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PERSONAL:
Male, married, one child (a daughter), born in Moscow (USSR, Russia) June 12th,
1949.
EDUCATION:
Graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) ,"Russian
CalTech", in 1973. Initially, he was a student at the department of Radio
Engineering and Cybernetics, but in his third year he transferred to the faculty
of Aerospace Research, from which he graduated as a specialist in Flight
Dynamics and Spacecraft Control qualified as engineer-physicist (aerospace
engineering). He did not stop studying, however. In 1980 he graduated from the
part-time education department of the All-Union Institute of Law (now: Moscow
State Juridical Academy) as a specialist in jurisprudence, and almost
simultaneously in 1981 he graduated from the School of Journalism of the
M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University as a specialist in journalism. In 2000 he
graduated from the Higher School of the Military Academy of the Russian
Federation Armed Forces General Staff. At last in 2005 he graduated from the
Diplomatic Academy of Russian Foreign Ministry.
ACADEMIC DEGREES:
Ноlding advanced degree in law. The thesis on the European Parliament
(Ph.D. in Law) was defended in 1985 at the Institute of State and Law, Academy
of Sciences of the USSR. In 1992 got higher doctorate (Doctor of Law), thesis on
the problems of computer law, Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of
Sciences.
SPACE WORK / SPACE FLIGHTS EXPERIENCE:
After graduation from MIPT worked as the aerospace engineer at the Central
Design Bureau for Machine Building (later: Research Production Union "Energia",
now: S.P.Korolev Rocket Space Corporation "Energia"). Since January 1996 he has
been taking some of the training courses under the general cosmonaut training
program. Entered space service 16 September 1997 when the State Medical Board
cleared him for special training (Air Force Group 12 Supplemental - 1997). In
the beginning of 1998, upon completion of the general cosmonaut training, he
started training specifically for a mission under the program of Mir
Expedition-26 as a Cosmonaut-researcher of the primary crew. On April 14, 1998
he was appointed a cosmonaut-researcher of the Cosmonaut corps of GCTC.
He flew his first space mission in 1998, as a cosmonaut-researcher onboard Soyuz
TM-28 transportation vehicle and Mir space station under the program of
Expedition-26 together with G.Padalka (Commander) and S.Avdeev (Flight
Engineer). He returned to Earth (landed near Arkalyk in Kazakstan) on-board
Soyuz TM-27 together with T.Musabaev (Commander) and N.Budarin (Flight
Engineer). Baturin got 3rd Class as a cosmonaut. (Flight details: Soyuz TM-28
docked at 10:56 GMT on August 15 with the rear (Kvant) port of the Mir space
station, which had been vacated at 09:28 GMT on August 12 by Progress M-39).
In 1999 he was appointed an instructor Cosmonaut-researcher, and in 2000, he was
appointed a deputy commander of the Cosmonaut corps for research and testing.
Since 2000, he was training for a mission as Flight Engineer under program of
Mir Expedition-29 together with T.Musabaev (Commander), but the spaceflight was
canceled.
Baturin made his second space mission in 2001 as a Flight Engineer of Soyuz
TM-32 transportation vehicle and International Space Station (ISS) together with
T.Musabaev (Commander) and D.Tito (1st space tourist). Flight details: Soyuz
TM-32 was designated ISS flight 2S by NASA and EP-1 (Visiting Crew 1) by RSK
Energia and GCTC. Soyuz TM-32 was a fresh lifeboat for the station; the Soyuz
TM-31 crew themselves would return in Soyuz TM-31, which was at the end of its
rated in-space storage tie. Dennis Tito"s inclusion in the crew created
controversy between NASA and the Russians since he was the first space tourist
to fly to ISS. He had originally paid to fly to the Mir station but funds ran
out to keep that station in orbit. Soyuz TM-32 docked with the Z port on Zarya
at 07:58 GMT on April 30 after Endeavour had departed. The crew transferred
their customized reentry seat liners to Soyuz TM-31, at which point TM-32 became
the Station"s rescue vehicle. After a six day stay, the Soyuz TM-32 crew
returned to earth aboard Soyuz TM-31). Now Baturin is an test-cosmonaut of GCTC,
2rd Class. Since 2000 till 2009 Baturin was the test-cosmonaut, Deputy
Commander of the Cosmonaut Corps of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC).
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:
During the period of 1980-1991 Baturin worked as a Scholar at the Institute of
State and Law of the USSR Academy of Sciences (after that, till 1994, he worked
there part-time). In 1990 he is a Research Scholar in Kennan Institute for
Advanced Russian Studies (The Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars,
Washington D.C., USA). During the period of May 17, 1991 through January 2, 1992
he worked as a consultant to G.H.Shakhnazarov, the Aide to USSR President
M.S.Gorbachev.
During the period of January 3, 1992 through June 1, 1993, he was a political
analyst for the "Itogi" ("Summing Up") news program of the All-Russia State TV
Company Ostankino, and at the same time, during the period of June 1, 1992
through June 1, 1993, he was a legal adviser for the Chairman of the company.
Then he worked for President B.N.Yeltsin in a number of positions, ranging from
the Presidential Aide to Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation for
National Security Affaires and Secretary of the Russian Federation Defense
Council:
- during the period of March 17 through June 2, 1993 he was a member of
Presidential Council. Since June 2, 1993 he was Presidential Aide for Legal
Issues to President of Russian Federation;
- during the period of January 6, 1964 through June 18, 1996 he was a
Presidential Adviser for National Security Affairs. During the period of 1995
through 1997 he was the Chairman of the Higher Military Ranks and Titles
Committee;
- during the period of 1995 through 1998 he was the Chairman of the
Inter-departmental Committee for Chemical Disarmament;
- during the period of 1996 through 1997 he was a member of Military Council of
the Space Force; On July 25, 1996 he became a Secretary of Russian Federation
Defense Council and an Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. Baturin
left the Yeltsin administration in 1997 and has been training for space flights
as a member of the Group of Cosmonauts in the GCTC.
OTHER POSITIONS:
Holds professorships at Moscow State University(since 1990; in 1999 Baturin
organized there a political journalism workshop where he gives two courses),
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (political analysis with elements of
mathematical modeling of political processes). Also he is a head of a Computer
Law Chair at Moscow Institute of Physics and Engineering.
In 1992 Baturin organized the Mass Media Law School under the auspices of the
Foundation for Protection of Glasnost, the first such school in Russia. He is
the Dean of the Media Law School. Till 1998 he taught at the Moscow State
Institute of Foreign Affairs and in 2005-2007 at the Diplomatic Academy.
Since September 1997 Baturin is a correspondent, and since 1999 he is a
columnist of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper. Besides he is a correspondent of "Novosti
Cosmonavtiki" Magazine (Astronautics News).
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY:
In 1988, he co-authored with M.Fedotov and V.Entin a draft Law of USSR on the
Press and Other Mass Media (the law was passed by the USSR Supreme Soviet on
June 12, 1990), and in 1991 the same team drew up and published a draft Law of
Russian Federation on Mass Media passed by the Supreme Soviet of the Russian
Federation on December 27, 1991. Also Baturin is the co-author of the Laws: On
Publishing, the Russian Federation and On Archives, the Russian Federation.
PUBLIC
WORK:
A member of Academic Council of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Engineering
(since 1996).
A Secretary of Russian Union of Journalists (since 2008).
MEMBERSHIPS:
- Russian
Association of Space Explorers (since 1998);
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International Association of Space Explorers (since 1998);
- Russian
Military Science Academy, active member
- USSR/RF
Union of Journalists (since 1990);
- Union
of Photography Artists of Russia (Baturin was handed the member card at the
opening of his personal photo-exhibition "Brief Rendezvous with Earth" at the
Polytechnical Museum on April 21, 1999; the same year he became the
prize-winner of an international photo competition held by "Izvestia"
newspaper)
- Wings
Club (USA).
AWARDS
AND TITLES:
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation (1998), The Hero of the Russian
Federation (2001), he was decorated also with the Order of Courage (1998), the
Order of Friendship (Kazakhstan, 1998) and the Order of Snow Leopard, 1st
category (Kazakhstan, 2001). The laureate of the USSR Union of Journalists Prize
for a significant contribution to the drafting of the USSR law on the Press and
Other Mass Media (1991), Prize For Distinguished Contribution to the Development
of the Media Law (1997), International legal prize Themis (1998). Full Counselor
of State of the Russian Federation, 1st Class.
SPORT/HOBBIES:
Mountaineering, swimming, math models of socio-political processes, analysis of
song lyrics of V.Vysotsky (there is an unfinished manuscript of a book),
translations of works by Lewis Carroll that have never been published in Russian
before, photography, video filming - documentaries about space: "We barely made
it with one nozzle left" (1997), "Stairway to the sky" (2000).
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