Corresponding member of the Tsiolkovsky Academy of Cosmonautics. Executive secretary of the Space Committee, Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation with the U.S. Participant in negotiations with NASA on the Mir-Shuttle program, cooperation agreements with the U.S., ESA, Japan, intergovernmental agreements on ISS. Head of the Russian Space Agency’s Manned Space Flight Programs since 2004 till 2015. PIR Center Advisory Board member since 2003.