Sergei Kukharenko, a Ph D in Philosophy, is a political scientist, an expert on Russian and Chinese politics, the Head of the Institute for Public Diplomacy in Asia Pacific, a member of Gorchakov foundation club of Russian foreign policy experts, a former leader of Amur Oblast regional department of the Right Cause right-wing liberal political party, and Republican Party of Russia - People's Freedom Party.
From 2004 till 2004 Sergei Kukharenko worked as an instructor of Stanford University Initiative on distant learning program.
For a short period of time, from 2012 till 2013, Sergei Kukharenko was a leader of Amur regional department of the Party of People's Freedom.
Since 2008 Sergei Kukharenko has been working on establishment and development of Russian language and cultural centers in the Far-East of China.
During the 2013–2014 academic year, Sergei Kukharenko worked at Bemidji State University (US, Minnesota) as a visiting professor, teaching 'Russian politics', Russian culture' and 'Travel abroad' courses.