Experts

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Senior Lecturer, Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI” and Saint Petersburg State University

Research fellow at the French Institute for International Relations (Paris, France)

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor at MGIMO-University Integration Processes Department

Candidate of Political Sciences, European Integration Faculty, MGIMO-University

PhD in Political Science, Deputy Director for Academic Work under the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC member

Former First Deputy Chief of the Military Science Department, Russian Armed Forces General Staff

Member of the State Duma, the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Dean of Public Administration Faculty of the Moscow State University, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

Head of the "Africa in the Focus of Russian Interests" Programme at the MGIMO University

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics; research fellow at the RAS Institute of Latin American Studies; research fellow at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Doctor of Economics, Head of Marketing and Advertising Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Honorary Member of the Guild of Marketers

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS; Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Economic Geography of Asian and African countries, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Independent expert, specializes in EU, US and WTO affairs

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Assistant Professor at the University of Crete, Department of Political Science

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Dr. of Political Science, Chief Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian–Chinese Relations Studies and Forecasting of the Institute of Far
Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Sciences in Economics, Professor, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academic Director of the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering within the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Freelance reporter based in Kolkata

Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Ph.D. in History, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Humanities, Novosibirsk State Technical University; Associate Professor, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tyumen