Valery Shlyamin#

Valery Shlyamin was born in 1952 in Petrozavodsk.

In 1974, he graduated from Petrozavodsk State University. From 1974 to 1987, he participated in the construction of Kostomuksha mining and processing plant, as well as the city of Kostomuksha, Republic of Karelia, Russia. He served as Minister of Foreign Relations of Karelia (1992-2002) and Trade Representative of Russia in Finland (2003-2017). Since 2017, the Advisor to the Rector of Petrozavodsk State University and Scientific Director of the Institute of Northern European and Arctic Studies. Valery Shlyamin is an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council, Doctor of Economics, author of more than 130 research papers.