A. V. YAKOVENKO

Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Law, Professor. Since 1976, he has held various diplomatic positions at the Central Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and abroad. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (2005–2011), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Great Britain (2011–2019). Author of several books on International Space Law, as well as over 200 publications on international relations and foreign policy, science, education, and culture, including: “Geopolitical Turning Point and Russia. What Does the New Foreign Policy Concept Mean”, “2023: Are the New Global Financial Architecture on the Horizon?”, “The World Has Entered the Phase of Searching for New Development Balance”, “Realities of the New World Order”, “25 Trends in Modern International Relations and World Development”, “Current Issues of Progressive Development of International Space Law”, “Modern Space Projects. International Legal Problems”, and others. Member of the Scientific Council under the Security Council of the Russian Federation, the Board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, member of the RAS Council on Space, Full Member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL, Paris), International Academy of Astronautics (IAA, Paris). Honorary Professor of the University of Edinburgh (the United Kingdom). Awarded the Order of Aleksandr Nevsky, Order of Honor, Order of Friendship, Order of Honor of the Republic of South Ossetia, Medals of the Order “For Merit to the Motherland” I and II class, Diplomas of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation.