Learning how to do what is good and useful has always been the guiding idea of my education. The wonderful people I have met along the way on several continents – from whom I learned, with whom I studied, and whom I taught – remain an inexhaustible source of inspiration and motivation.

Classical high school education in the field of natural sciences and mathematics served as the basis for the analysis of economic and other social processes during my undergraduate studies of economics. Postgraduate education expanded my knowledge of methods but also gave me greater breadth in their application: from finance, economics, and political science, to an emphasis on understanding the historical context when analyzing economic phenomena.

Even after completing my formal education, I have had the privilege of continuing to expand my knowledge. My friends, colleagues and students, professors of foreign languages, as well as instructors of courses for obtaining certificates in the field of applied economics have made this possible.