"A Russian historian, specialist in the history of the Great Patriotic War, Dr. Sc. (History), professor.

Head of the Center for the History of Wars and Geopolitics of the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, professor at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations (U) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, scientific director of the Russian Military Historical Society, adviser to the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation (in 2012-2020) V.R. Medinsky.

In 2024 he was a trusted representative of Vladimir Putin in the presidential election campaign."