Professional Affiliation

Professor, School of International Relations and Director, Center for Iberoamerican Studies; St. Petersburg State University

Expert Bio

Victor Kheifetc is a graduate of the Russian Pedagogical University A.I.Herzen. He has a Ph.D. in History from Saint Petersburg State University (1998).

For years, he has been working in universities in Russia such as ITMO and SUAI. Currently he is Professor at the Saint Petersburg State University and the Director of the Center for Iberoamerican Studies and of the BRICS Studies Master's Programme (at the same university).  He is also Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2015), Dept. of International Relations and Global Affairs.

He was editor in chief of Russian Expert Review and is currently Director of Editorial Board of Chilean journal Izquierdas as well as a member of the Executive Council of the Asia and Latin America section of LASA and of the Executive Board of the European Council for Social Research of Latin America. He is conducting research work on Russian policy towards Latin America and also towards different integration groups.

His other areas of interest are the evolution of Latin American political parties and the history of the Comintern. His latest articles have been published in "Historia Critica" (Colombia), "Anuario Colombiano de Historia Social y de la Cultura" (Colombia), "Portuguese Journal of Social Studies" (Portugal), "Izquierdas" (Chile), "World Economy and International Relations" (Russia), and "Pensamiento Propio" (Argentina). Among his latest published books are Latin America in the Orbit of World Revolution (2020), The Comintern and Latin America (2019), From Bipolar to Multipolar World: Latin American Vector of International Relations (2019), and Biographical Dictionary of Comintern in Latin America (2019).

Wilson Center Project

Russia and Latin America in the Putin Era (and US reactions)