Oleg Davydov
Oleg Davydov | |
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| Олег Давыдов | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 9 November 1994 – 1 April 1997 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| Minister of Foreign Economic Relations | |
| In office 22 September 1993 – 1 April 1997 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| Preceded by | Sergey Glazyev |
| Succeeded by | Ministry abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oleg Dmitriyevich Davydov May 25, 1940 Moscow |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Economist |
Oleg Dmitriyevich Davydov (Russian: Оле́г Дми́триевич Давы́дов; born 25 May 1940) is a Russian economist who formerly served in the Russian government of Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin as the minister and Deputy Chairman of Government responsible for foreign economic relations. In this position he led negotiations for Russia's first bid to join the World Trade Organization.
Career in government
[edit]After being appointed Deputy Prime Minister for foreign trade in the fall of 1993, he began to liberalize Russia's export regulations in order to appeal to Western economic partners.[1] This was also part of an effort to eventually join the World Trade Organization.[2] The first meeting with WTO officials took place in July 1995, with Davydov leading the Russian delegation, but the process to enter was postponed after the 1998 Russian financial crisis.[3]
Davydov paid a visit to Tehran and praised increased Russian–Iranian cooperation in 1995.[4][5] In Europe he negotiated to reschedule Russia's debt payments to some six hundred banks.[6] In September of that year, at an economic forum in Beijing, Davydov stated that Russia's strategic goal is to increase cooperation with Asia-Pacific countries. In March 1996 he identified China as the country's main strategic partner in the region. Davydov stated: "Moscow's turn to the Asian Pacific region is dictated by its firm conviction that the center of global trade in the 21st century will move to this region, which already accounts for 40 percent of global turnover."[7] Later, in December of the same year, he traveled to Singapore and met with then-Brigadier General Lee Hsien Loong, future Prime Minister of Singapore.[8]
In 1997 Davydov also referred to India as an important strategic partner for Russia, stating that the country did not allow Ukraine a license to export parts of T-80 and other tanks, as the Russian government did not want Ukraine to sell it to India's traditional adversary Pakistan.[9]
Other work
[edit]In 2000, he worked with Valery Oreshkin to publish a book titled Liberalization of Russian Foreign Trade: Problems and Prospects.[10]
Sources
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tsekhmistrenko, Sergei (2 February 1995). Long Road to Free Trade. The Moscow Times. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Russia makes move to join world trade body. UPI. Published 17 July 1995. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ WTO snuck up on me. The results of the first five-year plan of Russia to the world trade organization. Center for Strategic Assessments and Forecasts. Published 30 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Parrish (1996), p. 228
- ^ Suman Bandrapelli, Abraham T. McLaughl, and Peter Nordahl (29 December 1995). News in Brief. Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Nash, Nathaniel C. (17 November 1995). 600 Banks Agree to Reschedule Billions in Russian Debt. The New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Berger (1997), p. 120–121
- ^ DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER (DPM) OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION OLEG DAVYDOV CALLS ON DPM BRIGADIER-GENERAL LEE HSIEN LOONG AT TREASURY BUILDING. National Archives of Singapore. Published 12 December 1996. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ India to buy more defence systems from Russia. Rediff. Published 1997. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Liberalization of Russian Foreign Trade: Problems and Prospects. Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
Books
[edit]- Berger, Mark (1997). The Rise of East Asia: Critical Visions of the Pacific Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415161688.
- Parrish, Scott (1996). The OMRI Annual Survey of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: 1995: Building Democracy. Routledge. ISBN 978-1563249242.
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