- Pivovar Efim I., Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor in History, professor, RSUH President (Moscow, Russia);
- Bezborodov Alexander B., Doctor in History, professor, Acting Rector of the RSUH, Director of the Institute for History and Archives (IHA), RSUH, Head of the Department for Contemporary Russian History, IHA, RSUH, (Moscow, Russia);
- Karner Stefan, Ph.D., professor, Director of Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on War Consequences, Graz-Vienna (Austria), Head of the Department for Economic, Social and Business History, Graz University, Honoris Causa, RSUH (Austria);
- Korotayev Andrey V., Doctor in History, Head of the laboratory, Faculty of Social Sciences, Higher School of Economics, professor, Department for Geopolitics, Faculty of Global Processes, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia) (ORCID) (Scopus) (ReseacherID);
- Lipkin Mikhail A., Doctor in History, Director of the Institute for General History, RAS, professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, professor, State Academic University for the Humanities (ORCID) (РИНЦ);
- Loyer Barbara, Ph.D., Director of French Institute of Geopolitics, University Paris-VIII (France) (ResearchGate) (Scopus);
- Sorokin Andrey K., PhD in History, Director of the Russian State Archives of Socio-Political History, Editor-in Chief of “Political Encyclopedia” Publishing House, Vice-President of the Russian Association of Political Science;
- Hristoforov Vasily S., Doctor in Law, professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Center of Publishing Sources on Russian History (XX century), Institute of Russian History, RAS, Head of the Department for International Security, Faculty of International Relations and Area Studies, RSUH (Scopus).