Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO

Graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1989 as Candidate of Historical Sciences.

Has been active as a diplomat since 1989.

• 1989-1995 – Official of the Embassy of the USSR, and (since 1991) the Embassy of Russia, in China
• 2001-2004 – Head of the First Asian Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• 2004-2008 – Minister Counselor of the Russian Embassy in Indonesia
• 2008-2011 – Deputy Director of the Asian and Pacific Cooperation Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• September 14, 2011 to September 17, 2014 – Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Shanghai Cooperation Organization Affairs, National Coordinator SCO Affairs for the Russian Federation, Ambassador-at-large
• August 25, 2014 to November 2, 2018 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Thailand and concurrently Permanent Representative of Russia to ESCAP in Bangkok
• 2018-present – Ambassador-at-large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
• 2020-present – Professor of Diplomacy and Professor of Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai and Lao at MGIMO
• 2023-present – Head of the Department of Diplomacy at MGIMO

Working languages: English and Chinese