Mr. Vladimir Milov is a Russian opposition politician, publicist, economist, and energy expert, and an economic and international affairs adviser to the Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, as well as Vice President of the Free Russia Foundation based in Washington D.C. In 1997-2002, Mr. Milov had worked with the Russian Government, including as Deputy Energy Minister in 2002. He was the author of concept of breaking up and unbundling Gazprom vetoed by Vladimir Putin. Later, Mr. Milov became one of the major public critics of Vladimir Putin, working closely with late opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, and later - with Alexey Navalny.