• Advanced Law Degree – Ph.D. (Kandidat Nauk) in Law (Institute of State and Law of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia);
• Extensive Legal Experience with a number of businesses and NGOs in Russia, Ukraine, and USA. Over 10 publications on legal issues.
• Strong analytical, research and management skills.
• Experience in administration of international projects (funded by TACIS, Open Society Institute, USAID, DOJ, INL, DRL, NED).
• Successful experience in development of business relations in the regions of Russia with civil society and government at all levels (St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Pskov, Kaliningrad, Nizhniy Novgorod, Ulyanovsk, Kazan, Krasnoyarsk, Perm’,