1984

Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University) and joined diplomatic service.

1984 - 2001

Junior officer at the Embassy of the USSR in France, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR / Russian Federation, Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations;

2001 – 2004

Deputy Director of the Department on New Challenges and Threats at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation;

2004 – 2009

Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Security Council (New York);

2009 – 2019

Director of the Department on New Challenges and Threats at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation