Education
In 1966 he graduated from Moscow State University Faculty of Journalism.
In 1966 he graduated from Moscow State University Faculty of Journalism.
In 1966-1967 he worked as an English translator in India. Since 1967 he has being working as a political columnist for the RIA Novosti. In 1968 Kostikov studied journalism in England at the University of Sheffield.
At the same time, he continued his studies at the Academy of Foreign Trade (1972).
Then he started worked for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1972-1978 and 1982-1988). In 1992-1994 he served as the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.
In the present he is the Director for Strategic Planning of Russian newspaper Argumenty i Fakty.