Valdai Club

Member, Russian Council on International Affairs (RCIA); Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; DSc in History .

Previous positions: Assistant Director, Middle East and North Africa Department, MFA of Russia (1991–1993); Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Kuwait (1993–1998); Director, History-Documentary Department, MFA of Russia (1998–2003); Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Turkey (2003–2007); Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Israel (2007–2011). Research interests: Russian diplomacy and foreign policy history. Awards: Order of Friendship (2002), Honorary Archivist of Russia (2003), Honorary Worker of the MFA of Russia (2005); Order of St. Sergius, 3d class, Order of Great Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society (IOPS), Order of Knights Commander of the Holy Sepulcher (2011), Alexander Nevsky Russian National historical-literary 1st prize.