М. S. GUSMAN

First Deputy Director General of the Russian News Agency TASS, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, Honored Journalist of the Russian Federation, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation. TV and radio presenter. The author of the TV series “Formula of Power” (since 2000, he has exclusively interviewed about 450 world leaders). He is the author of books, many scripts for TV films and programs. Vice-President of the World Congress of Information Agencies, Secretary General of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA), representative of the Russian Federation in the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee on Information and Communications (IPDC). He is a laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, the Moscow Government Prize in journalism, and the Golden Pen Prize of the Union of Journalists of Russia. He was awarded the Order for Merit to the Fatherland IV class, the Order of Friendship, the Order of Honour and a number of state awards from foreign countries.