Diploma in International Relations, Moscow State Institute for Foreign Relations, USSR (1985). Deputy Director, Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, MFA of the Russian Federation since August 2018, Deputy Governor to the IAEA Board of Governors since October 2018. Career diplomat with the Russian Federation Foreign Service, has the rank of Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, with assignments: 2010-2018 – Director, On-Site Inspection Division, Provisional Technical Secretariat of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization; 2005-2010 – Deputy Director, Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, MFA of the Russian Federation, Member of the Russian Delegation to the 2005 NPT Review Conference, Deputy Head of the Delegation to 2010 NPT Review Conference; 2004-2005 – Head of Global Partnership Division, Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, MFA; 2002-2004 – Counsellor, Senior Counsellor (nuclear non-proliferation, CTBT, Global Partnership), Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, MFA; 1998-2002 – First Secretary (CTBTO PrepCom), Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the International Organizations in Vienna; 1994-1998 – Second Secretary, First Secretary, Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, MFA, Expert of the Russian delegation to the CTBT negotiations in Geneva; 1986-1990 – Attache, USSR Embassy in Myanmar; 1985-1986 – Asst. Attache, South Asia Department, MFA. PIR Center Advisory Board member since 2019. 10/22