Alexander joined the Gazprombank research team in June 2020 after completing an internship and currently covers the Chinese debt market and the Russian and CIS corporate bonds markets. A graduate with honors of the MGIMO University in Moscow, Russia, he holds a master's degree in finance and credit. From September 2016 to July 2017, Alexander completed an internship at the China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU) in Beijing and passed the Level 5 of the HSK international Chinese language exam in 2017.