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Evelina Zakamskaya was born on November 17, 1977, in Baku, and graduated from the Faculty of Philology at Tver State University. She is a presenter for Radio Mayak and for Mir, a television and radio company. Since 2006, she has been an anchor for television channel Russia 24. She writes and presents Mnenie (Opinion), a talk show covering social and political issues, and Idei, menyayushchie mir (World-Changing Ideas), a series of popular science programmes. Evelina Zakamskaya moderates Russia 24 sessions at major international forums. Since 2017 - Editor-in-Chief, Doctor Channel. She is married with two daughters.

Ilya Balanin was born in the city of Kostroma, on 29-th December 1976.
Graduated from the Kostroma State Agricultural Academy in 1999. Economist, candidate of economic Sciences.
He worked at the Federal Treasury Administration of the Kostroma Region from 1999 to 2011, where he was the Head of the Financial and Treasury Department of the Kostroma Administration.
Since April 2011 he headed the Department of Finance of the Kostroma Region.
Since September 2016 - the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Yaroslavl Region, Director of the Department of Finance.
Appointed as Deputy Governor-Head of Administration of the Governor of the Yaroslavl Region in September 2019.
In February 2022 he was appointed as the Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
In April 2022 by Russian Federation Government Decree he was appointed Chairman of the Russian Federal Compulsory Health Insurance Fund.

Diana Gurtskaya is a People's Artist of Russia, President of the "At the Call of the Heart" Charitable Foundation, and Artistic Director of the Diana Gurtskaya Center for Social Integration.

Since 2013 Diana Gurtskaya has served on the Presidential Commission on Disability, and since 2019 she has also served as First Deputy Chair of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation's Commission on Social Partnership, Care, and the Development of Inclusive Practices.

For many people with disabilities, Diana Gurtskaya is an example of resilience, professional tenacity, and incredible fortitude. In 2004, she founded the "At the Call of the Heart" Charitable Foundation for Blind and Partially Sighted Children, which for 22 years has been helping children in Russia and the CIS realize their creative dreams.

In 2018 with the support of the Moscow Department of Labor and Social Protection, the Diana Gurtskaya Center for Social Integration was established. As its artistic director, Diana Gurtskaya and her team of teachers launched sociocultural rehabilitation programs that enable children with various disabilities to learn creativity and successfully integrate into the urban agglomeration.

Svyatoslavsky Yaroslav Alexandrovich (born September 1, 1993) — Vice President of the Cybathletics Federation, Russian Paralympic athlete. Bronze medalist at the UCI World Cup in Belgium (2021), multiple Russian champion in para-cycling. The first paratriathlete from Russia to complete the official IRONMAN distance of 226 km, seven-time finisher.

On November 28, 2009, he fell from a height of 12 meters during training and sustained a severe spinal injury. In 2014, he became the first test pilot of a Russian medical exoskeleton (Skolkovo Foundation). His participation in clinical trials helped bring the product to both Russian and international markets. In 2024, he completed the Impulse ultra-triathlon (487+ km) from the Sirius Federal Territory to Crimea in support of spinal cord injury research.

He works at the Motorica Group — Russia's leading manufacturer of bionic prosthetics and assistive rehabilitation devices. He serves as Vice President of the Cybathletics Federation — an organization developing adaptive sport among users of high-tech rehabilitation devices in Russia.

Authorized representative of V. V. Putin (2018, 2024), finalist of the Leaders of Russia.

Born on February 19, 1975 in Nalchik, KBR.
Graduated from the Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1998.
D. in Biology (2013), Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department of Metabolism and Redox Biology of the Institute of Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the University of Göttingen.
Vsevolod Belousov is a scientist known in Russia and worldwide, a specialist in synthetic biology, molecular neurotechnology, and biomedicine. Biosensor and bioengineering technologies developed by Vsevolod Belousov are used by hundreds of laboratories worldwide. One of the main areas of Belousov's research is thermogenetics: controlling the activity of neurons and other cells by means of temperature-sensitive ion channels. Thermogenetic technologies are being developed to activate the brain, heart and pancreas. Another area of research is metabolic engineering - creation of artificial metabolic pathways in cells. For the development of technology to manage oxidative stress at the subcellular level and its application to study the mechanisms of heart failure, Vsevolod Belousov was awarded the Discovery Award-2019 by the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine in the USA.
Since 2019, Vsevolod Belousov has headed the Federal Brain and Neurotechnology Center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia, a flagship scientific-clinical center that conducts research on pathologies of the nervous system and provides high-tech medical care in the profiles of neurology, neurorehabilitation, and neurosurgery. In the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Center was converted to an infectious disease hospital to treat patients with the new coronavirus infection. Vsevolod Belousov was awarded the Silver Cross of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia for successful organization of the clinic's work during the pandemic.

Sergey Lukyanov graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1985, majoring in Physiology. In 1986, started working at the Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, rising in the ranks from Research Assistant to Head of Laboratory.
In 1994, he successfully defended his PhD dissertation ‘Cloning of a novel Xenopus homeobox gene XANF-1 by subtractive hybridization,’ which he completed at the Laboratory of Structure and Function of Human Genes under the supervision of Prof. Eugene D. Sverdlov. In 1999, he successfully defended his doctoral (DrSc) disseration ‘Selective suppression of polymerase chain reaction’ at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, advised by Prof. Eugene D. Sverdlov.
In 2003, he became a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Science and became a full Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2011.
In 2010–2014, he received a mega grant from the Russian Government to create a fluorescent bio-imaging laboratory at Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy (now Privolzhsky Research Medical University). This laboratory became the foundation of the NNSMA Biomedical Technology Research Institute. In 2012–2013, served as Acting Assistant to the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation. In 2013–2015, was the Vice Rector of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU). He became Acting Rector on 29 April 2015 and was elected the Rector of RNRMU in 2016.
Over the course of his work, Lukyanov published more than 180 research papers in Russian and foreign journals (with an h-index of 58 and a ‘sum of times cited’ over 18,000 according to Web of Science) and patented 51 inventions.
In 2006, he was awared the Russian Academy of Sciences Ovchinnikov Prize for outstanding work in physicochemical biology and biotechnology for his paper ‘Fluorescent proteins: finding, investigation and use in biotechnology.’ In 2012, he was awarded the RUSNANOPRIZE Nanotechnology International Prize. In 2015, he was conferred the Russian Federation National Award in science and technology for the development and implementation of a technological complex for the analysis of compound genome structure and functions.

Oleg Salagay, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Director of the Department of Public Health and Communications of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Press Secretary of the Minister of Healthcare of the Russian Federation Veronika Skvortsova.
Born on 3 October 1983 in Irkutsk (Irkutsk Oblast).
In 2005, graduated with honours from Irkutsk State Medical University.
In 2006, graduated with honours from the Academy of Labour and Social Relations, Department of Law.
In 2010, graduated with honours from the Diplomatic Academy of Russian Foreign Ministry.
In 2011, received a Master’s Degree in European Law from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Oleg Salagay is a member of many working groups under the auspices of the World Health Organization, BRICS, and bilateral cooperation. He is Chairman of the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Doctor of medical Sciences, Professor, corresponding member of RAS
Oksana M. graduated from the MMA named after I. M. Sechenov in 1992. From 1992 to 1997 she worked in the intensive care unit of the clinic of internal diseases of MMA named after I. M. Sechenov. From 1997 to 2015 she worked at the Department of internal medicine propaedeutics First Moscow State Medical University named after I. M. Sechenov, where she was promoted from Department assistant to Professor. In 2013, she was Awarded the Russian government prize in the field of education. In 2017 she was appointed to the position of Director of "NMRC PM" of the Ministry of health of Russia.
Professor Drapkina combines ongoing clinical work with research activities.
Awards: diploma of the Ministry of health of Russia, Laureate of the Russian Government prize in education, badge " excellence in health care».
There were defended 16 PhD theses and 1 dissertation for the degree of doctor of medical Sciences under the scientific guidance of O. M. Drapkina, more than 600 scientific article were published in domestic and foreign journals, 7 monographs, 10 textbooks

Yuri P. Zinchenko is Dean of the Faculty of Psychology at Moscow State University, Head of the Department of Psychology Methodology, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Education, RAO Academician, Laureate of the RF Government Prize for Education, Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Education, Honorary Professor at Fernando Pessoa University (Porto, Portugal).
He was born on December 23, 1966.
Education:
1988 - 1993 - Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Studied at the Department of Psychology at Lomonosov Moscow State University between 1993 and 1997.
Y.P. Zinchenko is a member of the Academic Council of MSU, the Chairman of the Academic Council of the Department of Psychology of MSU, the Chairman of the Dissertation Council D 501.001.15 for thesis and doctoral dissertations at MSU. Under his leadership 2 doctoral dissertations and 10 Ph. He is the author of about 150 scientific works in Russian and foreign journals, including works in foreign languages, he is the author and co-author of 10 scientific monographs.
He is a member of the Education Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-director of the project, in the Basic Research Program of the Presidium of RAS "Economics and Sociology of Knowledge", Deputy Chairman of the Expert Council of VAK of the RF Ministry of Education and Science in Psychology, Chairman of the Psychology Council of the Russian Federation UME on classical university education. Chief freelance specialist in medical psychology, Ministry of Health of Russia (since 2013).
Elected President of the Russian Psychological Society, Honorary President of the Society of Psychologists of Power Structures, member of the Presidium of the International Union of Psychological Sciences (IUPsyS) at UNESCO, member of the governing bodies of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP), member of the executive committee of the European Federation of Psychological Associations (EFPA), member of the Russian Philosophical Society. Professor Emeritus of the University of Paris III (Sorbonne) (France), visiting professor of the University of London. Passed research fellowships at Marshall European Center for Security Studies (FRG), universities: Paris VII (France), Yale (USA), Montreal (Canada), Freiburg (FRG), Basel and Geneva (Switzerland).
He is a member of scientific-methodological commissions and expert councils of the RF Security Council, RF Ministry of Defense, RF Ministry of Internal Affairs, RF Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, RF Ministry of Justice, RF Ministry of Education and Science, RF Public Chamber.
P. Zinchenko is the editor-in-chief of the leading scientific journals in psychology, Vestnik (Herald) of Moscow University. P. Zinchenko is the editor-in-chief of the leading academic journals in psychology, "Vestnik (Herald) of Moscow University, Series 14. P. Zinchenko is the editor-in-chief of the leading scientific journals in psychology, such as "Bulletin of Moscow University, Psychology," "Russian Psychological Journal," "National Psychological Journal," the yearbook "Psychology in Russia," editorial board member of the journals "Methods and History of Psychology," "Psychology and Natural Sciences," "Psychology and Social Sciences," "Cognitive Science," "Bulletin of Practical Educational Psychology," "Legal Psychology," "World of Psychology," "Bulletin of South Ural State University. Psychology" series, "Siberian Psychological Journal," executive secretary of the series "Classical University Textbook of Moscow State University," member of the Editorial and Publishing Council of the Russian Academy of Education.
She has awards: Medal "In honor of the 850th anniversary of Moscow", badge "Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation", Medal "For Commonwealth in the Name of Salvation".