Babaev Kirill Vladimirovich, Director of the Institute of China and Contempoprary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Philological Sciences.
Born in Moscow in 1978, he graduated from MGIMO University with a degree in Korea and Japan. He worked at several research institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, including as Deputy Director of the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and as Dean of the International Faculty of the Financial University. In 2021, he became Head of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
He is the winner of the first All-Russian management competition «Leaders of Russia» and a laureate of the national awards «Enlightener» and «Media Manager of Russia.» He is a member of the Presidential Management Personnel Reserve.
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