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2011.
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Novyy Vensky zhurnal: Mr. Zmeyevskiy, how can the international organizations in Vienna, which interact with the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation, help to carry out the tasks posed by President Dmitry Medvedev aimed at Russia's modernization?
Alexander Zmeyevskiy: The international organizations in Vienna have significant expert potential and experience in implementing large innovative projects in the most diverse areas. They can also contribute to solving Russia's modernization tasks in the interests of our country's long-term development. Let us take, for example, atomic energy development programs, which constitute a separate vector within the framework of the modernization project. Progress in this area is impossible without extensive international cooperation, a perceptible role in which is played by the IAEA. In accordance with the functions set forth in its statute, the Agency is authorized "to encourage and assist research on, and development and practical application of, atomic energy for peaceful uses throughout the world ..." Today the world atomic energy industry is undergoing rapid development. The demand for energy-efficient and safe nuclear technology is steadily rising. Russia, which possesses immense scientific and industrial potential in this sphere, is traditionally one of the leaders in fundamental and applied research, as well as in the building and operation of atomic energy plants, including in China, India, Bulgaria, and now in Belarus. The IAEA platform offers broad opportunities for promoting Russia's advanced technology for the world market and for exchanging experience, knowledge, and achievements in the nuclear sphere.
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