Experts

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

Freelance reporter based in Kolkata

MGIMO-University

Doctor of International Law, Professor, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director General of the International Information Agency "Rossiya Segodnya", RIAC Member

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

PhD in history, Department of Modern History and Socio-Political issues of Central and South Eastern European Countries, RAS Institute of Slavonic Studies

Counselor of the National Committee for BRICS Research

Russian International Affairs Council Expert, Member of Space Generation Advisory Council

Doctor of Political Sciences, Head of Center of Socio-Political Studies ISKRAN

Ph.D. in Political studies, Middle East expert and Russian foreign policy analyst, MA Global Public Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

Vice Admiral, United States Coast Guard (retired)

Director of the Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Independent expert

Head of the Mongolia Unit, Senior Researcher at the Korea and Mongolia Division, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of History, Professor of the Higher School of Economics

Doctor of Economics, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, RIAC Member

Dr. of Geography, Professor of Economics, Head of the Center for Northern and Arctic Economies

PhD in Economics, Head of the innovative direction at the Interdepartmental Analytical Center

PhD in Geography, senior researcher, Institute of Demography HSE

Expert in the Foreign Policy and Security division at the Center for Strategic Research

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

BA in International Relations, Higher School of Economics

PhD in History, Associate Professor, Department of Post-Soviet Countries, Russian State University for the Humanities, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies

Doctor in Political Science, PhD in History, Professor at School of world politics of MSU

Commentator for International Affairs under the Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)