Date and place of birth:

1 November 1972, Almaty City, Republic of Kazakhstan

Education:

1993-1998 - Kazakh State National University named after Al-Farabi, Political Science Department, diploma with honours

Specialty:

PhD, Political Scientist

Work experience:

September 2010 – now, Soros Foundation, member of the Board of Trustees;

June 2010 – now, Institute of International Economics and Politics (IIEP) under the Fund of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Expert;

September 2006 – now, Informational-Analytical Centre on CIS public-political processes study (IAC at the Moscow University named after Lomonosov), Deputy General Director;

September 2006 – now – Centre for Contemporary Research «Alternativa», Director

March 2004 – September 2006 – National Research Institute, Project Coordinator

March 2001 – March 2004 – Civic Foundation “Transparency Kazakhstan”,  Political Scientist – Expert; Analytical magazine “To society without corruption”, Editor

April 2000 – February 2001 – Central-Asian Agency for Political Investigations, Political Analysis Department, Supervisor

October 1998 – December 1999 – Independent Information Agency “Politon”, Analyst

July 1998 – February 1999 – Almaty municipal office of information and social consensus, Department for study and coordination of social-political activity, Senior Specialist

November 1997 – July 1998 – Scientific-Research Association «Institute for Democracy», Programme Director

January - July 1997 – Centre for Providing Support to Democracy, Information and Consultancy Department, Head 

May 1994 – March 1995 – the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Assistant to the Member of Parliament

September 1991 – July 1993 – Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Institute for  Legal Expertise, Lab technician

Achievements:

19 November, 2005 – Winner of the Third prize at the journalist competition «Proud of the past, creating the future», conducted by the state company “KazTransOil” and the newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda in Kazakhstan”

16 February, 1997 – Winner of the First prize of “XXI century journalists” competition among young journalists, conducted by Soros Foundation Kazakhstan

Publicistic activity:

Author (co-author) of 30 books and more than 1000 articles published in kazakhstani and foreign periodical and research editions.

Topics of the research and applied studies:

-                processes of democratization and development of political institutions in Kazakhstan;

-                party-building;

-                development of political elites and inter- and inside-elite relations;

-                becoming and development of the institution of political opposition;

-                problems and perspectives of the development of local governance;

-                election processes and technology;

-                corruption-fighting related issues;

-                organizational and staff-related policy of a state;

-                resistance to terrorism and extremism in Central Asia;

-                foreign policy of Kazakhstan;

-                international relations in Central Asia, CIS and other parts of the world.

Project-related info:

1) Experience in the election campaigns of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (RK) in 2005; election of deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the RK in 1994; election of the deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the RK in 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2007; and deputies of the maslikhats in 2003;

2) Experience in international projects :

- November 2008-February 2009 – research and publication of the brochure “Central Asia: look from outside. International policy from centralasian point of view” under the auspice of the Representative Office of Fridrikh Ebert Fund (Germany) in Kazakhstan;

- September-October 2009 – research and publication of analytical report “Consolidation of potential of “five states attached to Caspiy” : problems and perspectives” under the auspice of the Development Fund called “Institute of Eurasian research”, Russia;

- November-December 2009 – research and publication of the collective monograph “Influence of the world crises on the left forces in the region of post-soviet Eurasia” under the auspice of the Eurasian network of the political research, Russia;

- July-September 2010 – research on the turnover of small arms in Kazakhstan under the auspice of «Small Arms Survey», Switzerland.