Lara Korablinova is an Indigenous Peoples and social development consultant based in St. Petersburg, Russia. As the first Coordinator of the Indigenous Peoples’ Program for the Sakhalin II project, Ms. Korablinova was a key player in facilitating Sakhalin Energy Investment Corporation’s (SEIC) relations with Indigenous Peoples and has been part of training initiatives on stakeholder engagement and international “best practice” standards for social policy for international entities such as Shell International and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.