Grigory Karasin
Grigory Karasin | |
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Григорий Карасин | |
 Karasin in 2018 | |
| Russian Federation Senator from Sakhalin oblast | |
| Assumed office 12 September 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Dmitry Mezentsev |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs — State Secretary | |
| In office June 2005 – 10 September 2019 | |
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| Born | 23 August 1949 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Grigory Borisovich Karasin (Russian: Григорий Борисович Карасин; born 23 August 1949)[1] is a Russian career diplomat who formerly served as a State Secretary and a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia.[2]
Career
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, he is also a State Secretary.[1]
On 12 September 2019, he 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]
Karasin speaks Russian, English, Hausa and French.[1]
Sanctions
Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Карасин Григорий Борисович (in Russian). Information-Analytical Portal "Heritage". Retrieved 16 July 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "Deputy Ministers".
- ^ Григорий Карасин назначен сенатором от Сахалинской области (in Russian). TASS. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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