Semyon Vyacheslavovich Grigoriyev (Russian: Семён Вячеславович Григорьев) (born 1960 in Moscow),[1] is a Russian diplomat and is the first Russian ambassador to Abkhazia.
Career
[edit]Grigoriyev graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1983, and went on to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a position at the Soviet embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.[1]
From 1990 – 1997 he was third, second and first secretary at the Soviet and Russian embassies in Tehran, Iran.[1]
From 2003 – 2006, he was Deputy Director of the Fourth Department of the CIS Countries at the Russian foreign ministry, and from 2006 – 2008, he was an adviser-envoy at the Embassy of Russia in Kabul.[1]
From February 2008, he was again Deputy Director of the Fourth Department of the CIS Countries, specialising in issues relating to Abkhazia and South Ossetia.[1] On 25 October 2008, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appointed Grigoriyev as the first Ambassador of Russia to Abkhazia,[2] after Russia recognised Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence following the war in August 2008. Grigoriyev presented his Letters of Credence to President of Abkhazia, Sergey Bagapsh on 16 December 2008.[3]
Grigoriyev speaks Russian, English, Dari and Pashtu.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Falichev, Oleg (15–21 July 2009). СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКИЙ СОЮЗНИК (in Russian). Sukhum and Moscow: VPK News. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2009-07-29. at WebCite
- ^ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №1527 от 25 October 2008 «О назначении Григорьева С.В. Чрезвычайным и Полномочным Послом Российской Федерации в Республике Абхазия». (President of Russia. Ukaz #1527 of 25 October 2008 On the appointment of S.V. Grigoriyev as the Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Abkhazia. ).
- ^ "Президент Сергей Багапш принял Верительную грамоту оТ Чрезвычайного и Полномочного посла Российской Федерации в Республике Абхазия С.В. Григорьева". President of Abkhazia. 16 December 2008. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
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