"In 1985, graduated from the Department of New and Contemporary History of Europe and America at the Faculty of History of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. He graduated from the postgraduate course of the Faculty of History. PhD (History)

In 1997, he graduated from the College for the Study of Security Issues and International Relations of the European Center for the Study of Security Issues named after J. Marshall (Germany).

In 2001, he completed a training course at the Asia-Pacific Center for the Study of Security Issues (Honolulu, USA).

Dean of the Faculty of World Politics of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. Head of the Department of International Organizations and World Political Processes of the Faculty of World Politics of Moscow State University.

Expert of the working group of the Presidium of the State Council on International Affairs.

Participant of press conferences and talk shows devoted to foreign policy topics."