The Russian Mineralogical Society is a member and one of the establishers (Madrid, 8^th April, 1958) of the International Mineralogical Association, which includes scientific societies and associations working in the field of mineralogy from 37 countries (see history). IMA activities are given in the conferences list.
             IMA website: http://www.ima-mineralogy.org

National Representative of Russia in IMA: Prof. Sergey Krivovichev

Current IMA information:  20th IMA General Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, August 2010

Russian IMA representatives
(according to information published on the IMA website till 14^th January, 2006)

IMA Council:

Nicolai P. Yushkin – 2^nd Vice-President.

Commissions:

Applied Mineralogy (CAM) – no representative.
Classification of Minerals (CCM) – Dmitry Yu. Pushcharovsky (Moscow), Chairman.
Gem Materials (CGM) –  Tatiana V. Possoukova (Moscow).
Mineral Growth and Interface Processes (CMGIP) – Arkadyi E. Glikin (St. Petersburg).
Museums (CM) – Dmitrii I. Belakovskii  (Moscow).
New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) – Andrei G. Bulakh (St. Petersburg).
Ore Mineralogy (COM) – Nadejda N. Mozgova (Moscow).
Physics of Minerals (CPM) – Arnold S. Marfunin (Moscow).

Working Groups:

Astromineralogy (WGA)  – no representative.
Environmental Mineralogy (WGEM) – no representative.
Inclusions in Minerals (WGIM) – Segei Z. Smirnov (Novosibirsk), Secretary.
Mineral Equilibria (WGME) – Leonid L. Perchuk (Moscow), Chairman.

Committees:

Committee on Computer Science and Internet Applications (CICA) – no representative.