Education:

1981–1986 — Kazan State University named after V.I. Ulyanov-Lenin (Kazan), Department of Nature Protection, Faculty of Biology and Soil Science.

Advanced Training:

2006 — RANEPA
2007 — MGIMO University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

Professional Experience

Since 2018 — Deputy Director, Federal State Budgetary Institution Information and Analytical Centre for Support of Protected Areas Management

2012–2018 — Adviser to the Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources

2008 — Deputy Director of the Department of State Environmental Policy, Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation

2004–2008 — Head of the Division for Regulatory Framework in the Field of Specially Protected Natural Areas, Department of State Environmental Policy, Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation

2004 — Deputy Head of the Division for Environmental Health Assessment, Department of State Environmental Policy, Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation

2003–2004 — Chief Specialist, Division for Biodiversity Conservation and the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation, Department of Specially Protected Natural Areas, Objects and Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation

1999–2003 — Species Conservation Programme Coordinator, IUCN — The World Conservation Union Representative Office

1986–1991 — Head of the Young Naturalists’ Group, Environmental Education Department, Kazan Zoobotanical Garden

1986 — Bird Keeper, Rare Crane Species Breeding Centre, Oka State Nature Biosphere Reserve

1986 — Laboratory Assistant, Oka State Nature Biosphere Reserve