Academic degrees:

• 2004 – Dr.Sc. in Political Science. Thesis title is “Regional Elites: Formation Processes and Interaction Mechanisms in Modern Russian Society”.
• 1980 – PhD in History. Thesis title is “Leftist forces of France and the problem of democratic governance (1968–1979)”.

Education:

• PhD student at the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences.
• Centre for Sociological Analysis of the Higher School of Social Sciences (CADIS, Paris) under the supervision of A. Touraine and M. Wieviorka (1991).
• Moscow Lomonosov State University, graduated from the Faculty of History.

Work experience:

• 40 years in the staff of the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences – from junior researcher to chief researcher
• Head of the Department for Global Issues

Teaching activities:

• Guest Lecturer at the University of Paris (Panthéon-Assas, 1999–2000).
• Visiting Professor at the University of Bordeaux (from 2008 to 2013).

Awards and honors:

• President of France awarded the highest award of the French Republic – Order of the Legion of Honor (2012)
• Honorary Worker of Science and High Technologies of the Russian Federation (2019)

Research fields:

• Social and political implications of globalization
• Political elites of the West
• Political institutions and elites of modern France

Publications:

• The contours of the new political leadership // Urgent problems of Europe. Moscow, 2019. No. 2. P. 8–20 [Контуры нового политического лидерства // Актуальные проблемы Европы. 2019. № 2: Политические лидеры современной Европы / Ред. номера: А. В. Гордон, Н. Ю. Лапина. С. 8–20. DOI: 10.31249/ape/2019.02.04].
• Presidential election in France: landscape after the battle // Urgent problems of Europe. Moscow, 2018, No. 2. P. 111–136 [Президентские выборы во Франции: пейзаж после битвы // Актуальные проблемы Европы. 2018. № 2. С. 111–136].
• The political elite of modern France // Urgent problems of Europe. Moscow, 2017. No. 2. P. 105–126 [Политическая элита современной Франции // Актуальные проблемы Европы. 2017. № 2. С. 105–126].
• Politicians and journalists in the era of the communication revolution // World economy and international relations. Moscow, 2017. No. 9. P. 111–120 [Политики и журналисты в эпоху коммуникационной революции // Мировая экономика и международные отношения. 2017. Т. 61, № 9. С. 111–120].
• France: a view from Russia // Urgent problems of Europe. Moscow, 2016. No. 2. P. 31–64 [Франция: взгляд из России // Актуальные проблемы Европы. 2016. № 2. С. 31–64].
• The political profession in France at the beginning of the 21st century // Est-Europa. Peau, 2015. No. 2015. P. 131–144 (in French) [Le métier politique en France au début du XXI siècle // Est-Europa. Peau, 2015. N 2015. P. 131–144].
• A look at Russia from Europe in the light of Ukrainian events // World economy and international relations. Moscow, 2015. No. 9. P. 24–33 [Взгляд на Россию из Европы в свете украинских событий // Мировая экономика и международные отношения. 2015. № 9. С. 24–33].
• Franco-Russian cross-interpretations of the political system in Russia // The twentieth century. Paris, 2011. No. 110. P. 47–57 (in Frenсh) [Interprétations croisées franco-russes du régime politique en Russie // Le vingtième siècle. Paris, 2011. N 110. P. 47–57].
• Leading regions: economics and political dynamics. Moscow: Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2002. 324 p. (co-authored with A. Chirikova) [Регионы-лидеры: экономика и политическая динамика. Москва: Институт социологии РАН, 2002. 324 с. (в соавторстве с А. Чириковой)].
• Interest groups and the Russian state. Moscow: URSS, 1999 (co-authored with S. P. Peregudov and I. S. Semenenko) [Группы интересов и российское государство. Москва: УРСС, 1999 (в соавторстве с С. П. Перегудовым и И. С. Семененко)].
• Strategies of regional elites: economics, models of power, political choice. Moscow: INION, 2000. 198 p. (co-authored with A. Chirikova) [Стратегии региональных элит: экономика, модели власти, политический выбор. Москва: ИНИОН, 2000. 198 с. (в соавторстве с А. Чириковой)].

Membership of editorial boards of academic journals:

• Member of the editorial board of the Urgent Problems of Europe journal from the RSCI database on the platform of WoS (since 2019 – https://upe-journal.ru/en/).
• Member of the editorial board of the Power and Elites almanac, St. Petersburg.

Membership of professional associations:

• Member of the Scientific Council of the Franco-Russian Analytical Center “Observo”