, Shakirov Raf was appointed the vice-president for external and internal communications PUBLIC JOINT-STOCK COMPANY "AUTOVAZ" in August, 2016. As it was noted, the new position is entered for even bigger strengthening of image of the company and a brand of . Shakirov Raf in 1984 graduated from department of history Moskovsky state university named after M. V. Lomonosova, Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosova, Moskovsky university or Moscow State University. With 1984 on 1991 worked at Institute world economy and the international relations of Academy of Sciences of the USSR. In 1987 defended the master's dissertation. With 1991 worked in JSC "Publishing house "Kommersant" where held positions of the editor-in-chief of newspaper "Kommersant", the editor-in-chief of the financial weekly "Dengi", was the chief editor and the content director of all magazines and newspapers of publishing house. In 1999 entered a position of the vice-president of a national television channel TV channel "TVTS". In 1999-2000 editor-in-chief and the general director of the program of news Russia TV channel "Vesti". In 2000-2003 – the editor-in-chief of daily "Newspaper" and a multimedia portal information portal "Gazeta.Ru". With 2003 on 2004 – the editor-in-chief of the oldest Russian daily newspaper of daily social and political business newspaper "Izvestiya". Then to 2011 editor-in-chief of the magazine and a multimedia portal of magazine "The New Times", the international business portal of DAILYONLINE.RU. In 2016 – the President "Shakirov Raf and partners".