Born July 9, 1941 in Moscow.
In 1964 he graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). Candidate of historical sciences.
. From 1964 to 1966 - assistant, senior lecturer of the Committee of Youth Organizations (DMOs) USSR.
. In 1966 - 73 - Soviet representative in the magazine "World Youth" and in the Bureau of the World Federation of Democratic Youth in Budapest (Hungary).
. In 1973 - first deputy chairman of the ERC of the USSR
. From 1973 to 1978 - the referent of the International Department of the CPSU Central Committee, since 1978 - in the Department of the CPSU Central Committee's foreign propaganda.
. From 1989 to 1991 - deputy head of the International Department of the CPSU Central Committee.
. From August to December 1991 - press-secretary of the USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev.
. Since 1989 - member of the board of founders of the newspaper Moscow News
. From 1992 to 1994 - political commentator weekly Moscow News.
From 1994 - correspondent of weekly magazine "New Times" in Paris. Since 1996 - Member of the Editorial Board of the New Age.
Since 1997, published in the weekly Novaya Gazeta. Monday ".
Author of books "The Kremlin Chronicles" and "Continue without me ...", dedicated to the last days of presidency M. S. Gorbachev.
Fluent in English and French.
