Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Russian independent research institute

Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations
Национальный исследовательский институт мировой экономики и международных отношений имени Е. М. Примакова Российской академии наук

Established	1956 (1956)
Field of research	Economics, Political Science, International Relations
Director	Fyodor Voytolovskiy
Location	Moscow, Russia 55°40′29″N 37°33′41″E / 55.6747°N 37.5613°E / 55.6747; 37.5613
Affiliations	Russian Academy of Sciences
Website	imemo.ru/en

The Institute of World Economy and International Relations (Russian: Институт мировой экономики и международных отношений), or IMEMO, is an independent research institute based in Moscow, Russia. In August 2015 the Institute has changed its name to the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations to commemorate the name of its former director academician Yevgeny Primakov, who led the Institute from 1985–1989.

Founded in 1956 as a successor to the earlier Institute of World Economy and Politics (1925–1948), the institute is a non-profit organization acting within the Charter of the Russian Academy of Sciences.