

PhD in Political Science.
Born on June 14, 1953.
Leading Expert at the Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University. Graduated from Maurice Thorez Moscow State Institute of Foreign Languages. Worked at the Committee of the Soviet Youth Organizations responsible for emerging leaders programs. In 1991-1994, he was a researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Economic Strategies at the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1991 – a Visiting Professor in Western International University, Arizona, USA. From 1993 to 2018, he served at the Russian Foreign Ministry. Seconded in the OSCE missions in Nagorno-Karabakh (1994-1996) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996-1998). Worked on arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament issues at the Russian Foreign Ministry since 1998. For example, he held the position of the Hеаd of Multilateral Disarmament Division. He participated in the negotiations on multilateral disarmament as an official member of the Russian delegations. Headed the Russian delegations on LAWS issue within the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) (unofficial and official formats) in the framework of United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) in Geneva (2013-2018).
Member of PIR Center Advisory Board since 2018.
Publications:
E7/AST – 12/25


