On episode 61 of the show we are joined by Vladimir Karasev, political scientist, member of the Coordination Council at the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for the integration of new territories. He is a former Chairman of the International Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs and ex co-chairman of the Expert Council on the expansion of Russian-Ukrainian economic cooperation. Karasev is also a former member of Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society (from Ukraine) and has been awarded the Certificate of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. He had worked in management positions at large Ukrainian and foreign enterprises related to the production of building materials, as well as the construction of various types of facilities. Karasev lived in Kiev until the events of Euromaidan.