PIR Center congratulates friends and colleagues who celebrated their birthdays in December!

Ponomarev-Stepnoi, Nikolai N., Scientific Advisor to Director General, Directorate Member, Rosenergoatom; PIR Center Advisory Board Member since 2002.

December 3

Jayatilleka, Dayan, Senior Advisor on International Relations to the Leader of the Opposition, Daily FT Columnist, PIR Center Advisory Board Member since 2022.

December 3

Einhorn, Robert, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, PIR Center Advisory Board Member since 2007.

December 7

Berdyev, Marat V., Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ambassador-at-Large; G20 Sous-Sherpa; APEC Senior Official; Chief Coordinator for Greater Eurasian Partnership, Moscow, Russia (since 2025)

December 7

Borodavkin, Alexey N., Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Kazakhstan.

December 10

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Margelov, Mikhail V., the Head of UNESCO Department on Asian and African Studies: Modern Methods of Studying and Teaching at the Institute of Asian and African Studies of Moscow State University.

December 22

Ponamareva, Anastasia M., Associate Professor of the Department of International Security, Deputy Dean on Research, Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University; PIR Center Advisory Board Member since 2022.

December 23

Polikanov, Dmitry V., Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo).

December 28

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Baranovski, Vladimir G., the Chief Research Scientist, a member of Directorate of IMEMO RAS, the Head of Research of the Center for Situational Analysis.

December 30

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