1977 — graduated from MGIMO, diploma with honors; 1977-2008 — work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia; 2000-2004 — Director of the Department for Security and Disarmament of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia; 2004-2008 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to New Zealand; 2008-2015 — Director of the Department of International Cooperation of Rosatom State Corporation; Since 2016 – Deputy Head of the Department of International Law of MGIMO. Participated in negotiations on the preparation of Russian-American strategic arms reduction treaties, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and the Treaty on Conventional Armed forces in Europe. He was a member of the Russian delegations to the UN, the IAEA, and the CIS. He led Russian delegations in negotiations on the conclusion of more than 10 intergovernmental agreements on the peaceful use of atomic energy. Degree: PhD in Law, defended his thesis on the topic of “Legal Problems and Prospects of Weapons Prohibition in Space”. Expertise: International Nuclear Law, International Space Law, International Security Law, International Energy Law, Arctic Law. Author of more than 40 scientific publications. Member of the Advisory Board of the PIR Center since 2004. 10/22
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