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- Position : Chairman of the Executive Board
- Affiliation : PIR Center
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Expertise :- Political and military aspects of international security- Nonproliferation of nuclear weapons- Military cooperation- Russia-NATO relations- START Treaty- Missile Defense- Military Use of the Outer Space- European security

- Position : Program Director, Emerging Technologies and Global Security Program
- Affiliation : PIR Center
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Expertise :- Russia-NATO relations- Central Asia- Illegal arms traffic- Military-technical cooperation between Russia and other countries- Cyber security- Arms control

- Position : Consultant
- Affiliation : PIR Center
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Expertise :- Nonproliferation of nuclear weapons- Iranian nuclear program- Arms control

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On January 19, 2021, Dr. Vladimir A. Orlov, Director of the PIR Center, gave an interview to the Security Index journal. He shared his views on the great potential of the Russian-US cooperation in the framework of the NPT, threats of nuclear proliferation, suggesting how to make the P5 framework practically useful, and what is the role of China, the United Kingdom and India in the nonproliferation regime.
PIR Center experts Vladimir Orlov and Sergey Semenov discuss the prospects for the Russian-American dialogue on arms control.
The article analyzes the correlation between the regions impacted by the spread of COVID-19 and the territories of genetically modified organisms crops cultivation and consumption. The authors note that the highest mortality rates from COVID-19 can be observed in countries with a high level of genetically modified foods production and consumption, while the countries where it is prohibited hold low COVID-19 mortality rates. Based on the data analyzed, a hypothesis is put forward about the correlation between the global spread of COVID-19 and GM foods, along with the production and consumption of GMO crops.