Research Director of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
Fyodor Lukyanov was an international journalist in 1990-2002. He collaborated with numerous newspapers, radio and television broadcasters. Since 2002, he has been Editor-in-Chief of the Russia in Global Affairs journal. In 2012, Lukyanov was appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy – one of the oldest Russian NGOs.
Since 2015, Lukyanov has been Research Director of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club.
Lukyanov is a Research Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Considered one of the most prominent Russian experts in the field of international relations and foreign policy, he is the author of numerous articles in Russian and international media. Laureate of the Russian Government Award for contribution to international journalism in 2011. Since 2020, he has been the host of Mezhdunarodnoye Obozrenie (International Review) television programme on the Russia 24 TV channel.