"A regular guest in political talk shows on Russian television, acts as a military expert.

In 1976, he graduated from the Higher Naval School of Radio Electronics named after A. S. Popov.

From 1976 to 1985 he served in the Navy of the USSR.

After graduating in 1987 from the command faculty of the A. A. Grechko he lectured at the Department of “Management of Navy Forces”.

In 1992, he graduated from the basic course of the Military Academy of the General Staff named after Kliment Voroshilov.

From 1995 to 2007, he served at the Center for Military-Strategic Research of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

In 1996, he defended his doctoral dissertation in military sciences.

Since 1999, Kostiantyn Sivkov has been researching geopolitical problems and Russia’s place in them.

In 2007, he worked at the research center of the Moscow City University of Management.

In 2012, he started working as journalist, reviewer of Military Industrial Courier Weekly.

2013 – 2015, president of Academy for Geopolitical Issues."