Shake up of PGRFA in Russia?

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree establishing the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources.

Wait, isn’t there one already?

The President decided to establish such a center on the basis of the Federal Research Center “All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources named after N. I. Vavilov.”

Wait, what does “on the basis” mean?

In order to ensure coordination of the activities of the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources, I decide:

1. Establish an Interdepartmental Commission on the Formation, Preservation and Use of Collections of Plant Genetic Resources…

Ah, ok.

The Interdepartmental Commission on the Formation, Preservation and Use of Collections of Plant Genetic Resources (hereinafter referred to as the Commission) was established to ensure coordination of the activities of the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources (hereinafter referred to as the National Center).

So what is this National Centre though?

The Chairman of the Commission is the director of the federal state budgetary scientific institution “Federal Research Center All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources named after N.I. Vavilov”.

Fair enough.

Stay tuned. Thanks to Isby for digging all this up.