Deputy General Director of the Energy Strategy Institute
A member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, expert of the Russian Council on International Affairs, member of the RAS Council on Energy Issues of Russia (since 1999), previously a member of the Scientific and Technical Council Bureau of RAO «UES of Russia» (since 1995), member of the Expert Council of the Oil Industry of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Russia (1997–2002), member of the Expert Council on Problems Refining Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Russia (1998–2001), member of the Board of the Ministry of Energy of Russia (1999–2002). Since 1998, Professor at the Department of International Oil and Gas Business, Gubkin Russian State University of oil and gas.
In 1971–1978 - junior researcher, later senior researcher of the Council for the Study of Productive Forces (SOPS) under the USSR State Planning Committee. 1978–1980 - Representative SOPS in Mongolia. 1980–1992 - Senior Researcher, then Head of Sector, Head of Department of the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Complex Fuel and Energy Problems (VNIIKTEP) under the USSR State Planning Committee (Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation). In 1992–2002 - Head of the Main Integrated Directorate for Future Development of the Fuel and Energy Complex, Department of Strategic Development of the Fuel and Energy Complex of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy (Ministry of Energy) of the Russian Federation.
In 2002–2003 and from 2012 to the present, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oil and Gas Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 2003–2011 - Deputy Head of the Department for Prospective Development, Science and Ecology, then Advisor to the Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom.
Sphere of interests: strategic development of the gas industry in Russia, analysis and forecast of the development of foreign energy markets, international energy cooperation.
