Andrei Sakharov Research Centre for Democratic Development | 84 followers on LinkedIn. The Research Centre contributes to the development of a pluralist and democratic society in Eastern Europe | A Research Institute connecting European societies with state-of-the-art academic research developments in Eastern Europe and the former USSR. We draw upon the person of Nobel Peace Laureate Andrei Sakharov, whose life and thoughts so much embody the European spirit, as a source of inspiration for a region that so much lacks moral figures.