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Mikhail Zhelezniak (born 24.12.1956) – Director of the Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Yakutsk), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Full Member of Sakha (Yakutia) Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Geol. & Miner. Sciences, Honored Worker in Science and Technology of the Russian Federation, Merited Scientist of Sakha (Yakutia), professor of the North-Eastern Federal University. Permafrost scientist with research interests in regional geocryology and permafrost geothermics, author of 350 publications, including 5 monographs. Editor-in-Chief of Kriosfera Zemli; editorial board member of Inzhenernye Izyskania and Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions; Chair of the D 003.025.01 Dissertation Council at Melnikov Permafrost Institute; member of the Interdisciplinary Councils on Earth Sciences of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Sakha (Yakutia) Academy of Sciences, SB RAS Yakutian Scientific Center Presidium, Sakha (Yakutia) Head’s Advisory Council on Research and Technology Policy. Member of the Presidential Implementation Council, Russian Federal Environmental and Climate Change Research Program for 2021-2030.

Aleksander Makarov – geomorphologist, doctor of geographical sciences, professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
PhD and doctoral theses are devoted to the variability of the Arctic environment over the past ten thousand years. Alexander Makarov's research interests include the paleogeography of the earth's polar regions in the Holocene, as well as the Sea Level variability.
In 2000 entered St. Petersburg State University on faculty of geography and geoecology, Department of geomorphology. In June 2005 he joined the Department of geography of the polar states of AANII and continued his active expedition and research work. In 2003-2009, annually participated in the organization and conduct of international Russian-German expeditions to The Lena Delta, and from 2010 to 2015 led these expeditions. In 2009, on the basis of the collected materials he defended his PhD thesis on the specialty "Geomorphology and evolutionary geography" on " Laptev Sea Level Fluctuations as a Factor in the Formation of The Lena Delta in the Holocene", in 2017 – doctoral thesis on "Fluctuations of Level of the Arctic Seas in the Holocene". Participated in the creation of a new modern research station on the island Samoilovsky. In 2016, he was appointed to the position of Deputy Director of Federal State Budgetary Institution AANII, after which headed the work on the creation of The Russian scientific center on Svalbard archipelago. Since September, 2017 holds a post of the Director of the Arctic and Antarctic research Institute of Roshydromet.

Nikolai Kharitonov graduated from the Novosibirsk Agricultural Institute with in agronomics and from the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation. He is a Candidate of Sciences (Econ.).
Director of a state farm, Chairman of AO Galinskoye (Moshkov District of the Novosibirsk Region). Honoured agricultural worker of the Russian Federation. Honoured physical culture worker of the Russian Federation.
He has been elected deputy to the rural and district councils of people’s deputies, deputy to the Novosibirsk Region Council of People’s Deputies, a people’s deputy of the RSFSR; has been a member of the Committee of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation for social development of rural areas, agrarian issues and food. Nikolai Kharitonov was nominated by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation as President of the Russian Federation in the 2004 election.
Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of all the six convocations.
Member of the faction of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
He has been awarded the “Order of Friendship”, medals “For Labour Merit”, “To commemorate the 850th Anniversary of Moscow”, the commemorative anniversary medal and commemorative token of the Chairman of the State Duma “100 Years from the Day the State Duma was Founded in Russia”, Honorary Certificate of the State Duma, badge of honour of the State Duma “For Merits in Developing Parliamentarism”, gold medal “For Contribution to the Development of the Agricultural Complex of Russia”, medal “For Merits to the Novosibirsk Region”.

Aleksander Makarov – geomorphologist, doctor of geographical sciences, professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
PhD and doctoral theses are devoted to the variability of the Arctic environment over the past ten thousand years. Alexander Makarov's research interests include the paleogeography of the earth's polar regions in the Holocene, as well as the Sea Level variability.
In 2000 entered St. Petersburg State University on faculty of geography and geoecology, Department of geomorphology. In June 2005 he joined the Department of geography of the polar states of AANII and continued his active expedition and research work. In 2003-2009, annually participated in the organization and conduct of international Russian-German expeditions to The Lena Delta, and from 2010 to 2015 led these expeditions. In 2009, on the basis of the collected materials he defended his PhD thesis on the specialty "Geomorphology and evolutionary geography" on " Laptev Sea Level Fluctuations as a Factor in the Formation of The Lena Delta in the Holocene", in 2017 – doctoral thesis on "Fluctuations of Level of the Arctic Seas in the Holocene". Participated in the creation of a new modern research station on the island Samoilovsky. In 2016, he was appointed to the position of Deputy Director of Federal State Budgetary Institution AANII, after which headed the work on the creation of The Russian scientific center on Svalbard archipelago. Since September, 2017 holds a post of the Director of the Arctic and Antarctic research Institute of Roshydromet.

Igor Muraev was born on October 17 in Omsk region.
In 1997, he graduated with honors from the Omsk State Agrarian University with a degree in “Accounting, Control and Analysis of Economic Activities”. In 1997-1998 underwent retraining at the Siberian Academy of Government Administration with a degree in “State and Municipal Administration”.
In 2004, at the Ural State Economic University he defended his thesis on "Formation of a regional market for fuel resources" with the assignment of a PhD in economics.
From 2000 to 2006, he worked at the Ministry of Economy of the Omsk Region, where Igor Muraev went from a leading specialist to the head of the department of the development of industrial and utility infrastructure and public administration reform.
Since 2006, Igor Muraev was appointed Deputy Minister, Head of the Department of Finance and Economics of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Utilities of the Omsk Region, and since 2008, First Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing and Utility Services of the Omsk Region.
From 2009 to 2012 - Minister of Economy of the Omsk Region.
From 2013 to 2015 - Advisor to the Director of Federal State Budgetary Institution “Roslesinforg” (FSBI “Roslesinforg”).
From 2015 to 2017 - Director of “Zapsiblesproekt” branch (Novosibirsk).
From 2017 - Director of the FSBI “Roslesinforg”.

Igor Muraev was born on October 17 in Omsk region.
In 1997, he graduated with honors from the Omsk State Agrarian University with a degree in “Accounting, Control and Analysis of Economic Activities”. In 1997-1998 underwent retraining at the Siberian Academy of Government Administration with a degree in “State and Municipal Administration”.
In 2004, at the Ural State Economic University he defended his thesis on "Formation of a regional market for fuel resources" with the assignment of a PhD in economics.
From 2000 to 2006, he worked at the Ministry of Economy of the Omsk Region, where Igor Muraev went from a leading specialist to the head of the department of the development of industrial and utility infrastructure and public administration reform.
Since 2006, Igor Muraev was appointed Deputy Minister, Head of the Department of Finance and Economics of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Utilities of the Omsk Region, and since 2008, First Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing and Utility Services of the Omsk Region.
From 2009 to 2012 - Minister of Economy of the Omsk Region.
From 2013 to 2015 - Advisor to the Director of Federal State Budgetary Institution “Roslesinforg” (FSBI “Roslesinforg”).
From 2015 to 2017 - Director of “Zapsiblesproekt” branch (Novosibirsk).
From 2017 - Director of the FSBI “Roslesinforg”.

13 June 1979 (37 yrs)

Current projects сommercial

Head of SEVER Group, Moscow, Russia
Оperations with demolition of buildings, recycled waste in Russian Federation and CIS: steel scrap, plastic waste, carton waste, glass waste, electornic scrap. $ 50 mln turnover annualy.

Board Member, Murmansk Shipping Company (www.msco.ru)
The oldest and largest shipping company in the Russian Federation for Arctic logistics on the Nothern Sea Route. $50 mln turnover annually.

Board Member, Bank Sputnik, Moscow, Russia (www.banksputnik.com)

Banking and financial operations in Russia and CIS

Public

Business ombudsman of the President of the Russian Federation for environment

Ambassador of Bureau of International Recycling in Russia

Head of the Environmental Committee of Business Russia

Member of Financial Commission of Moscow City

Charity
Founder of Asylum, www.aibolit.ge
Entrepreneur of Theatre “Pevtsov”, www.dmitrypevtsov.ru

WORK EXPERIENCE
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, MOSCOW, RUSSIA (www.pwc.ru)
Tax Consultant

2002-2004
EDUCATION
Finance Academy of the Government of the Russian Federation, Banking Business (www.fa.ru) graduated 2002 in Moscow, Russia

PERSONAL
Active traveller, twice visited North Pole, 90 + countries.

Currently holds the position of General Director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise State Trust Arktiugol.

Arctic Blogger No.1. Ambassador of the Arctic and the Far East. Author of the ‘About Travel’ Channel
Bogdan Bulychev – Head of the Centre for the Support and Development of Expeditionary Activities and Tourist Attraction of the RGO Expo Regions, Ambassador of the Arctic, Far East and TOYOTA in Russia. Organizer of international projects that aim to promote and increase tourist flows to regions of the Far East and Arctic.
During the existence of the RGO Expo Expeditionary Centre since 2015, more than 15 major international and Russian expeditions have been conducted with views by more than 350,000,000 people. The RGO Expo team and its head Bogdan Bulychev have become recognizable on virtually every continent in the world. The Arctic-Dixon and North Pole projects were viewed by 198 million and 168 million people, respectively.

Deputy Director for Regional Development at the Information and Analytical Centre of the State Commission for Arctic Development, an autonomous non-profit organization.
Born on 28 May 1989 in Bryansk, Bryansk Region.
Graduated from Bryansk State Technical University in 2011 with two degrees in economics and management, and engineering.
From 2011 to 2013, he worked as an engineer at Bryanskenergo, a branch of MRSK Centre (Rosseti).
Since 2013, he has been involved in regional development in various positions: in the civil service of the Bryansk Region, in the non-profit Monotowns Development Fund (MONOGORODA.RF of the VEB.RF Group), and in the JSC Corporation for Development of the Far East and the Arctic. Since 2020, he has been the Deputy Director for Regional Development of the Information and Analytical Centre of the State Commission for Arctic Development.
He participated in the preparation of several strategic planning documents at the municipal, regional and federal levels, including the preparation of the priority programme of the Russian government’s project “Integrated Development of Monotowns”, the Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Arctic until 2035, the Strategy of Development and National Security of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation until 2035, and the Russian state programme “Social and Economic Development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation”.

Andrei Sokolov was born on February 15, 1976 in Mytishchi, Moscow Region. 1997: graduated from the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics in marketing. 2001 to 2014: worked at the Ministry of the Economic Development of the Russian Federation.2014 to 2015: worked at the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Crimean Affairs.Since December 2015: Assistant General Director of the TASS news agency. Has been involved in the develoment and implementation of the following programmes: Government programme of the Russian Federation “Socioeconomic develoment of the Far East and the Baikal Region”; Government programme of the Russian Federation “Development of the North Caucasus Federal District” for the period up to 2025; Government programme “Accessible environment” for the period from 2011 to 2015; Federal target programme “Economic and social development of the Far East and the Baikal Region for the period up to 2018’; Federal target programme “Socioeconomic develoment of the Kuril Islands (Sakhalin Region) from 2016 to 2025”; Federal target programme “Socioeconomic development of the Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol up to 2020”; Federal target programme “Development of physical culture and sports in the Russian Federation from 2016 to 2020”; Federal target programme “Development of domestic and inbound tourism in the Russian Federation (2011 to 2018)”; Awards: Honourary Certificate of the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation (2004), Honourary Certificate of the Government of the Russian Federation (2009), award pin “For merit” (2011) and others.

Ms. Popova, M.D., has a degree in medicine and prophylactics, professor in medical hygiene.
Worked as an epidemiologist, chief of epidemiology at Budennovsk hospital, chief epidiemologist in State Center in Serpukhov and Pushino, deputy head of Rospoterbnadzor in Moscow oblast, head of HR or Rospoterbnadzor and deputy chief of Rospotrebnadzor .
After a decree of the government of Russian Federation government N1931 temporary acted as chief of Federal Agency for consumer protection and human wellbeing from October 23, 2013.
Following a decree of the government of Russian Federation N571-p appointed head of Rospoterbnadzor.
Married, has two children

Director of Saint-Petersburg Pasteur Institute, Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Professor (2003), Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (2011), Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2014), academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2016)
Areg A.Totolian was born on 27 December 1958 in Yerevan (Armenia), and moved to Leningrad (Saint-Petersburg) in 1964.
In 1975 he entered the First Pavlov Medical Institute of Leningrad (The First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg /PSPbGMU) where he worked until 2008. He was trained and acquired his professional experience in the fields of internal diseases, pulmonology and general and clinical laboratory immunology.
In 1986 А. Totolian organized a Clinical Immunology Laboratory run by him until 2000; by authorization of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation, organized, at the premises of the PSPbGMU, a Research Guidance Centre of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation for Molecular Medicine (headed by him until 2008).
In 1987 he passed Ph.D. defence on pulmonology and immunology; in 1997 - earned his doctorate in immunology (concerned with the development of approaches and methodology of laboratory immunological diagnosis for diseases at the base of the achievements of fundamental immunology, immunochemical and molecular technologies).
From 1993 to 1995 he received training in infectious immunology at Istituto Superiore di Sanita (Rome, Italy).
For the first time in Russia, under the supervision of A. Totolian, 12 specialized immune programs were developed and since 2002 put into practice of the Federal System for External Quality Assessment of Clinical Laboratory Tests.
Under his direction 27 PhD theses and two doctorate theses were defended dealing with the strategy and methods of laboratory immune diagnosis; He is the author and a co-author of more than 440 research papers and 13 patents.
Since 2008, А. Totolian have been the Deputy Director for Research, the Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Seroepidemiology (since 2016 - Laboratory of Molecular Immunology); since 2015 - the Director and interim of the Saint-Petersburg Pasteur Institute.
His main research activities are combined with teaching in PSPbGMU, here since 2013, he has directed the curriculum of clinical immunology and since 2015 has headed the Department of Immunology.
A. Totolian is an independent allergologist and immunologist at the Public Health Committee of the Government of St. Petersburg, Chairman of the Board of the regional office of the Russian Association of Allergologists and Clinical Immunologists in St. Petersburg (since 2017); Member of the Board of Directors of the Russian Scientific Society for Immunology and of All-Russian Scientific Society of Epidemiologists, Microbiologists and Parasitologists; member of the Board the Russian Scientific Society of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis.
A. Totolian is Editor in Chief of the Infection and Immunity journal, deputy editor-in-chief of the Medical Immunology journal, member of the editorial boards and editorial teams of Clinical laboratory diagnostics, Journal of Microbiology, Epidemiology and Immunobiology, HIV infection and immunosupressions, Molecular Medicine, Cytokines and Inflammation, Russian Journal of Immunology journals.
A. Totolian participated in the establishment of the Department of the Russian Association of Allergologists and Clinical Immunologists in St. Petersburg, initiated and organized the annual (since 1997) All-Russia scientific forum with international participation Days of immunology in St.-Petersburg, and the annual (since 2010) All-Russian scientific school on Clinical Immunology Immunology for physicians in Pushkinskiye Gory (Pskov region).
In accordance with the decision of the Committee on Science and Higher Education of the Government of Saint Petersburg, the team led by A. Totolian was officially registered in 2013 as a scientific school in the field of Medical Immunology and Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis, and included in the Register of the Leading Scientific and Pedagogical Schools of St. Petersburg.
In 2013 А. Totolian received the gold medal from the Russian Scientific Society for Immunology for phenomenal achievements in the field of immunology.
In 2016 А. Totolian became the academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
He is married, has 2 children.