Before joining Basic Element in 2008 Evgeny Fokin worked in a number of Russian and international PR firms.
In 2002-2005 he was a deputy director of International information department at Yukos Oil Company; in 1997-2002 he held senior positions in the International affairs department at company Media-MOST.
From 1985 to 1997, Evgeny Fokin worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR and the Russian Federation, including diplomatic and consular missions overseas.
Evgeny graduated with honors from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1985 with a degree in International Relations.
