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Mali–Russia relations


Malian Air Force base in Mopti, and occasionally used Malian airfields to stage supply flights for groups it supported in Angola. On 16 January 1992, Mali recognised the Russian Federation as the successor state of the Soviet Union, after the latter's dissolution. Russia has an embassy in Bamako, and Mali has an embassy in Moscow. The current Ambassador of Russia to Mali is Anatoly Pavlovich Smirnov, who presented his Letters of Credence to President of Mali Amadou Toumani Touré on 4 November 2005. The current Ambassador of Mali to Russia
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Monaco–Russia relations


embassies in Paris. On 16 March 2007, Aleksandr Avdeyev was appointed as Russian Ambassador to Monaco, in concurrence with his posting as Ambassador of Russia to France. Diplomatic relations between the two states were established on 10 April 2007. The current Ambassador of Russia to Monaco is Alexander Orlov, who was appointed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 1 December 2008. Orlov, who is resident in Paris, presented his credentials to Albert II, Prince of Monaco on 24 March 2009 at the Prince's Palace of Monaco. The current
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Russia–Rwanda relations


. The current Ambassador of Russia to Rwanda is Andrey Vradimirovich Polyakov, who was appointed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in June 2013, and who presented his Letters of Credence to Rwandan President Paul Kagame on 12 March 2007. Due to financial difficulties, the Rwandan embassy in Moscow closed at the end of 1995, and all the activities of the Embassy were shifted to the Rwandan Embassy in Berlin-Germany until recently in March 2013 when Rwandan cabinet appointed its new Ambassador to Russia to be based in Moscow. The current Ambassador of
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Mauritania–Russia relations


Maritimes—MAUSSOV). Between 1985 and 1987, MAUSSOV accounted for about 55 percent of total export tonnage and 20 to 30 percent of the total value of fish exports. Russia has an embassy in Nouakchott, and Mauritania has an embassy in Moscow. The current Ambassador of Russia to Mauritania is Vladimir Baybakov, who was appointed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 17 August 2008. The current Ambassador of Mauritania to Russia is Boulah Ould Mogueye, who presented his credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin on 11 December 2007. The 2005
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Mauritius–Russia relations


Mauritius–Russia relations refers to the bilateral relations of Russia and Mauritius. The Soviet Union and Mauritius established diplomatic relations on 17 March 1968. The Embassy of the Russian Federation is located in Floreal, and the Embassy of the Republic of Mauritius in Moscow was opened in August 2003. The current Ambassador of Russia to Mauritius is Vyacheslav Nikiforov (Letters of Credence presented on 28 July 2011). The current Ambassador of Mauritius to Russia is Indira Savitree Thacoor Sidaya, who presented her Letters of Credence to Russian President Vladimir Putin on
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Guyana–Russia relations


the successor state to the Soviet Union, after the latter's dissolution. Russia has an embassy in Georgetown, and Guyana covers Russia from its High Commission in London. The current Ambassador of Russia to Guyana is Pavel Sergiyev, who was appointed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on 27 July 2007, and presented his Letters of Credence to President of Guyana Bharrat Jagdeo on 12 September 2007. The current Ambassador of Guyana to Russia is Laleshwar Singh, resident in London and whom presented his Letters of Credence to Russian President Boris Yeltsin on
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Qatar–Russia relations


to the Soviet Union, after the latter's dissolution. Russia has an embassy in Doha, and Qatar has an embassy in Moscow. The current ambassador of Russia to Qatar is . The current ambassador of Qatar to Russia is Ahmed Saif Al-Midhadi, who appointed his Letters of Credence to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 27 February 2009. Relations became strained after Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev was assassinated in Qatar on 13 February 2004. On the third anniversary of Yandarbiyev's death, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Qatar on a state visit
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Kuwait–Russia relations


" situation in Persian Gulf. Furthermore, Gorbachev warned Iraqi President Saddam Hussein that refusal to abide by United Nations Security Council resolutions would see the Council introducing further measures against Iraq. On 28 December 1991, Kuwait recognised the Russian Federation as the successor state to the Soviet Union. Russia has an embassy in Kuwait City, and Kuwait has an embassy in Moscow. The current Ambassador of Russia to Kuwait is Mr Alexey Solomatin. The current Ambassador of Kuwait to Russia is Abdulaziz A. Aladwani who presented his credentials to Vladimir Putin on
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Guinea-Bissau–Russia relations


-Bissau is Mikhail Valinsky, who was appointed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 1 December 2008. The current Ambassador of Guinea-Bissau to Russia is Rogério Araújo Adolfo Herbert, who presented his Letter of Credence to then-President of Russia Boris Yeltsin on 14 August 1997. In August 2001, Russia forgave eighty percent of Guinea-Bissau's debt, which was reported to be valued at US$178 million. On 1 March 2009, João Bernardo Vieira, the President of Guinea-Bissau was assassinated by a group of
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Iraq–Russia relations


Iraq–Russia relations (, ) is the bilateral relationship between Iraq and Russia and, prior to Russia's independence, between Iraq and the Soviet Union. The current Ambassador to Russia is Haidar Hadi who has been serving in Russia since December 2016. Relations between Russians and the people of Iraq long predate the formation of the modern Iraqi and Russian states. In the Middle Ages, merchants and explorers travelled between the two countries using the Volga trade route and Caspian Sea, and then overland. According to ibn Khordadbeh, already
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List of ambassadors of Australia to Russia


The Ambassador of Australia to the Russian Federation is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Russian Federation. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and holds non-resident accreditation for Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Moldova and Belarus. The current ambassador since January 2016 is Peter Tesch, who served from 1997–1999 as Ambassador to Kazakhstan. Russia and Australia have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1942
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ambassador to Russia), Bernard Émié (currently ambassador to Algeria), Jean-Maurice Ripert (currently ambassador to Russia) and Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (currently ambassador to China) are also alumni. Sciences Po is known for recruiting many former or current professionals to give lessons, allowing students to benefit from practitionners and their unique insights on current issues. Many high ranking civil servants give lectures after their daily job, at the beginning of the evening. Instructors included or still include former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin,
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Russia–Singapore relations


first Ambassador to Singapore, M. M. Bely, who served from 1994 to 1999. In 1999, S. B. Kiselev became the second Ambassador to Singapore, followed by A. N. Rojkov who served from 2005 to 2011. The current Russian Ambassador to Singapore is Andrey Alexeyevich Tatarinov. Singapore's first official representative to the Soviet Union was Chandra Das, who functioned in Moscow as Singapore's Trade Representative. The trade office was located in Hotel Ukraine in Moscow and on 4 May 1971, the Embassy was open near the current Russian Ministry
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List of ambassadors of Russia to the United Kingdom


The Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom (in the United Kingdom, known as Ambassador of Russia to the Court of St James's) is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federartion to the Monarch and the Government of the United Kingdom. The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Russian Embassy in London, while the official residence of the ambassador is 13 Kensington Palace Gardens. The current ambassador is Alexander Yakovenko, since January 24, 2011. he United Kingdom established diplomatic relations with
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Gianfranco Facco-Bonetti


Gianfranco Facco-Bonetti (born 1940 in Galeata, Italy) is an Italian diplomat and is the current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Russian Federation. Facco-Bonetti was the Ambassador of Italy to Russia from 2001 until 2006. He returned to Moscow in 2008, when he was appointed as Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to Russia, presenting his Letter of Credence to then-President of Russia Vladimir Putin on 22 April 2008. Facco-Bonetti is currently the president of
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Russia–Zambia relations


air missiles and radar equipment. To train Zambian Defence Force personnel to use and maintain the equipment, the Soviets had some 500 military personnel based in Zambia. On 31 December 1991, Zambia recognised the Russian Federation as the successor state to the Soviet Union, after the latter's dissolution. Russia has an embassy in Lusaka, and Zambia has an embassy in Moscow. The current Ambassador of Russia to Zambia is Boris Malakhov, who was appointed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 6 October 2008, and presented his Letters of Credence
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Zvi Heifetz


Zvi Heifetz (born 1956) is an Israeli diplomat who currently serves as the Israeli Ambassador to China. He has previously served as the ambassador to the United Kingdom (from 2004 to 2007), the ambassador to Austria (from 2013 to 2015), and the ambassador to Russia (from 2015 to 2017). Born in Tomsk, Russian SFSR, Heifetz moved to Israel at the age of 14. He spent 7 years with Israel Intelligence and completed as a major in the Israeli Army. He has a Law degree
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Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev


Russia's need to create protection for threatened journalists and to classify the crimes against them correctly. Dunja Mijatović, who acts as Representative on Freedom of the Media for the OSCE, condemned the murder of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev on July 9, 2013. She stated his death is a reminder Russia needs to do more to ensure and guarantee the safety of journalists. Ambassador Ian Kelly currently serves as the United States Representative to the OSCE. On July 11, 2013, Ambassador Kelly addressed the Permanent Council, one of the main regular decision
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Rogério Araújo Adolfo Herbert


Rogério Araújo Adolfo Herbert is a Guinea-Bissauan diplomat and is the current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau to the Russian Federation, presenting his Letter of Credence to then-President of Russia Boris Yeltsin on 14 August 1997. As the longest-serving Ambassador in Moscow, Herbert holds the unofficial title of "Dean of the Diplomatic Corps". In January 2005, Herbert was taken hostage by up to 100 Guinea-Bissauan students who were studying in Russia. The students claimed that the 200-odd Guinea
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Russia–Zambia relations


to President of Zambia Rupiah Banda on 22 January 2009. The current Ambassador of Zambia to Russia is Frederick Shumba Hapunda. Trade and economic relations between Russia and Zambia are regulated by bilateral agreements; and a trade agreement signed by the Soviet and Zambian governments in Lusaka on 17 December 1971. In 2008, bilateral trade between Russia and Zambia increased from the 2007 level of US$11.4 million to US$17 million. Russian imports from Zambia were mainly of tobacco, and Russian exports to Zambia comprised agricultural machinery, motorcycles, and food
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List of ambassadors of Russia to Pakistan


it. Since December 14, 2013 Alexey Y. Dedov serves as current Russian ambassador to Pakistan. He was preceded by the former ambassador Andrey Budnik. Alexey Dedov was appointed Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan by the Executive Order of the President of Russia 1911 dated December 14, 2013. He presented his credentials as Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to President Mamnoon Hussain on February 27, 2014. Alexey Dedov was born in 1960. In 1982 he graduated from the Moscow State
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Michael McFaul


. In October 2014, he stated that he believed the Russians continued to bug his and his wife's cell phones in the United States. He is currently on the Kremlin's sanction list of people who are not allowed to enter Russia. After the 2016 election he became a regular commentator on MSNBC and social media, and has frequently been critical of the policies and actions of President Donald Trump with regard to Russia. On January 17, 2012, soon after McFaul was appointed the new United States Ambassador to Russia and arrived
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Australia–Russia relations


and foreign policy with Mikhail Gorbachev. During the visit, Hawke gave the names of Soviet Jews who wished to leave the Soviet Union to Gorbachev, and on 4 December 1987, 60 to 75 Jews were given permission to leave the country. On 26 December 1991, Australia recognised the Russian Federation as the successor state of the Soviet Union after the dissolution of the latter. Russia has an embassy in Canberra and a consulate-general in Sydney, and Australia has an embassy in Moscow. The current Ambassador of Russia to Australia
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American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation


is currently chaired by Eugene K. Lawson, former President of the US-Russia Business Council (USRBC) and Vice President of the US Export-Import Bank. Its Board Members include John R. Beyrle, former US Ambassador to Russia and Bulgaria; Joseph D. Duffey, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; Paul Rodzianko, Chairman Emeritus of the Hermitage Museum Foundation; and Donald M. Kendall, the former CEO of PepsiCo. For over twenty years, ARCCF founder James W. Symington served as the organization’s chairman,
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Myer


Jones. Myer has long been Australia's largest department store by revenue and store count. Myer's current brand ambassadors are Elyse Knowles, and Josh Gibson, who were signed in 2018. Australian model and Miss Universe 2004 Jennifer Hawkins was the long-serving 'face of Myer' for 12 years, until her departure from the role in 2018. The department store also engages a number of other personalities as 'fashion ambassadors'. The Myer retail group was started by Sidney Myer, who migrated from Russia to Melbourne in
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Alexey Shebarshin


Alexey Shebarshin (born 1959 in Russia) is a Russian politician and diplomat. He is the current Russian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He was appointed by President Vladimir Putin in 2018. Shebarshin attended the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, a diplomatic school of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) where he graduated to be an Ambassador in 1982. In 1982 he began his diplomatic career in the Russia's Foreign Affairs Ministry. In 2001, he was appointed the Russian governments and International Relations top manager for
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Lesotho–Russia relations


by Justin Lekhanya. On 24 January 1992, Lesotho recognised the Russian Federation as the successor state to the Soviet Union, after the latter's dissolution. The Russian embassy in Maseru was closed in August 1992, and thereafter the Russian Ambassador to South Africa has been concurrently accredited to Lesotho. Anatoly Makarov, the current Russian ambassador, presented his letters of credence to King Letsie III on 13 April 2007. Makase Nyaphisi, until 2012 the Basotho Ambassador to Russia (succeeded by Matlotliso Lineo Lydia Khechane-Ntoane) presented his credentials
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Faed Mustafa


Faed Mustafa (sometimes Fayed Mustafa) is a Palestinian diplomat and current Ambassador of Palestine to Turkey, presenting his credentials to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on 17 June 2015. He was formerly Ambassador of Palestine to Russia, presenting his credentials to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 16 December 2009, and departing Russia on 28 May 2015. Prior to his appointment as Ambassador, he had served for 11 years in the Moscow embassy in various positions. Mustafa has called on the reestablishment of the 1967 borders with Israel and the Palestinian territories
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Mustafa Reşid Pasha


to restore the privileges inside the Ottoman Empire that Russia had enjoyed for centuries, used Reşid Pasha, who he thought to be favorable to Christians due to the Rose Garden Edict of 1839 but was currently out of office, to talk with the Sultan. Yet, Menshikov failed to realize that Reşid Pasha had remained close with his British ties, especially Ambassador Stratford, and held anti-Russian beliefs. After the presentation of the Russian demands to the Sublime Porte on 5 May 1853 and the subsequent rejection of them on 10 May
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Fiji–Russia relations


Fiji–Russia relations refers to bilateral relations between Fiji and Russia. Neither country has a resident ambassador, the Ambassador of Russia in Fiji is Alexander Blokhin who also is the Ambassador to Australia, Vanuatu and Nauru. He is stationed in Canberra, Australia. Fiji had established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union on January 30, 1974 but there was almost no sense of any relations between the two. But it was only after a deterioration of relations between Fiji and Australia and New Zealand along with the United States in 2009,
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University of Pennsylvania


Fourteen heads of state or government have attended or graduated from Penn, including current president Donald Trump, former president William Henry Harrison, who attended the medical school for less than a semester; former Prime Minister of the Philippines Cesar Virata; the first president of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe; the first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah; and the current president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara. Other notable politicians who hold a degree from Penn include India's Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha, current ambassador to Russia, former
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Catharina Stopia


Catharina Stopia (died after 2 April 1657), was the first female diplomat in Sweden, and Sweden's first ambassador to Russia during her tenure in the office 1632-1634. Catharina Stopia married in 1620 to Johan Möller, who was ennobled Liljenhagen and credited as ambassador of Sweden to Russia in 1630. Stopia (as was still common in Sweden at the time, she would not have used the name of her spouse), accompanied him to his office in Moscow. When Johan Möller died in 1632, Catharina Stopia
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List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia


The Ambassador of Great Britain to Russia was the foremost diplomatic representative in Russia of the Kingdom of Great Britain, a state created in 1707 by the Union of England and Scotland. The British Ambassador was the head of the diplomatic mission in Russia. The Embassy was a prestigious posting in the British foreign service. For Ambassadors up to 1707, see List of Ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Russia. For Ambassadors after 1800, see List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia. 1800-1801: "Diplomatic relations
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2009 Russia–Ukraine gas dispute


stifle the continued expansion of the EU and NATO into Eastern Europe by exposing Ukraine as an unreliable ally. This view was shared by Vladimir Milov, president of the Institute of Energy Policy in Moscow and former deputy energy minister of Russia, who also claimed that Russia was putting pressure on the Ukrainian government for pursuing pro-western goals. The US Ambassador to NATO, Kurt Volker, stated that although it was a commercial dispute, he believed that Russia was using the event to gain political leverage. Contrarily, the Oxford Institute
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Alex the Jester


entertain in Russia as a cultural ambassador. He has also toured the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Belgium, Bermuda, Japan and Mexico. Feldman currently lives in Somerville, Massachusetts and is married with two children, Desi, and A.J. Keaton Feldman studied performance at the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theater in California. Feldman wrote that, "Audiences care less about what you do. They care more about who you are." Feldman's use of physical comedy to develop his character has been
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Mahinda Rajapaksa


Rajapaksa has been a Member of Parliament since 1989, and was elected Speaker of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka. Currently Chamal is a member of the parliament. Other family members involved in politics include his nephew, Shashindra Rajapaksa, who was the Chief Minister of the Uva Province. Shameendra Rajapaksa (second son of Chamal Rajapaksa), Director SriLankan Airlines, his cousins Jaliya Wickramasuriya, Sri Lanka's ambassador to the United States, Udayanga Weeratunga, Sri Lanka's ambassador to Russia, Prasanna Wickramasuriya, Chairman Airport & Aviation Services
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Russia–United States relations


finding that the company violated sanctions imposed on Russia. On May 10, 2017, Trump had an unannounced meeting in the Oval Office with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak. During the meeting he disclosed highly classified information, providing details that could have been used to deduce the source of the information and the manner in which it was collected, according to current and former government officials. Although the disclosure was not illegal, it was widely criticized because of the possible danger to the source
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Munich Security Conference


Chertoff, former United States Department of Homeland Security, chairman and founder of the Chertoff Group, Michael McFaul, director of the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University and former US Ambassador in Russia, and Iddo Moed, Coordinator of Cybersecurity for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Christopher Painter, Coordinator for Cyber Issues at the US State Department, Latha Reddy, former National Security Adviser of India and currently a member of the Global Commission on Internet Governance, as well as, Uri Rosenthal, former Dutch foreign minister and current Special Envoy of
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Ethiopia–Russia relations


Ethiopia–Russia relations () is the relationship between the two countries, Ethiopia and Russia. Both countries established diplomatic relations on April 21, 1943. Russia currently has an embassy in Addis Ababa, and Ethiopia has an embassy in Moscow. The Ethiopian ambassador to Russia is also accredited to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The history of this relationship has its origins in the 19th century. Russia's first steps in the Horn of Africa
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Western Armenia


and 1919. The Sazonov–Paléologue Agreement of 26 April 1916 between Russian Foreign minister Sergey Sazonov and French ambassador to Russia Maurice Paléologue proposed to give Western Armenia to Russia in return for Russian assent to the Sykes-Picot arrangement. Currently, Armenia does not have any territorial claims against Turkey, although, one political party, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, the largest Armenian party in the diaspora, claims the area given to the Republic of Armenia (1918–1920) by US President Woodrow Wilson's arbitral award, as part of the
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Anatoly Antonov


Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov (, born 15 May 1955) is a Russian politician, military officer and diplomat who is currently the Ambassador of Russia to the United States, formally replacing Sergey Kislyak on 21 August 2017 by presidential decree. With a reputation as a hardliner and tough negotiator, Antonov took up his post in Washington, D.C. on 1 September 2017. He was formerly Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Minister of Defence. Since 2015, he has been under sanctions of the European Union and Canada, in response to Russia
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Bhagavad Gita As It Is trial in Russia


case. It is good that the decision of the lower trial court in this matter has been reaffirmed. I trust that this issue is now conclusively behind us", said Ajai Malhotra, Indian Ambassador to the Russian Federation. "We appreciate this sensible resolution of a sensitive issue and are glad to put this episode behind us. We also appreciate the efforts of all friends in Russia who made this outcome possible. This demonstrates yet again that the people of India and Russia have a deep understanding of each other’s cultures and
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List of ambassadors of Russia and the Soviet Union to Afghanistan


The Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is the official representative of Russia and chief of Russian diplomatic mission in Kabul. With the help of unofficial Russian support to Afghanistan during the Afghan War of Independence to established Afghanistan full independent from the British influence. Russia also became the first country to recognize and established diplomatic relations with Afghanistan in 1919. Jacob Z. Surits became the first ambassador to Afghanistan who at time was commisioned in Denmark. On July 23, 1923 the relations established on embassy levels. From 1992
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List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia


The Ambassador of the United States of America to the Russian Federation is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Russian Federation. The position is currently held by Jon Huntsman Jr.. The United States first established diplomatic relations with the Russian Empire in 1780. Diplomatic relations were broken off in 1917 when the Bolsheviks seized power, and they were not reestablished until 1933. From 1933 to 1991, the United States recognized the Soviet Union. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Ambassador's
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Teklay Minassie Asgedom


Teklay Minassie Asgedom is an Eritrean diplomat and is the current Ambassador of Eritrea to Russia, presenting his credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin on 16 April 2003. Ambassador of Eritrea to Ukraine (2004-2014), presenting his credentials to Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on 21 October 2004. Ambassador of Eritrea to Belarus, Cyprus, Bulgaria (2004-2014). Ambassador of Eritrea to Azerbaijan (2012-2014), presenting his credentials to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on 1 december 2012. He paid a visit to the Russian
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Russia–Spain relations


". Another temporary contact was established by Pyotr Potemkin's embassy (1667–1668) during the reign of Alexis I of Russia. Regular embassies of the two countries were established by Peter I of Russia and Philip V of Spain in 1722; in 1723, Russia also opened a consulate in Cádiz. Prince Sergey Golitsyn served as the first Russian ambassador to Spain; duke Diego Francisco de Liria, who also inherited the Jacobite title of Duke of Berwick, served as ambassador of Spain in Russia. However, after the unexpected death of
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North Macedonia–Russia relations


North Macedonia–Russia relations (, ) are bilateral relations between the Republic of North Macedonia and the Russian Federation. Bilateral political relations between North Macedonia and Russia are friendly and characterized by high-level cooperation between the two countries. Russia has an embassy in Skopje, while North Macedonia has an embassy in Moscow and a consulate in St. Petersburg. The current ambassador of Russia to North Macedonia is Oleg Nikolayevich Shcherbak. Russia recognized North Macedonia as an independent state on August 4, 1992, about one year after the then Republic
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Bheki W. J. Langa


Bheki Winston Joshua Langa (born in Stanger 1952) is a South African diplomat and administrator. He formerly served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Africa to Russia from July 2005 to August 2010 and to China from September 2010 to December 2014. He also served as the head of the domestic branch of the State Security Agency (SSA) from August 2015 to March 2017. He is currently Managing Director of a music production company Econoculture Pty Ltd. He served as South Africa's Ambassador to Russia from July 2005
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Russia–Rwanda relations


Rwanda to Russia Dr Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya who presented her letter of credence to the President of Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin on January 16, 2014; replacing the Ambassador of Rwanda to Germany Ms Christine Nkurikiyinka who took over from Ambassador Eugene Gasana. In 2003, Charles Murigande the then Rwanda Foreign Minister called on Russia for assistance with public health services. He noted that there was 1 doctor for every 50,000 Rwandans, and in 1989 the Soviet Union promised assistance in this field, but it was not forthcoming due to problems with payment
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Kerch Strait incident


also called for an emergency meeting of the UNSC over what it described as the "attack" of Russia. This was confirmed by US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley. Haley said that Russia's actions were an "outrageous violation" of Ukrainian territory. She demanded that Russia stop its "unlawful conduct" and respect the "navigational rights and freedoms of all states". UK Ambassador Karen Pierce condemned Russia's "deplorable" military action. U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said the United Nations
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Embassy of Russia in Oslo


The Embassy of Russia in Oslo is the diplomatic mission of Russia to Norway. The embassy is located at Skarpsno, and is currently resided by Russia's Ambassador to Norway, Sergey Vadimovich Andreyev. The oldest building on the lot is a house built in 1867 for Colonel F.P.L. Næser by architect Wilhelm von Hanno. From 1926, the house was the residence of German minister Edmund Rohmberg, and later by Curt Bräuer. The building closest to Drammensveien, was built by the Germans in 1926, and drawn by Oscar Hoff. After
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Russia–Vanuatu relations


The Republic of Vanuatu and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics established official diplomatic relations on June 30, 1986 - three months to the day before Vanuatu established diplomatic relations with the United States. The USSR broke up and Russia emerged as its successor state in 1991. Today, Russia's ambassador to Vanuatu is Aleksandr Blokhin (who is also an ambassador to Australia, and Russia's other non-resident embassies in Canberra such as Fiji, Nauru, and Tonga). In December 2011, Vanuatu appointed Thitam Goiset, "president
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List of ambassadors of Ukraine to Russia


The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Russian Federation () was the ambassador of Ukraine to Russia. In March 2014 Ukraine recalled its ambassador and since then Ukraine has been represented by its temporary chargé d'affaires. In June 2014 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated that bilateral relations with Russia cannot be normalized unless Russia undoes its unilateral annexation of Crimea and returns its control of Crimea to Ukraine. The first Ukrainian ambassador to Russia assumed his post in 1992, the same year a Ukrainian embassy opened in Moscow. During the Soviet
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Nigeria–Russia relations


Nigeria–Russia relations () is the bilateral foreign relations between the two countries, Nigeria and Russia. Russia has an embassy in Lagos and a representative office in Abuja, and Nigeria has an embassy in Moscow. The current Ambassador of Russia to Nigeria is Nikolay N. Udovichenko. Diplomatic relations between Nigeria and the Soviet Union were established on 25 November 1960. During the Nigerian Civil War between 1967 and 1970, the USSR provided the Nigerian government with political and military assistance. Nigeria and the newly formed Russian Federation established diplomatic relations
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Nebojša Koharović


Nebojša Koharović (born 17 May 1963 in Zagreb) is a Croatian diplomat and is the current Ambassador to China and Non-resident Ambassador to North Korea. He served as an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Croatia to the Republic of Poland, and later to the Russian Federation, presenting his Letter of Credence to President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on 27 February 2009. He was previously Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia, and in that role played a part in a series of bilateral visits on China - Croatia
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Jon Huntsman Jr.


Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. (born March 26, 1960) is an American businessman, diplomat, politician, and the current Ambassador of the United States to Russia, serving since October 2017. Huntsman was the U.S. Ambassador to Singapore from 1992 to 1993, the Governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009, and the U.S. Ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011. He has served in the administrations of five Presidents and was a candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. In January 2014, Huntsman was named Chair of the Washington-
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2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes


, Russia alone is not entirely stabilising influence. Dmitry Rogozin, a deputy prime minister said that Moscow is the biggest supplier of arms to both sides and will continue to be so in the future. People who worked on the settlement process said that none of the sides would have trust in a permanent peace established by Russia alone. As the former US ambassador to the Minsk Group, Mr Bryza puts it, "The key to resolving this is to get the two presidents to have sufficient trust in each other, and Russia
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Dmitry Rogozin


Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin (; born 21 December 1963) is a Russian politician, currently serving as the Director General of Roscosmos. Previously he was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in charge of Defense industry of Russia from 2011 to 2018. In January 2008, he became Russia's ambassador to NATO, serving until December 2011. He was a leader of the Rodina (Motherland) party, until it merged with other similar Russian parties to form the Fair Russia party. He holds two doctorate degrees in philosophy and in technology. On 18
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Sylvie Bermann


Sylvie-Agnès Bermann (born 19 October 1953) is a French career diplomat and former Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom. She's the current ambassador of France to Russia. Bermann previously served as French Ambassador to China in Beijing from 2011 until 2014, prior to which she was Director for United Nations, International Organizations, Human Rights and Francophony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (France) in Paris. A graduate of Paris-Sorbonne University where she studied history, the Paris Institute of Political Studies
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Foreign relations of China


). In 2005, China exported US$19.19 million worth of goods, while importing only $211,000 from Barbados. The current Chinese Ambassador to Barbados is Xu Hong, who heads the embassy in Christ Church, Barbados. Hong replaced the former Ambassador Wei Qiang in 2012. The current Barbadian Ambassador to Beijing, China is the country's former Prime Minister Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford. In 2004 Barbados obtained Approved Destination Status by the government in China. Barbados and China are members of the United Nations, the Caribbean Development Bank and
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List of Ambassadors of New Zealand


. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in the Netherlands since 1967, and a resident Head of Mission since 1950. The Ambassador to the Netherlands is concurrently accredited to Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The embassy is located in Manila, the Philippines' capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in the Philippines since 1975. The New Zealand embassy is located in Moscow, Russia's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Russia since Russian independence in 1992. The Ambassador to Russia
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Mongolia–United States relations


Bush of the Brookings Institution, may be able to encourage Mongolia's democracy and U.S. relations in the face of both Mongolia's predominantly natural-resource-driven political economy and its two powerful landlocking neighbors, China and Russia. The current Ambassador to Mongolia is Michael S. Klecheski. He was appointed by President Donald Trump on January 2, 2019. Jennifer Zimdahl Galt was the Ambassador to Mongolia from September 15, 2015, to November 10, 2017. Piper Campbell was the U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia from 2012 to 2015, succeeding
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Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery


Although Nicholas gave Count Alexander Benckendorff, the first Head Controller of the Section, few specific instructions, the Tsar intended the Third Section to act as Russia's “moral and political guardian.” Just as Russia had ambassadors to other nations keeping the Tsar apprised of political conditions abroad, Nicholas saw the officers of the Third Section, the Gendarmes, as domestic ambassadors who listened, if surreptitiously, to the political discussions of everyday Russians. As ambassadors and moral guardians, the Gendarmerie was ostensibly tasked with guiding Russians along the political
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2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade


relations with the European Union. According to "The Guardian", both figures were rejected by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, however, in what both countries perceived as a diplomatic snub. This was put down to poor British relations with Russia over the UK's continuing refusal to extradite Boris Berezovsky over Russian charges of embezzlement, and because of Biden's close relations with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is widely unpopular in Russia because of the 2008 Russia–Georgia War. The UK and US were instead represented by their ambassadors
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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia


The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Russia (Russian: Британский Посол в России) is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Russian Federation and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Russia. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Russian Federation. Between 1844 and 1860 the status of the head of mission in Saint Petersburg was reduced from Ambassador to Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. The capital of Russia, and later of the Soviet Union (from 1922 to 1991), moved to Moscow in 1918
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Embassy of Russia in Islamabad, Pakistan


The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Islamabad is the diplomatic mission of Russia to Pakistan. The current Ambassador of Russia to Pakistan is Alexey Dedov since December 14, 2013. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also maintains its consulate-general in Karachi,Sindh and Lahore,Punjab. The first Russian embassy was established in Karachi on May 1, 1948 since the beginning of the diplomatic relations with Pakistan. In August, 1960 the capital was moved Karachi to Islamabad and the embassy in Karachi was made as consulate-general and the
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Laos–Russia relations


Laos–Russia relations () refers to the current and historical relationship between Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Russian Federation. On 31 December 1991, Laos recognised the Russian Federation as the successor state to the Soviet Union, after the latter's dissolution. Laos has an embassy in Moscow, while Russia has an embassy in Vientiane. The Soviet Union established diplomatic relations with Laos on October 7, 1960. The Lao representative in France was accredited to the Soviet Union, and the ambassador of the Soviet Union to Cambodia was
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French entry into World War I


what was going on. The main decisions were made by the foreign office and increasingly by the president. Jules Cambon, the French ambassador to Berlin (1907-1914), was the one major French leader who worked for détente with Germany. The ambassador to Russia Maurice Paléologue hated Germany and reassured Russia that France would fight alongside her against Germany. The central policy goal for Poincaré was maintaining the close alliance with Russia, which he achieved by a week-long visit to St. Petersburg in mid-July 1914. French
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Igumnov House


Igumnov House () is a historic house in Moscow, currently used as the residence of the French Ambassador to Russia. The house is located at 43 Bolshaya Yakimanka Street () in the Yakimanka District of Moscow. It is the oldest building occupied by the French embassy, facing Yakimanka Street (No. 43) - Igumnov House - was built in 18831893 to the design by Nikolay Pozdeyev (1855-1893), and cost the architect his life. Igumnov family acquired the lot in 1851; in 1880 Nikolay Igumnov hired
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Tsardom of Russia


Commonwealth, as well as of the Jesuits, the term "Moscovia" was used instead of Russia in many parts of Europe where prior to the reign of Peter the Great there was a lack of direct knowledge of the country. In Northern Europe and at the court of the Holy Roman Empire, however, the country was known under its own name, "Russia" or "Rossia". Sigismund von Herberstein, ambassador of the Holy Roman Emperor in Russia, used both "Russia" and "Moscovia" in his
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Udayanga Weeratunga


Udayanga Weeratunga is a Sri Lankan businessman who is the former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation. Weeratunga is a first cousin of Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is the former President of Sri Lanka and he presented his Letter of Credence to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on 16 November 2006. Weeratunga is accused by the Ukrainian government of arms sales to the separatist rebels fighting government forces in Ukraine. The Sri Lankan government is currently investigating these allegations and withdrawn his diplomatic passport but his
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Russia–European Union relations


whom access is not visa-free at this point, largely as a result of Russian foreign policy which states that "visa free travel must be reciprocal between states." Both the EU and Russia acknowledge, however, that there are many problems to be solved before visa-free travel is introduced. The dialogue was temporarily frozen by the EU in March 2014 during the 2014 Crimean crisis. In 2015, Jean-Maurice Ripert, the current French Ambassador to Russia, stated that France would be interested in abolishing short-
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Guinea-Bissau–Russia relations


ammunition" in the county fell into the hands of rebels led by Ansumane Mané during the Guinea-Bissau Civil War (1998-1999). On 31 December 1991, Guinea Bissau recognised the Russian Federation as the successor state of the Soviet Union, after the latter's dissolution. Guinea-Bissau has an embassy in Moscow, and Russia has an embassy in Bissau. Russian citizens and embassy staff were evacuated from Guinea-Bissau in 1998 due to fighting between government and rebel forces. The current Ambassador of Russia to Guinea
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Human rights in Sweden


views. Although relations between the two states is relatively stable in recent times, Sweden is critical of some of Russia's policies. According to Sweden's ambassador to Russia, Peter Ericson, Sweden has "a lot to teach Russia in terms of free speech". According to Amnesty International some areas for concern of human rights in Sweden include discrimination, rape and sexual violence and the protection of asylum seekers. Sweden's current anti-discrimination laws have eliminated the term race, replacing the term with "ethnicity" to denote
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Abkhazia–Russia relations


on 9 September 2008, when Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Abkhaz Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Shamba exchanged notes at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow. On 25 September 2008, President Medvedev sign an ukaz appointing the first Russian Ambassador to Abkhazia, Semyon Grigoriyev, who presented his Letters of Credence to Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh on 16 December 2008. Igor Akhba, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia to Russia was appointed by Sergei Bagapsh as Abkhazia's first ambassador to Russia on 14 November 2008. Akhba
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Russia–Ukraine relations


announced (on 23 March 2009) Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko told an investment conference at which the plan was unveiled that it appeared to draw Ukraine legally closer to the European Union and might harm Moscow's interests. According to Putin "to discuss such issues without the basic supplier is simply not serious". In a leaked US diplomatic cable (as revealed by WikiLeaks) regarding the January 2009 Russian–Ukrainian gas crisis, the US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor was quoting Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia Kostyantyn Hryshchenko as expressing his
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Setkul Ablin


Setkul Ablin (flourished ca. 1653-1672) was a trader who thrice journeyed from Russia to China as a Russian agent. He was called a 'Bukharan' but the Russians used this term loosely for any trader from Central Asia. About 1653 he was chosen by Fyodor Baykov, the Russian ambassador to China, to go ahead of him and announce his coming. Ablin left with a caravan of trade goods, principally furs. When he arrived in Peking in late 1655 the Chinese thought he was the real ambassador.
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2010 Georgian news report hoax


his image in the fake report. Imedi used archive footage of Fournier talking to journalists, and portrayed Fournier as telling viewers of results of meetings with the Georgian Foreign Minister, where they were briefed on Russia's military operations. Archive footage of the British and Czech ambassadors were also used in the same segment. Denis Keefe, the British ambassador in Tbilisi, stated the use of archive footage of himself was a discourtesy to him as Ambassador, and that the program did a disservice to Georgia's reputation as having a responsible and
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Yury Grashchenkov


Yury Grigoriyevich Grashchenkov () (born 1945) is a career diplomat and is the current ambassador of the Russian Federation to Benin. Grashchenkov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1974, and went on to work in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad. From 1999 to 2002, he was the Russian Consul-General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. On 30 June 2008 Grashchenkov was appointed by Dmitry Medvedev to the post of Ambassador of Russia to Benin,
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Benedikt Jónsson


Benedikt Jónsson (born 25 November 1954, in Reykjavík) is the current Icelandic ambassador to Armenia, Belarus, Denmark, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Malta, Portugal, Tajikistan, the United Kingdom (since 2009) and Uzbekistan, and also Permanent Secretary of State. He was previously ambassador to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia and Turkmenistan. He became first secretary in the foreign ministry in 1983 and subsequently served in the Icelandic embassy in Paris, as Deputy Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, as Permanent Representative
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Consuelo Femenía


Consuelo Femenía (Jávea, June 17, 1965) is a Spanish diplomat and ambassador. Currently she is posted as ambassador in Malta. She has a master's degree in law from the University of Valencia. Entered the Spanish Diplomatic Service in 1992. She was posted at the Spanish embassies in Russia, Nicaragua and the Netherlands. She was deputy representative of Spain before the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons from 1999 to 2004. She worked as Assistant Director for Cultural and Scientific Affairs and Director for Development aid in charge
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Embassy of the United States, Seoul


1888 by a Korean royal, located just behind the Deoksugung. This site is still owned by the U.S. government, and is the current site of the Habib House, the official ambassadorial residence of the U.S. Ambassador. The Habib House was built as a hanok (traditional Korean home) in 1974 and is named after Ambassador Philip Charles Habib. The rise of the Empire of Japan as a great power began with the Japanese victory over China in the First Sino-Japanese War (1895) and victory of Japan over Russia in
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Brunei–Russia relations


Brunei–Russia relations () is the relationship between the two countries, Brunei and Russia. Brunei maintains an embassy in Moscow, whilst Russia's ambassador to Malaysia is accredited to Brunei as a non-resident ambassador. In 1987, Mikhail Gorbachev called for the establishment of diplomatic relations with Brunei. Although the Soviet ambassador to Singapore attempted to establish said relations with Brunei in 1988, the Sultanate was unprepared to establish relations with the Communist state at the time. On 1 October 1991, Brunei established relations with the Soviet Union
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Honduras–Russia relations


recognized Russia as the USSR's successor on January 3, 1992. In 1993 in both countries ambassadors accredited in combination - Ambassador of the Russian Federation, Ambassador of Nicaragua, and of Honduras in Russia. In 1995, the Honorary Consul of Russia was built in Honduras, was appointed a major entrepreneur Fredy Antonio Nasser Selman. It supports inter-parliamentary ties. In 1988 and 1991 in Moscow, the delegation visited the National Congress of Honduras. In 1989 he traveled to Honduras. In late September 1996 a visit to the
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Michael McFaul


to be the 7th post-Soviet United States Ambassador to the Russian Federation. On December 17, 2011, the United States Senate confirmed McFaul by unanimous consent. McFaul became the first non-career diplomat to be the U.S. ambassador to Russia. He arrived in Russia just as massive protests were erupting over Vladimir Putin's resumption of the presidency. As ambassador he was often controversial, meeting with Russian pro-democracy activists and commenting frequently on Twitter in English and Russian. McFaul announced his resignation as ambassador to Russia on February
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Parley P. Pratt


of Jon Huntsman Jr., diplomat and former Governor of Utah, who is currently serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Russia. Pratt was born in Burlington, New York, to Jared Pratt (1769–1839) and his wife, Charity Dickinson (1776–1849), a descendant of Anne Hutchinson. He married Thankful Halsey in Canaan, New York, on September 9, 1827. The young couple migrated west, where they settled near Cleveland, Ohio, where Pratt purchased land and constructed a home. In Ohio, Pratt became a member
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Camille du Bois de la Motte


to be handled by her father, who would keep in touch with Russia through the French ambassador in Russia, and the Swedish king through Charlotte. The negotiations, however, failed, and she told Charlotte that she believed Gustav III to have agreed to them to stall time and that it had been his intention to trick France all along. During the war, her friendship with Charlotte was criticized, as it was believed that she used it to inform the foreign diplomats in Stockholm of war secrets given to her by Charlotte.
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Hunting in Russia


"lovishcha" ("ловища"). In the 15th-16th centuries, foreign ambassadors were frequently invited to hunts; they also received some of the prey afterwards. So did Feodor I in particular, once sending out nine elks, one bear and a black-and-brown fox. The right of using the hunting grounds in Russia was once granted to every social class. The right of the nobility was even sometimes limited by agreements with others regarding hunting grounds. The hawkers and separate persons who dealt with hounds, beavers
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Anna Azari


Anna Azari (born 27 August 1959) is an Israeli diplomat, and the current Ambassador of Israel to Poland. She has previously been Israel's Ambassador to Russia. She was born in Vilnius, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1959 and emigrated to Israel with her family in 1972. Azari attended the University of Haifa, earning a bachelor's degree in history and English literature and a master’s in political science. She also garnered a Special Program in Russian Studies from Hebrew University and graduated from the National Security College. She
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Sirajuddin Hamid Yousuf


Sirajuddin Hamid Yousuf is a Sudanese diplomat and is the current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sudan to the Russian Federation, presenting his credentials to President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on 16 January 2009. Yousuf was elected as a member of the Sudanese National Assembly representing the constituency of Adila 78 of the state of southern Darfur and eventually presided over the Human Rights and Public Duties Committee of the Sudanese parliament. Between 2001 and 2005, Yousuf served as the Ambassador of Sudan to Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda. Between 2006 and
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Embassy of Poland in Moscow


other diplomatic staff are located there, alongside the chancery and consular buildings. In 2005, the embassy has been the location of at least one protest against the policies of the Polish government. The embassy served as the primary target for groups wishing to express their disagreement with the directives of the late president Lech Kaczyński. The current ambassador of Poland to Russia is Włodzimierz Marciniak. The previous ambassador, Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, presented her credentials to president Vladimir Putin at an official reception in the Moscow Kremlin on 19 November 2014.
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Croatia–Russia relations


made in Russia by some Croatian nationals such as Danko Končar, who attributed his business success in Russia, among other things, to his "normal human contact" with the FSB, Russia's successor agency to the USSR's KGB. In 2000s and the early 2010s, consecutive presidents of Croatia, Stjepan Mesić and Ivo Josipović, made multiple official and working visits to Russia. According to former Croatian ambassador to Russia Božo Kovačević, Russia's leadership stopped taking the Croatian government seriously by the end of the 2000s, as they
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Portugal–Russia relations


José Horta Macedo, as Portugal's ambassador to Russia based in Saint Petersburg. Catherine II responded with appointing Count Wilhelm Nesselrode as an ambassador to Portugal. These contacts resulted in the 1782 Treaty on Armed Neutrality and the 1787 Treaty on Commerce. In 1799, the two countries signed a defensive alliance that did not precipitate into direct military action. For most of the 19th century, relationships remained uneventful, gaining momentum in the last decade of the century when the Imperial Russian Navy regularly used Portuguese ports for replenishments. The crew of
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Louisa Ulrika of Prussia


von Düben and then Nils Filip Gyldenstolpe in the position of her "foreign minister". She appointed Anders Rudolf Du Rietz as her informal ambassador to Catherine the Great in Russia, and she also had Carl Julius von Bohlen appointed official ambassador of Sweden in Prussia. She secured the support of Russia, France and Great Britain, but failed in securing the necessary funds for bribes to the coming Riksdag. In November 1764, the unity between the Caps and Hats parties was broken due to the suspicions of France (who supported the
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U.S. Russia Foundation


and Russian and American Studies. The President and Chief Executive Officer of USRF is Celeste Wallander, who joined in 2017. Wallander was previously Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and Senior Director for Russia/Eurasia on the National Security Council (2013-2017). Past presidents of USRF include Mark Pomar (2008-2017). Ambassador John Beyrle serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors (2018–present). Previous chairmen include Ambassador James Collins (2008-2018) and Steve Pease (2008-2018). USRF is
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The Great Game


directions over a "backward, uncivilized and undeveloped region." Here we are, just as we were, snarling at each other, hating each other, but neither wishing for war. - Lord Palmerston (1835) In 1557, Bokhara and Khiva sent ambassadors to Ivan IV seeking permission to trade in Russia. Russia had an interest in establishing a trade route from Moscow to India. From then until the mid-19th century, Russian ambassadors to the region spent much of their time trying to free Russians who had been taken as
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2017 Shayrat missile strike


situation. The government of Switzerland has urged the international community to tackle the escalating Syrian crisis through diplomatic means rather than military confrontation. Taoiseach Enda Kenny of Ireland has described the strike as a "matter of grave concern" The governments of Belarus, Brazil, Bolivia, Russia and Venezuela criticized the strikes, with Bolivia describing the actions as a violation of international law and Iran arguing that the strike would strengthen terrorists and complicate the war. Bolivian ambassador Sacha Llorenty accused the U.S. for "imperialistic action" and related the current US
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Roderic Lyne


Lyne served as Permanent Representative, UKMIS Geneva before finishing his diplomatic career as HM Ambassador to Russia. On his London postings, he usually commuted to Whitehall by bicycle. Sir Roderic Lyne is now vice-chairman at Chatham House where, from 1986 to 1987, he was a Visiting Research Fellow. He is an advisor to JPMorgan Chase, who have been chosen to operate the Trade Bank of Iraq, which will give banks access to the financial system of Iraq He was a special adviser to BP, which currently has major
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2018 Russia–United States summit


House press secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed that Putin and Trump had discussed the possibility of Russian officials questioning Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to Russia, as well as Putin critic Bill Browder and others, in exchange for allowing investigators of the Special Counsel investigation to question twelve Russians who are under indictment in America. Sanders stated in a press conference, "The president will work with his team and we'll let you know if there's an announcement on that front." State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert called the Russian request "
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John Beyrle


was the first American Ambassador to Russia to use his own blog, in Russian, to speak directly to the Russian internet audience. On March 30, the day after the bombing in the Moscow Metro which killed thirty nine people, Beyrle laid flowers at the site of the bombing and used his blog to express his condolences. On October 29, 2010, Ambassador Beyrle celebrated the connections between American and Russian literature and culture by hosting an Enchanted Ball at Spaso House. The ball recalled the Spring Ball of 1935 held by Ambassador
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