Grigory Karasin

Grigory Borisovich Karasin (Russian: Григорий Борисович Карасин) (born 23 August 1949 in Moscow)[1] is a career diplomat, a State Secretary, and a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia.[2]

Grigory Karasin
Senator from Sakhalin oblast
Assumed office
12 September 2019
Preceded byDmitry Mezentsev
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affaires of the Russian Federation — State Secretary
In office
June 2005 – 10 September 2019
Personal details
Born (1949-08-23) 23 August 1949
Alma materMoscow State University

Karasin graduated from the Institute of Oriental Languages at Moscow State University in 1971,[1] and went on to work in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad.[1]

From March 2000 to June 2005, Karasin was the Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom,[1] and returned to Moscow in June 2005 to take up the position of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; since October 2005 also a State Secretary.[1]

Karasin speaks Russian, English, Hausa and French.[1]

On September 12, 2019 was appointed a member of the Federation Council, a representative of the Executive of the Sakhalin oblast, by the decree of the Governor Valery Limarenko.[3]

See also
  • Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom

References
  1. Карасин Григорий Борисович (in Russian). Information-Analytical Portal "Heritage". Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  2. http://www.mid.ru/en/about/structure/deputy_ministers/-/asset_publisher/7AT17IymWZWQ/content/id/647865
  3. Григорий Карасин назначен сенатором от Сахалинской области (in Russian). TASS. 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2019-09-21.


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