Yuriy G. Shpakovsky, Professor of the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) , Dr. Sci. (Law).

Education: Dzerzhinsky Military Academy (1976); Russian Presidential Academy of Public Administration (1996); Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

More than 17 years Yuriy G. Shpakovskiy worked for the Central Office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia. He served as the Head of the Integrated Analysis Division, Head of the Programme Planning Office, 1st Deputy Head of the Civil Protection Department,  participated in a number of commissions and working groups initiated by the Executive Office of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Security Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, etc. He presided over commissions on implementation of interstate agreements with Hungary, Mongolia, Slovakia in the field of prevention and elimination of emergencies.   

In 1999 Yuriy G. Shpakovskiy  defended the Doctoral Dissertation  at the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation on the topic “The State Administration of the System of Protection of Population and Territories from Emergency Situations.” 

Yuriy G. Shpakovskiy took an active part in the elimination of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Deputy Chairman of the Dissertation Council at Kutafin University (MSAL)

Yuriy G. Shpakovskiy authored more than 150 research papers. Member of the Association of Lawyers of Russia. Full member (academician) of the Academy of Military Sciences, the UN International Academy of Informatization, the Academy of Geopolitical Problems.

Yuriy G. Shpakovskiy has been granted a number of state decorations, national and departmental awards.