President of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Ambassador.
Previous positions: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR (1986-1990); Soviet/Russian Ambassador to Italy (1990-1992); First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1992-1994); Russian Ambassador to Great Britain (1994-1997); Minister of the Russian Federation for CIS Countries Cooperation (1997-1998); Vice President, International Affairs, “SISTEMA“ Joint-Stock Financial Corporation, _oscow, Russia (1998-2005); Guest Scholar, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program, U.S. Institute of Peace (2006-2007).
Holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Author of a number of scientific and journalistic papers on a wide range of international problems; memoirs; several books in Russian: “White Sun of Angola” (2001) and Italian: “The Sunset of the Great Empire”(1993).
Awarded with a number of medals and orders by Russian and foreign governments.
Participant of Annual Meetings: 2008, 2009
Participant of Russia - U.S. Section Conference “Rethinking Russia – U.S. Foreign Policy interests”, 2009