Dr. Elena Telegina, Dean of the International Energy Business Faculty and the Director of International School of Business at the Gubkin University of Oil and Gas, will visit MIIS as part of the Visiting Experts program of the Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies. Dr. Telegina, who is a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Science, will deliver two lectures in Russian centered on global energy security. The first lecture is titled, “Global Energy Market – Challenges and Prospects,” and will take place Thursday, October 13 from 10:00AM-11:50AM in MG-100. The second is titled, “Energy Security and Russia’s Role,” and will take place on Monday, October 17 from 12:15PM-1:50PM at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, in the video conference room.

In addition to her Deanship and Directorship with the Gubkin University of Oil and Gas, Dr. Telegina is the Director of the Institute of Geopolitics and Energy Security of Russia, a Professor of Economics, and a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Science. Dr. Elena A. Telegina has profound experience in the fields of global energy security, energy economics, and international energy cooperation and investments. From 2000 to 2010, she served as a Member of the Board of Directors of LuKoil European Holdings in the Netherlands.

Previously, from 1997 to 1999, she was Vice Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, while simultaneously serving as the Vice­ Chairman of the European Energy Charter Conference. In 1998, she served as a Chairman of the Board of Directors at Rosneft oil company. Since 1999, Dr. Telegina has been a Member of the Board of the Union of Oil Exporters of the Russian Federation. Dr. Telegina is the third of ten lecturers who will visit the MIIS campus this semester through the GIRS program.