 He has been working for Moldova State University since 1985.He did doctoral studies at the Institute of International Economic and Political Research of the Academy of Sciences of the Russian Federation.In 1986 he passed his Masters' thesis with the theme "Romanian-Italian relations in the 70s - the first half of the 80s", and in 1998 he became a PhD in historical sciences with the work "Romania's Policy on Bessarabia, 1940-1944".