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Russian Foreign Ministry
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MFA Russia; , МИД РФ) is the central government institution charged with leading the foreign policy and foreign relations of Russia. It is a continuation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, which was under the supervision of the Soviet Ministry of External Relations. Sergei Lavrov is the current foreign minister. Structure The structure of the Russian MFA central office includes divisions, which are referred to as departments. Departments are divided into sections. Russian MFA Departments are headed by Directors and their sections by Heads. According to Presidential Decree 1163 of September 11, 2007, the Ministry is divided into 39 departments. Departments are divided into territorial (relations between Russia and foreign countries, grouped according to conventional regions) and functional (according to assigned functions). Each department employs 30-60 diplom ...
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Collegium Of Foreign Affairs
The Collegium of Foreign Affairs () was a Collegium (ministry), collegium of the Russian Empire responsible for foreign policy from 1717 to 1832. The Collegium of Foreign Affairs was created by Peter the Great as part of Government reform of Peter I, his government reforms to replace the existing ''posolsky prikaz'', with Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin, Fyodor Golovin serving as its first president. It functioned as Russia's foreign ministry until it was replaced by the new Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1802, and continued to exist as a government agency, child agency of the ministry until it was abolished in 1832. References

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Foreign Policy
Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a State (polity), state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities. It encompasses a wide range of objectives, including defense and security, economic benefits, and humanitarian assistance. The formulation of foreign policy is influenced by various factors such as domestic considerations, the behavior of other states, and geopolitical strategies. Historically, the practice of foreign policy has evolved from managing short-term crises to addressing long-term international relations, with diplomatic corps playing a crucial role in its development. The objectives of foreign policy are diverse and interconnected, contributing to a comprehensive approach for each state. Defense and security are often primary goals, with states forming military alliances and employing soft power to combat threats. Economic interests, including trade agreements and foreign aid ...
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Andrey Denisov
Andrey Ivanovich Denisov (; born October 3, 1952) is a Russian diplomat and politician, who served as the Russian Ambassador to China from to and Russian Ambassador to the United Nations from to . He is fluent in Chinese, as well as English, apart from his native language. Since September 2022 he has been the Senator from Saratov Oblast on the Federation Council. Career timeline *From 1973 to 1981, he was translator, as well as an economic and trade representative of the Soviet Union in China. *From 1981 to 1991, Expert of the International Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU in the People's Republic of China. *From 1992 to 1997, he served as a senior counselor at the Russian Embassy in China. *During the period of 1997 to 2000, he was the Director of the Economic Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. *During that time, he concurrently served as a member of the administrative board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. ...
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Eleonora Mitrofanova
Eleonora Valentinovna Mitrofanova (; born 11 June 1953) is a Russian diplomat. She currently serves as the Ambassador of Russia to Bulgaria, having held the post since 15 January 2021. She is the first woman to hold the post of First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Career Mitrofanova is a graduate of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, specializing in International economics. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2003-2009) In May 2003, President Vladimir Putin appointed Mitrofanova by decree to the post of First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. After the abolition of the Russian Ministry of Affairs of Federation and Nationalities, her mandate included also the activities of the Roszaroubezhcentre of the MFA. Ambassador-at-large to UNESCO (2009-2016) She was previously ambassador-at-large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. Ambassador to Bulgaria (2021-present) On 15 January 2021, she was appointed Ambassador of Rus ...
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Valery Loshchinin
Valery Vasilyevich Loshchinin (; 11 September 1940 – 14 March 2023) was a Soviet and Russian diplomat. He served in various diplomatic roles from 1965 onwards, and was Ambassador of Russia to Belarus between 1996 and 1999, and Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna from 1999 to 2001. He was also a deputy minister of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2002, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2005, Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, and concurrently Permanent Representative of Russia to the Conference on Disarmament, from 2005 to 2011. Career Loshchinin was born on 11 September 1940, in Moscow, then part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union. He graduated from the Belarusian State University in 1964, and the following year entered the Soviet diplomatic service as an employee of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic's Min ...
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Vyacheslav Trubnikov
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Trubnikov (; 25 April 1944 – 18 April 2022) was a Russian journalist, political scientist, intelligence officer, and diplomat. He worked as the Director of Foreign Intelligence Service and was a First Deputy of Foreign Minister of Russia. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1967 and started to work for the First Chief Directorate (Foreign Intelligence) of the KGB. From 1971 to 1977, he worked in India under the cover of a correspondent of the RIA Novosti. From 1977 to 1984, he worked in the central office of the First Chief Directorate. From 1984 to 1990, he worked in Bangladesh and India. From 1990 to 1991, he was the chief of the Department of South-East Asia of the KGB. In January 1992, he became the first deputy of the Director of Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) Yevgeny Primakov. From January 1996 to May 2000, he was Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service. From June 2000 to July 2004, he worked as a fi ...
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Aleksandr Avdeyev Politician, Born 1946
Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexsander, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa, Aleksandre, Alejandro, Alessandro, Alasdair, Sasha, Sandy, Sandro, Sikandar, Skander, Sander and Xander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' ...
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Boris Pastukhov
Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name * *List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) Arts and media * Boris (band), a Japanese experimental rock trio * ''Boris'' (EP), by Yezda Urfa, 1975 * "Boris" (song), by the Melvins, 1991 * ''Boris'' (TV series), a 2007–2010, 2022–present Italian comedy series * '' Boris: The Film'', a 2011 Italian film based on the TV series * '' Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson'', a 2006 biography by Andrew Gimson Other uses * Boris (crater), a lunar crater * Hurricane Boris (other), several cyclones in the Eastern Pacific * Boris, a tribe of the Adi people See also * Borris (other) Borris may refer to: Place in Denmark * Borris, Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality, a small railway town in western Jutland Places in Ireland County Carlow * Borris, County Carlow, a village County Laois * Borris, County Laois, a civil parish ** Bor ... * Boris stones, seven medieval artifacts in Belarus {{dis ...
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Igor Ivanov
Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov (; born 23 September 1945) is a Russian politician and diplomat who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004 under both the Yeltsin and the Putin administrations. Early life Ivanov was born in 1945 in Moscow to a Russian father and a Georgian mother (Elena Sagirashvili). In 1969 he graduated at the Maurice Thorez Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages ( Moscow State Linguistic University). He joined the Soviet Foreign Ministry in 1973 and spent a decade in Spain. He returned to the Soviet Union in 1983. In 1991 he became the ambassador in Madrid. Minister of Foreign Affairs He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on September 11, 1998. As Russian foreign minister, Ivanov was an opponent of NATO's action in Yugoslavia. He was also an opponent of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Ivanov played a key role in mediating a deal between Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze and opposition parties during Georgia's "Rose Revolution" in 2003. Later ca ...
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Anatoly Adamishin
Anatoly Leonidovich Adamishin (; born 11 October 1934) is a Russian diplomat, politician and businessman. Adamishin graduated from Moscow State University, and went on to work in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ... and abroad. From 1986 to 1990, he served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, in charge of African, humanitarian and cultural affairs. From 1990 to 1992, Adamishin was the Ambassador of the Soviet Union, and then Russia, to Italy. Then, from 1992 until 1994, he became the 1st Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. On 12 December 1993 he was elected to the 1st State Duma by the list of Yavlinsky-Boldyrev-Lukin bloc. He remained in the position of ...
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Petr Aven
Petr Olegovich Aven (also transliterated Pyotr Aven; ; Latvian: Pjotrs Avens; born 16 March 1955) is a Russian oligarch, economist and politician who also holds Latvian citizenship. Until March 2022 he headed Alfa-Bank, Russia's largest commercial bank. In March 2022, he resigned from the board of directors at Alfa-Bank and LetterOne Group to help them avoid sanctions. In 2023 he was named the 659th richest person in the world, with a net worth of around $4.2 billion. Aven is a member of Russian leader Vladimir Putin's inner circle. Aven has met with Putin regularly, including soon after the Russian invasion in Ukraine. He is one of many Russian oligarchs named in the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, CAATSA. In 2022, Aven was included in EU sanctions imposed in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He criticized the sanctions, alleging that they had been applied on a "spurious and unfounded basis," and filed a lawsuit in the European Court of Just ...
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Fyodor Shelov-Kovedyayev
Fyodor, Fedor () or Feodor is the Russian-language form of the originally Greek-language name "Theodore" () meaning "God's gift" or "god-given". Fedora () is the feminine form. "Fyodor" and "Fedor" are two English transliterations of the same Russian name. It may refer to: Given names ;Fedor * Fedor Andreev (born 1982), Russian / Canadian figure skater *Fedor von Bock (1880–1945), German field marshal of World War II *Fedor Bondarchuk (born 1967), Russian film director, actor, producer, clipmaker, TV host * Fedor Emelianenko (born 1976), Russian mixed martial arts fighter * Fedor Flašík (1958–2024), Slovak political marketer * Fedor Flinzer (1832–1911), German illustrator * Fedor den Hertog (1946–2011), Dutch cyclist * Fedor Klimov (born 1990), Russian skater * Fedor Tyutin (born 1983), Russian ice hockey player ;Feodor *Feodor Chaliapin (1873–1938), Russian opera singer * Feodor Machnow (1878–1912), "The Russian Giant" * Feodor Vassilyev (1707–1782), whose firs ...
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