Denis Boyle was a member of the first group of Peace Corps volunteers (RFE-1) to serve in Russia after disintegration of the Soviet Union – in Vladivostok from November 1992 to February 1995 – a period that featured crumbling infrastructure and struggling public institutions as well as rampant crime, corruption, and social disorientation. There he worked as translation and copy editor for the weekly English-language newspaper Vladivostok News. Subsequently, from August 1996 to April 2014, Denis was the chief representative for a number of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs where he traveled throughout Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East recruiting, testing, and interviewing candidates – in addition to conducting conferences and workshops for alumni of the various programs. In 2025, Denis continues to live in Vladivostok and maintains his residency in the USA.