Olga Pirozhenko — General Secretary of the Alliance of Russian and Spanish Universities, Director of the Center for Russian-Spanish Cooperation, Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service, RANEPA
Education
Maurice Thorez Moscow State Linguistic University
ESIC Business School, Spain
(Business Management and Marketing)
University of Valencia, Spain
Postgraduate course in Communication Sciences, Theory of Languages
International Adoption program at University of Valencia
Diplomacy and International Relations for Journalists program at Spanish Diplomatic School
Digital Journalism and Combating Fake News program at National Autonomous University of Mexico
PhD from University of Valencia, Spain
Research interests: public diplomacy, media discourse analysis, intercultural communication
Career:
1984-1985: editorial board of the newspaper Pravda
1987-1990: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, Central Office, Head of Secretariat and Personal Assistant to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USSR to the United Mexican States
1995-2003: Moscow State Linguistic University, Faculty of Translation
2006-2011: Representation of the Valencian Community of Spain in Moscow, manager of Market landing projects with Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the region
2014-present. Spanish-Russian Center at Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service, RANEPA, Director
2019-present: Russian Center the Foundation Russkiy MIr at the University of Valencia, Spain, Executive Director
2019-present: Alliance of Russian and Spanish Universities, Secretary General
Awards:
1988: Certificate of Honor of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR
2018: Certificate of Honor of the Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
2019: Certificate of Honor of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
