Ph.D. in History, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, member of the Union of Journalists, member of the Union of Writers of the Russian Federation member of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of International Public Organization Sport, People and Health.

The first deputy editor-in-chief of the Soviet tv-radio sports programs, the head of the Department of State Committee of Sports of the USSR, the Russian Olympic Committee, and the Russian Ministry of Sports.