Dmitry Fedorov: I want our jewelry to be displayed at a museum in the future

Dmitry Fedorov is the founder of the eponymous jewelry house. His main focus is the creation of Orthodox-inspired premium luxury jewelry of high artistic merit. He told Rough&Polished about his journey in the jewelry industry, about choosing the ‘Orthodox...

28 october 2024

Responsible business practices ‘no longer optional’, says WDC President Feriel Zerouki

The president of the World Diamond Council takes time out of her busy schedule to tell Rough&Polished readers about the critical work of the WDC. Zerouki, the first female present of the body, which includes all the important industry organizations among...

14 october 2024

James Campbell: Botswana Diamonds optimistic as it enters uncharted territory of using AI for mineral exploration

London-listed Botswana Diamonds has expressed optimism about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the exploration database in Botswana to look for new mineralised deposits. Company managing director James Campbell told Rough...

07 october 2024

Artur Salyakayev: For me, happiness is freedom to make my ideas happen and create valuable products

Artur Salyakayev is an art entrepreneur, founder of the International Jewelry Academy (IJA) and the INCRUA jewelry company. He has initiated and developed successful projects in jewelry industry and services sector. He is also a leading expert...

30 september 2024

Paul Zimnisky: China key for sustained recovery in demand for natural diamonds, prices

The curtailing of upstream and midstream natural diamond production in the past months is starting to have an effect on prices, according to the New-York-based independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant, Paul Zimnisky. He told Rough & Polished’s...

23 september 2024

Former Vice President of ALROSA has been appointed Director of the Federal Cadastral Chamber of Rosreestr

03 january 2022
Vladislav Zhdanov, professor at the Higher School of Economics and former Vice President of ALROSA (2015-2018), has been appointed Director of the Federal Cadastral Chamber within Russia’s Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography.
Vladislav Zhdanov has a degree in physics.
He received his education at the Ural State University (General and Molecular Physics), Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, City University London, Oxford University, and Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
Vladislav Zhdanov is known as the author of a number of scientific articles on the use of synthesized and natural diamonds in modern high technologies, on the trends and prospects of their consumption in this area.
Having been appointed to a new position, Vladislav Zhdanov does not intend to give up academic research: he is currently in the final revision of an article on diamond mining and synthesis. There are also plans to study the coefficient of secondary electron emission of polycrystalline and single-crystal diamonds.

Galina Semyonova for Rough&Polished