Leadership
Chairman
He graduated from Leningrad State University named after A.A.Zhdanov and the Diplomatic Academy of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2001, he defended his PhD thesis at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the topic "Alawites in the socio-political life of Syria, the 40s - 90s of the twentieth century."
He worked in various government organizations, including the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and private structures. From 2002 to 2023, he held senior positions in the Russian aircraft industry.
For many years, he held the position of Director General of the Russia-ASEAN Cooperation Foundation, and was also a member of the Russian Federation Commission on ASEAN Affairs and the Russian Government Commission on Participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum.
On the recommendation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, he was included in the Russia-ASEAN Group of Prominent Figures.
Since 2013 – Chairman of the Business Council for Cooperation with Malaysia.
From 2015 to 2022, he was Deputy Director for Development at the Institute of Applied Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Since 2024, he has been Deputy Scientific Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, General Director of Vostochnaya Tribune Scientific and Analytical Portal LLC.
He is the author of numerous scientific publications on issues related to the history and religion of the Middle East and Asia, in Russian, English and Arabic.
He holds a number of state and government awards of the USSR, the Russian Federation, as well as foreign countries, including the Orders of Military Merit, Honor, Friendship, the Order of the Cedar (Lebanon), diplomas of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. In addition, he was awarded the I.Y. Krachkovsky Medal (IB RAS), the badge "For Cooperation" of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the badge "Honorary Aircraft Manufacturer of the Russian Federation".
He speaks Arabic and English.
He is married and has two children.
He worked in various government organizations, including the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and private structures. From 2002 to 2023, he held senior positions in the Russian aircraft industry.
For many years, he held the position of Director General of the Russia-ASEAN Cooperation Foundation, and was also a member of the Russian Federation Commission on ASEAN Affairs and the Russian Government Commission on Participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum.
On the recommendation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, he was included in the Russia-ASEAN Group of Prominent Figures.
Since 2013 – Chairman of the Business Council for Cooperation with Malaysia.
From 2015 to 2022, he was Deputy Director for Development at the Institute of Applied Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Since 2024, he has been Deputy Scientific Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, General Director of Vostochnaya Tribune Scientific and Analytical Portal LLC.
He is the author of numerous scientific publications on issues related to the history and religion of the Middle East and Asia, in Russian, English and Arabic.
He holds a number of state and government awards of the USSR, the Russian Federation, as well as foreign countries, including the Orders of Military Merit, Honor, Friendship, the Order of the Cedar (Lebanon), diplomas of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. In addition, he was awarded the I.Y. Krachkovsky Medal (IB RAS), the badge "For Cooperation" of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the badge "Honorary Aircraft Manufacturer of the Russian Federation".
He speaks Arabic and English.
He is married and has two children.