abstract:INSOR (abbreviated , Institute of Contemporary DevelopmentThe organization itself translates its name as the Institute of Contemporary Development. It also appears in the news as the Institute of Modern Development ), known until March 2008 as RIO Center (, 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.