Sergey Markov

Sergei Alexandrovich Markov is a Russian political scientist, journalist, former close advisor and supporter of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. He is a Candidate of Political Science, associate professor of Public Policy department of Faculty of Philosophy at Moscow State University, professor of the Faculty of Political Science at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University), director of the Institute of Political Studies. He was also a member of the Presidential Commission of the Russian Federation to Counter Attempts to Falsify History to the Detriment of Russia's Interests, which existed between 2009 and 2012.