BBC Moscow correspondent
Damian Grammaticas became BBC Moscow correspondent in June 2003.
Prior to this, Damian worked as the BBC's Hong Kong correspondent from 2000.
During this time he was responsible for covering stories from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Australia and the Philippines.
Damian joined the BBC in 1994 as a trainee reporter for BBC Television News.
Between 1995 and 1997 his work included reporting for the regional TV news programme Look East and for BBC Radio.
From 1998 Damian was a London based reporter covering British, European and international news for BBC World Television, BBC News 24 and BBC Television News.
Damian grew up in Nairobi, Kenya, where he was born in June 1970.
He graduated from Corpus Christi College Cambridge in 1992 with a degree in English Literature.
He went on to obtain a Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from Cardiff University in 1994.