Larin Viktor
Larin Viktor, born in August 1952, is an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and Deputy Chairman of the RAS Far Eastern Branch. He served as Head of the RAS Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East. As a renowned Russian scholar in China studies, he specializes in Chinese history and politics, international relations and security issues in the Pacific region, Russia's foreign policy in the Pacific region, etc. In 2010, he was awarded Jubilee Medal in honor of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Russia.
