He is a Russian political analyst and journalist, he graduated in History from the Moscow Institute of International relations (1964), Ph. D in history, Academy of Social Sciences, Moscow (1976). Andrei Grachev was Editor of the international magazine “World Youth” in Budapest (Hungary) . Consultant and Deputy Director on the International Department of the Central Committee of CPSU (1974-1987) and adviser for Mikhail Gorbachev he was official Spokesman of the President of the USSR until his resignation in December 1991. Political scientist - in 1992-1995 he was senior research fellow in the Institute of World Economy and International relations, Russian Academy of Science, (Moscow). Andrei Grachev was teaching and doing research as Visiting Professor in Kyoto and Paris and was Research fellow in Germany and Senior Researcher in Oxford. He published several books in Russian, French and English translated into several languages among them: « L’Histoire Vraie de la Fin de l’URSS”, ed. du Rocher, Paris, 1992, “La Chute du Kremlin. L’empire de non-sens.» Ed. Hachette, Paris, 1994, “Meeting of Civilizations: Clash or Dialogue?”, UNESCO, Paris, 1996 ,  « Le mystere Gorbachev. La terre et le destin » ed. du Rocher Paris, 2004, «  Twenty Years that Changed the World. 1985- 2005»,ed with Dr Chiara Blengino, Dr. Rossella Stievano. (eds)  Editori Laterza 2005, « Gorbachev’s Gamble. Soviet Foreign Policy and the End of Cold War”, Polity, Cambridge, UK, 2008. Presently Dr. Andrei Grachev is editorialist for the “Novaya Gazeta” (Russia) and the Chairman of the Scientific Committee of The World Political Forum.