"A Soviet and Russian statesman and politician, scholar, writer, grandson of the USSR statesman V. M. Molotov, was the secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Moscow State University, a member of the State Duma of the 1st, 6th, 7th and 8th convocations. Member of the UNITED RUSSIA parliament group, first deputy chairman of the Committee on International Affairs. Chairman of the board of the “Russian World” Foundation (until 2023, his position was taken by Aleksandr Alimov, official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Dc. Sci. (History), dean of the public administration faculty of the Moscow State University. Honorable Educator of the Russian Federation (2021).

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he is on international sanctions lists of the EU, the USA, the UK and some other countries."