1988 -

Diploma in Economics, Moscow Institute of National Economy 

PhD. in Economics

2008 - present

Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation.

2005 - present

Chief Labour Inspector of the Russian Federation.

2004 - 2008

Head of the Federal Service for Labor and Employment.

2001 - 2004

Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Development of the Russian Federation.

1997 - 2001

Head of Division, Department of Social Development, Government of the Russian Federation Administration.

1996 - 1997

Consultant of the Division for Social Policy and Labour, Department of Labour and Health of the Government of the Russian Federation.

1994 - 1996 

Specialist-Expert, Consultant of the Division of Labour, Employment and Migration, Department of Labour, Health and Social Welfare of the Government of the Russian Federation Administration.

1988 - 1994

Researcher, Postgraduate, Senior Researcher, Head of the Section in the Labour Research Institute of the USSR State Committee for Labor and Social Affairs, Moscow.