku Region Development Centre, Finland 9 January 2013: Serhey Vasylenko, First Secretary, Trade and Economic Issues, Embassy of Ukraine in Finland 28 November 2012: Vesa Vasara, Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland 27 November 2012: Ruslan Hasbulatov, Professor, Plekhanov Russian Economic University in Moscow, Russia 22 November 2012: Thomas Götz, Ambassador of Germany in Finland 8 November 2012: Nikolay Dobronravin, Professor, St. Petersburg State University, Russia 30 October 2012: Marko Lönnqvist, Journalist, YLE Documentary Programmes, Finland 25 October 2012: Wolf Born, Head of Section, Baltic Sea Affairs, Task Force EU-Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, State Chancellery Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany 25 October 2012: Karl-Heinz Breitzmann, Professor, Managing Director, Baltic Institute of Marketing, Transport and Tourism at the University of Rostock, Germany 25 October 2012: Tomas Malmlöf, Scientist, Department for Defence Analysis, Unit for Security Policy and Strategic Studies, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) 25 October 2012: Jaak Aaviksoo, Minister of Education and Research, Estonia 25 October 2012: Arvydas Sekmokas, Minister of Energy, Lithuania 25 October 2012: Erkki Tuomioja, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland 1 June 2012: Paulina Wilk, Expert, Poland 26 April 2012: Jon Hellevig, Managing Partner, Awara Group 20 April 2012: Liliana Proskuryakova, Director, National Center for International Academic Mobility at National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Russia 19 April 2012: Mekhail Mustak, Doctoral Student, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland 29 March 2012: Oleg Samoukin, 1st Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Finland 22 March 2012: Antti Helanterä, Deputy Director, Policy Planning and Research, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland 20 March 2012: Tarja Valde-Brown, Executive Senior Consultant, Eurofacts Oy, Finland 15 March 2012: Christer Michelsson, Ambassador, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland 9 February 2012: Aleksandra Kuźmińska-Haberla, Lecturer, Department of International Economic Relations, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland 26 August 2011: Jussi Kantola, Associate Professor, Department of Knowledge Service Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology – KAIST, Republic of Korea 25 August 2011: Andriy Chubyk, Executive Director, Centre for Global Studies STRATEGY XXI, Ukraine 25 August 2011: Ildar Gazizullin, Senior Economist, International Centre for Policy Studies, Ukraine 25 August 2011: Mykhailo Gonchar, Director of energy programs, Center NOMOS, Ukraine 25 August 2011: Alex Oprunenco, International Programs Director, Expert-Grup, Moldova 25 August 2011: Anton Lobach, Assisting Development Director, PromInvestCapital Group, Belarus 25 August 2011: Liana Jervalidze, Research Fellow, Ilia State University, Georgia 25 August 2011: Giorgi Mukhigulishvili, Researcher, World Experience for Georgia, Georgia 25 August 2011: Gulmira Rzayeva, Research Fellow, Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan 18 May 2011: Artis Pabriks, Minister of Defence, Latvia 18 May 2011: Jaak Leimann, Professor Emeritus, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia 20 April 2011: Alexander B. Sverchkov, Consul-General of the Russian Federation in Turku, Finland 10 March 2011: Coşkun Sönmez, Expert, Turkey 3 March 2011: Meruert Makhmutova, Director, Public Policy Research Center, Kazakhstan 3 March 2011: Valeriu Prohniţchi, Executive Director, Expert-Grup, Moldova 3 March 2011: Maxim Boroda, Deputy Director, International Centre for Policy Studies, Ukraine 9 February 2011: Markku Jokisipilä, Researcher, Contemporary History, University of Turku 1 December 2010: Kai Mykkänen, Advisor-Economist, East Office of Finnish Industries 17 November 2010: Ismo Laitakari, Managing Director, Sormat Oy 25 September 2010: Pekko Kohonen, Development Director, L&T Biowatti Oy 25 September 2010: Mika Matturi, Senior Manager, Broadband Services, TeliaSonera Finland Oyj 25 September 2010: Hugo Ader, Marketing Director, Lemminkäinen Infra Oy, Russia 25 September 2010: Okan Daher, Chairman, The Finnish Tatar Islamic Community 24 September 2010: Antti Kohtala, Senior Adviser, Communications Policy Department, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland 24 September 2010: Maria Törn, Researcher, Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland 24 September 2010: Juha Kaskinen, Director, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku 24 September 2010: Hannu Salmela, Vice Director, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku 23 September 2010: Irina Nordman, Director, Turku Municipal Waterworks Corporation 23 September 2010: Pekka Puurunen, Road Engineer, South-Western Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, Finland 23 September 2010: Ulla Mauno, Planning Officer, South-Western Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment 22 September 2010: Anne Herneoja, Chief Director, Transport System’s Department, Finnish Transport Agency 22 September 2010: Risto Murto, Director of Unit for Logistics and Russia Cooperation, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland 22 September 2010: Leena Eränkö, Legal Adviser, Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities 22 September 2010: Asta Sihvonen-Punkka, Director General of the Finnish Energy Market Authority 27 May 2010: Andrey Shadurskiy, Senior Lecturer at the School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University, Russia 10 May 2010: Christer Gorschelnik, Chrisgo Consulting, Finland 21 April 2010: Kimmo Elo, Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science and Contemporary History, University of Turku, Finland 6 April 2010: Bo Österlund, Commodore (ret), Finland 26 March 2010: Oksana Shkutko, Associate Professor, Belarus State Economic University 5 March 2010: Matti Nojonen, Programme Director, Finnish Institute of International Affairs 4 February 2010: Jarkko Heinonen, Assistant Manager, Economist, Turku Chamber of Commerce 19 November 2009: Dana Aikio, Doctor of Philosophy, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University 12 November 2009: Ville Korpela, Managing Director, Voskhod Consulting 5 November 2009: Marika Heikkilä, Research 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Barauskaite, Expert, Lithuania 6 March 2009: Antti Vänskä, Counsellor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland 5 March 2009: Risto Venermo, Partner, Russia-Nordic Desk Leader, Ernst & Young Oy 10 February 2009: Antti Saurama, Head of Unit at Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku, Finland 5 February 2009: Anna Czarczyńska, Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Poland 29 January 2009: Antti Pursiainen, Sales Executive, Tikkurila Oy, Finland 27 January 2009: Sigitas Brazinskas, Attaché for Commercial Affairs, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Sweden 4 December 2008: Marioara Iordan, Vice-Director, Institute for Economic Forecasting, Romanian Academy 4 December 2008: Ionut Purica, Senior Researcher, Institute for Economic Forecasting, Romanian Academy 28 November 2008: Simon-Erik Ollus, Economist, East Office of Finnish Industries 28 November 2008: Anna Korppoo, Senior Researcher, Finnish Institute of International Affairs 28 November 2008: Pami Aalto, Jean Monnet Professor, University of Tampere, Finland 28 November 2008: Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief, Russia in Global Affairs, Russia 28 November 2008: Konstantin Khudoley, Dean of School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University 28 November 2008: Saila Karvinen, Programme Manager, Academy of Finland 28 November 2008: Antony Froggatt, Chatman House, UK 28 November 2008: Edward Christie, Economist, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, Austria 28 November 2008: Olli Rehn, Commissioner, European Commission 27 November 2008: Lucio Vinhas de Souza, Head of the Russian Desk, DG ECFIN, European Commission 27 November 2008: Blanka Kalinova, OECD 27 November 2008: Phillip Hanson, Professor, Chatman House, UK 27 November 2008: Johnny Åkerholm, President, Nordic Investment Bank 27 November 2008: Sebastian Sass, Permitting Manager, Nord Stream AG 27 November 2008: Ioannis Samouilidis, Principal Administrator, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, European Commission 27 November 2008: Jukka Ruusunen, CEO, Fingrid Oyj, Finland 27 November 2008: Maria Paatero-Kaarnakari, Senior Vice President, Fortum 27 November 2008: Taavi Veskimägi, Member of the Parliament, Estonia 27 November 2008: Henrik Lax, Member of the European Parliament, Finland 27 November 2008: Jyri Häkämies, Minister of Defence, Finland 11 November 2008: Piia Alvesalo, Advisor, Confederation of Finnish Industries 11 November 2008: Jari Rastas, CEO, Teollisuuden Rakentajat Oy, Finland 30 October 2008: Olexandr Kulakov, Counsellor, Head of the Trade and Economic Mission, Embassy of Ukraine 30 October 2008: Hanna Aanila, Project Coordinator, Centre for Continuing Education, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland 28 October 2008: Vladimir Drazhin, Ambassador, Embassy of Belarus, Lithuania 28 October 2008: Vyacheslav Demidkov, First Secretary, Embassy of Belarus, Lithuania 27 October 2008: Matti Anttonen, Ambassador of Finland to Russian Federation 24 April 2008: Arto Luukkanen, 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