100 Notable alumni of
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
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Moscow State Institute of International Relations is 189th in the world, 66th in Europe, and 5th in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Moscow State Institute of International Relations sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Sergey Lavrov
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1972
- Occupations
- ministerdiplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov is a Russian diplomat who has served as the foreign minister of Russia since 2004. He is the longest-serving foreign minister since the Tsarist era.
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Alisher Usmanov
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1970-1976
- Occupations
- functionaryentrepreneurbusinesspersoninternational forum participantinvestor
- Biography
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Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov is an Uzbek–Russian businessman and oligarch. By 2023, Usmanov had an estimated net worth of $14.5 billion and was among the world's 100 wealthiest people.
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Ilham Aliyev
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev is an Azerbaijani politician who is the fourth and current president of Azerbaijan. The son and second child of former Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev, Aliyev became the country's president on 31 October 2003, after a two-month term as prime minister of Azerbaijan, through a presidential election defined by irregularities shortly before his father's death. He was reelected for a second term in 2008 and was allowed to run in elections indefinitely in 2013 and 2018 due to the 2009 constitutional referendum, which removed term limits for presidents. Throughout his electoral campaign, Aliyev was a member of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, which he has headed since 2005.
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Kseniya Sobchak
- Occupations
- writeractormodelsocialitetelevision presenter
- Biography
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Ksenia Anatolyevna Sobchak is a Russian public figure, TV anchor, journalist, socialite and actress. She is the younger daughter of the first democratically elected mayor of Saint Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak, and the Russian senator Lyudmila Narusova. Sobchak became known to the wider public as the host of the reality show Dom-2, which aired on the Russian channel TNT. Later she became an anchor at independent television channel TV Rain. As of January 2023, she hosts the television show Dok-Tok with Alexander Gordon.
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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who has served as the President of Kazakhstan since 2019. Between 20 March and 12 June 2019, he served as acting president after the resignation of Nursultan Nazarbayev, who had been president for nearly three decades.
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Maria Zakharova
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1998
- Occupations
- functionarycomposerdiplomatjournalistpolitician
- Biography
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Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova is a Russian politician who serves as the director of the information and press department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation She has been the spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation since 2015.
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Vladimir Potanin
- Occupations
- bankerRussian oligarchpoliticianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Vladimir Olegovich Potanin is a Russian billionaire businessman. He acquired his wealth notably through the controversial loans-for-shares program in Russia in the early to mid-1990s.
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Vitaly Churkin
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1969-1974
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianfilm actorinterpreterchild actor
- Biography
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Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin was a Russian diplomat. As a child actor, he starred in three films The Blue Notebook, Nol tri, and A Mother's Heart. Churkin served as Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2006 until his death in 2017.
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Alexander Lebedev
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpoliticianbankereconomistmember of the State Duma
- Biography
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Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev is a Russian businessman, and has been referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs. Until 1992, he was an officer in the First Chief Directorate (Foreign Intelligence) of the Soviet Union′s KGB and later one of the KGB's successor-agencies, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
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Oleg Gordievsky
- Occupations
- diplomatjournalistintelligence officer
- Biography
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Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky, CMG is a former colonel of the KGB who became KGB resident-designate (rezident) and bureau chief in London. He was a double agent, providing information to the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1974 to 1985. After being recalled to Moscow under suspicion, he was exfiltrated from the Soviet Union in July 1985 under a plan code-named Operation Pimlico. The Soviet Union subsequently sentenced him to death in absentia.
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Vladimir Medinsky
- Occupations
- university teacherhistorianbloggermember of the State Dumawriter
- Biography
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Vladimir Rostislavovich Medinsky is a Russian political figure, academic and publicist who served as the Minister of Culture from May 2012 to January 2020. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation. He is a member of the General Council of the United Russia party.
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Leyla Aliyeva
- Occupations
- journalistpublic figurewriterpolitician
- Biography
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Leyla Aliyeva is a member of the ruling Aliyev dynasty in Azerbaijan. She the daughter of Azerbaijan's ruler Ilham Aliyev and granddaughter of former ruler Heydar Aliyev.
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Nadezhda Mikhalkova
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 2008
- Occupations
- actortelevision presenterfilm producerfilm directorvoice actor
- Biography
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Nadezhda Nikitichna Mikhalkova is a Russian actress.
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Dmitry Mazepin
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Dmitry Arkadievich Mazepin is a Belarusian-Russian oligarch businessman. He is the former owner and former CEO of Uralchem. As of March 2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Dmitry Mazepin has been sanctioned by the European Union and the United Kingdom.
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Andrei Karlov
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1976
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov was a Russian diplomat who served as the Russian ambassador to Turkey and earlier as the Russian ambassador to North Korea.
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Nikolai Platoshkin
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1983-1987
- Occupations
- translatorhistorianwriterdiplomat
- Biography
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Nikolay Nikolayevich Platoshkin is a Russian and former Soviet diplomat, political scientist, and historian.
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Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
- Occupations
- chess playerchess officialbusinesspersonjournalistpolitician
- Biography
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Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov is a Russian oligarch, administrator and politician. He was President of the Republic of Kalmykia in the Russian Federation from 1993 to 2010, and was president of FIDE, the chess international governing body, from 1995 to 2018. He has also been in the forefront of promoting chess in schools in Russia and overseas. He is the founder of Novy Vzglyad publishing house.
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Andrey Kozyrev
- Occupations
- diplomatmember of the State Dumapolitician
- Biography
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Andrei Vladimirovich Kozyrev is a Russian politician who served as the former and the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation under President Boris Yeltsin, in office for the Russian SFSR from October 1990 and, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, from 1992 until January 1996 for Russia. In his position, he was credited with developing Russia's foreign policy immediately after the fall of the Soviet Union, although many in Russia have criticized him for being weak and not assertive enough in defending Russian interests in the face of NATO in places such as Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ba'athist Iraq.
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Anton Vaino
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Anton Eduardovich Vaino is a Russian diplomat and politician of Estonian descent. Currently he is the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office. Vaino is the grandson of Karl Vaino, the former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia.
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Boris Titov
- Occupations
- public figurepoliticianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Boris Yuryevich Titov is a Russian politician and businessman serving as the presidential commissioner for entrepreneurs' rights since 2012. He has led the Party of Growth, previously known as Right Cause, since February 2016.
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Vasily Nebenzya
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Vasily Alekseyevich Nebenzya is a Russian diplomat and the current Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations. His official title is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
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Mikhail Zygar
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 2003
- Occupations
- writerwar correspondentopinion journalistdirectorjournalist
- Biography
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Mikhail Viktorovich Zygar is a Russian born journalist, writer and filmmaker, and the founding editor-in-chief of Russian news channel TV Rain (2010–2015). Under Zygar's leadership, TV Rain provided an alternative to Kremlin-controlled federal TV channels by focusing on news content and giving a platform to opposition voices. The channel's coverage of politically sensitive issues, like the Moscow street protests in 2011 and 2012 as well as the conflict in Ukraine, has been dramatically different from the official coverage by Russia's national television stations. Zygar is also the author of the book All the Kremlin's Men (2017), the history of Putin's Russia, based on interviews with Russian politicians from Putin's inner circle.
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Igor Ivanov
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov is a Russian politician who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004 under both the Yeltsin and the Putin administrations.
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Aleksandr Lyubimov
- Occupations
- guitaristtelevision journalisttelevision presenterjournalistpresenter
- Biography
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Alexander Mikhailovich Lyubimov is a Soviet and Russian television journalist, producer and presenter. He was one of the founders an independent television company VID (17.14%). Director General of the TV company VID (1995-1997), General Director of RBC TV (2011-2014), vice-president of the Russian Television Academy.
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Irina Bokova
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Irina Georgieva Bokova is a Bulgarian politician and a former Director-General of UNESCO (2009–2017). During her political and diplomatic career in Bulgaria, she served, among others, two terms as a member of the National parliament, and deputy minister of foreign affairs and minister of foreign affairs ad interim under Prime Minister Zhan Videnov. She also served as Bulgaria's ambassador to France and to Monaco, and was Bulgaria's Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. Bokova was also the personal representative of Bulgaria's president to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (2005–2009).
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Zhanna Nemtsova
- Occupations
- television presenterjournalisthuman rights activist
- Biography
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Zhanna Borisovna Nemtsova is a Russian journalist and social activist. She is the daughter of Boris Nemtsov.
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Sergey Brilyov
- Occupations
- television presenternews presenterpublic figurepresenterjournalist
- Biography
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Sergey Borisovich Brilyov or Brilev is a Russian television journalist on the state-owned TV channel Rossiya.
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Umar Dzhabrailov
- Occupations
- politicianstatesperson
- Biography
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Umar Aliyevich Dzhabrailov is a Russian politician and advisor to Sergei Prikhodko, the Assistant to the President of Russia, He also is the vice president of the Artists Union of Russia, a member of the Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and was the representative to the Federation Council of Russia from the executive body of the Chechen Republic (2004–2009). He is an ethnic Chechen.
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Aleksey Mitrofanov
- Occupations
- screenwriteractortelevision presenterpoliticianpresenter
- Biography
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Aleksey Valentinovich Mitrofanov is a Russian politician and deputy of the State Duma of Russia from the A Just Russia party. He has been Deputy Chairman of the State Duma's Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets and a member of the LDPR Supreme Council.
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Roman Golovchenko
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- In 1996 studied international relations
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Roman Alexandrovich Golovchenko is a Belarusian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Belarus since 4 June 2020.
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Artyom Borovik
- Occupations
- investigative journalistmedia proprietor
- Biography
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Artyom Genrikhovich Borovik was a Russian investigative journalist and media magnate. He was the son of a Soviet journalist, Genrikh Borovik, who worked for many years as a foreign correspondent in the U.S.
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Sergey Yastrzhembsky
- Occupations
- diplomatfilm directorpoliticianphotographerjournalist
- Biography
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Sergey Vladimirovich Yastrzhembsky, is a Russian Federation politician and diplomat. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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Miroslav Lajčák
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- diplomatpoliticianinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Miroslav Lajčák is a Slovak politician and diplomat, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic. In addition, Lajčák also served as President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 72nd session from 2017 until 2018.
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Alexei Pushkov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Aleksey Konstantinovich Pushkov is a Russian politician who has been Senator from Perm Krai since 29 September 2016. He is also a former Deputy of the State Duma and former head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament. As a member of the United Russia political party in the federation council, he is the chairman of the Commission on Information Policy.
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Maroš Šefčovič
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- diplomatpoliticianinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Maroš Šefčovič is a Slovak diplomat and politician serving as Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal since 2023, as well as Vice-President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations since 2019, previously holding the office from 2010 to 2014. He has been member of the European Commission since 2009. Šefčovič also stood for office in the 2019 Slovak presidential election, which he lost against Zuzana Čaputová.
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Sergey Kravtsov
- Occupations
- politiciancivil servant
- Biography
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Sergey Sergeyevich Kravtsov is a Russian politician and Minister of Education of the Russian Federation since 21 January 2020.
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Anatoly Antonov
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov is a Russian military official 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 Defence and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Since 2015, he has been under sanctions of the European Union and Canada, in response to Russia's military intervention in Ukraine.
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Alexander F. Sklyar
- Occupations
- presenteractortelevision presentervocalistsongwriter
- Biography
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Alexander Felixovich Sklyar is a Russian rock musician, radio presenter, actor and author. Sklyar, who in the 1980s and early 1990s fronted the popular punk metal band Va-bank, later moved into the traditional Russian singer-songwriter territory covering the vast stylistic spectrum (Alexander Vertinsky, Vladimir Vysotsky, Leonid Utyosov, Mark Bernes).
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Sergey Prikhodko
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Sergei Eduardovich Prikhodko was a Russian politician and diplomat. From May 2013 to May 2018, he was Deputy Prime Minister in Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet. He was engaged in international cooperation of the Cabinet. He served as the First Deputy Head of the Russian Government Office from 2018 to 2021. He had the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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Andrey Zubov
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1973
- Occupations
- historianuniversity teacherpolitical scientistopinion journalistreligious studies scholar
- Biography
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Andrey Borisovich Zubov is a Russian historian, religion scholar and political scientist, Doctor of History, prominent public person, church figure, political activist and commentator. He was also the Vice-president of the former People's Freedom Party.
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Valery Tsepkalo
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1991
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Valery Vilyamovich Tsepkalo or Valery Vilyamavich Tsapkala is a Belarusian politician and entrepreneur. After graduating from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations with a doctoral degree in international law and serving in the embassy of the Soviet Union in Finland, Tsepkalo joined the staff of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He later became an advisor on foreign political and economic relations to the Chairman of the Belarusian Parliament, Stanislav Shushkevich, and then a senior advisor to the Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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Marina Kim
- Occupations
- film actorjournalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Marina Yevgenevna Kim is a Russian television presenter and actress of mixed Russian-Korean origin.
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Patokh Chodiev
- Occupations
- international forum participantentrepreneur
- Biography
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Patokh Chodiev is a Belgian-Uzbek oligarch and philanthropist.
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Ivan Tavrin
- Occupations
- media managerbusinesspersoninternational forum participant
- Biography
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Ivan Vladimirovich Tavrin is a Russian oligarch, investor, and founder of several major corporations, linked to another billionaire Alisher Usmanov. Currently he is the Chief Executive Officer of Kismet Capital Group.
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Miroslava Duma
- Occupations
- modelbusinesspersonfashion writerinternational forum participantjournalist
- Biography
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Miroslava Vasilyevna Duma is a Russian digital entrepreneur and investor in international fashion. She is also the founder of Buro 24/7, a digital company, and the CEO and founder of Future Tech Lab, a venture capital fund.
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Petar Mladenov
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Petar Toshev Mladenov was a Bulgarian communist diplomat and politician. He was the last leader of the Bulgarian People's Republic from 1989 to 1990, and briefly the first President of the Bulgarian Republic in 1990.
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Natalya Narochnitskaya
- Occupations
- historianpoliticianmember of the State Dumadiplomat
- Biography
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Nataliya Alekseevna Narotchnitskaya is a Russian politician, historian and political commentator.
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Yuri Ushakov
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Yuri Viktorovich Ushakov is a Russian and former Soviet diplomat who served as the Ambassador of Russia to the United States from 1998 until 2008. Since 2012, he has been an advisor to the President of Russia on foreign policy issues. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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Genrikh Borovik
- Occupations
- journalistwriterscreenwriter
- Biography
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Genrikh Averyanovich Borovik is a Soviet and Russian publicist, writer, playwright and filmmaker, the father of journalist Artyom Borovik.
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Aleksandr Volkov
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov is a former Russian volleyball player, a member of Russia men's national volleyball team. He was 2012 Olympic Champion, bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games, gold medalist of the 2011 World Cup, silver medalist of the 2007 European Championship, multimedalist of the World League. Recently he is a head coach of Belogorie.
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Andrey Lukanov
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Andrey Karlov Lukanov was a Bulgarian politician. Between February and November 1990, was the final Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bulgaria.
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Valentin Zorin
- Occupations
- historianopinion journalisttelevision presenterwriterscreenwriter
- Biography
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Valentin Sergeyevich Zorin was a Soviet and Russian political commentator, journalist, author, screenwriter and television presenter.
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Andrey Denisov
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Andrey Ivanovich Denisov is a Russian diplomat, who served as the Russian Ambassador to China from April 22, 2013 to September 13, 2022. He is fluent in Chinese, as well as English, apart from his native language.
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Valentin Falin
- Occupations
- diplomathistorianpolitician
- Biography
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Valentin Mikhailovich Falin was a Soviet diplomat and politician.
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Mikhail Lyubimov
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1958
- Occupations
- diplomatarmy scoutwriteropinion journalistplaywright
- Biography
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Mikhail Petrovich Lyubimov is a Russian novelist and retired colonel in the KGB. He served as spymaster and head of the KGB stations in the United Kingdom and Denmark during the Cold War.
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Sergei Ryabkov
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Sergei Alexeyevich Ryabkov is a Russian politician, currently serving as the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation since 2008.
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Petr Fradkov
- Occupations
- Russian oligarcheconomistinternational forum participantbanker
- Biography
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Petr Mikhaylovich Fradkov is a Russian economist and banker serving as the chairman and CEO of Promsvyazbank and the general director of the Russian Export Center.
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Nikolai Leonov
- Years
- 1928-2022 (aged 94)
- Occupations
- spyhistorianpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Nikolai Sergeyevich Leonov was a Russian politician, senior KGB officer, and Latin America expert in the Soviet Union.
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Anatoly Torkunov
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1972
- Occupations
- diplomathistorianuniversity teacherpolitical scientistkoreanologist
- Biography
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Anatoly Vasilyevich Torkunov is a Russian diplomat and international relations scholar.
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Arkady Shevchenko
- Occupations
- diplomatspypolitician
- Biography
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Arkady Nikolayevich Shevchenko was a Soviet diplomat who was the highest-ranking Soviet official to defect to the West.
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Yuriy Pivovarov
- Occupations
- political scientisthistorian
- Biography
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Yuri Sergeyevich Pivovarov is a historian and political scientist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and since 1998, the Director of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Anatoly Gromyko
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1954
- Occupations
- diplomathistorianAmericanisteconomistAfricanist
- Biography
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Anatoly Andreyevich Gromyko was a Soviet and Russian scientist and diplomat. He specialized in American and African studies as well as international relations, and was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Union of Russian Artists.
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Aleksey Ostrovskiy
- Occupations
- politicianmember of the State Duma
- Biography
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Alexey Vladimirovich Ostrovsky is a Russian politician who served as the governor of Smolensk Oblast from 2012 to 2023. He is a member of LDPR. He previously served as a deputy of the State Duma where he headed the State Duma's Committee on International Affairs, and on State Duma's Commission on Credentials and Deputies' Ethics. He holds degrees in law and economics.
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Kira Yarmysh
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied public relations
- Occupations
- writerassistantspokespersonactivistYouTuber
- Biography
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Kira Aleksandrovna Yarmysh is a Russian public figure and writer. She is best known as the former press secretary and assistant of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the author of the 2020 novel "Incredible Incidents in Women's Cell No. 3" (Невероятные происшествия в женской камере № 3).
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Grigol Vashadze
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Grigol Vashadze is a Georgian politician, diplomat and a former member of the Cabinet of Georgia in the capacity of the Minister for Culture, Heritage Preservation and Sport (2008) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia (2008–2012). He is currently a member of Parliament of Georgia.
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Vladimir Legoyda
- Occupations
- public figurepedagogueediting staffpolitical scientistcultural studies scholar
- Biography
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Vladimir Romanovich Legoyda is a Russian public figure, journalist, university professor, expert in cultural studies, political science and religious studies. He is Candidate of Political Sciences and professor of the Department of World literature and culture, Moscow State Institute of International Relations; co-founder, editor-in-chief of Foma magazine, Chairman of the Department for Church's Society and Mass Mediа Relations (Russian Orthodox Church) and Acting Head of the Press Service of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'.
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Lilia Shevtsova
- Occupations
- journalisthistorianwriterpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Lilia Fyodorovna Shevtsova is a Kremlinology expert.
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Vyacheslav Trubnikov
- Occupations
- journalistspypoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Vyacheslav Ivanovich Trubnikov was a Russian journalist, political scientist, intelligence officer, and diplomat. He worked as the Director of Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) and was a First Deputy of Foreign Minister of Russia.
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Konstantin Kosachev
- Occupations
- statespersonpoliticianmember of the State Dumadiplomat
- Biography
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Konstantin Iosifovich Kosachev is a Russian politician and former diplomat. He is a senator at the Federation Council (Russian parliament's upper house) and chairs its Foreign Affairs Committee. He has been on the US sanctions list since 2018.
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Aleksey Orlov
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1984
- Occupations
- politicianstatesperson
- Biography
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Aleksey Maratovich Orlov is a Russian politician, who serves as Russian Federation Senator from Kalmykia since 2019. He previously served as Head of Kalmykia from 2010 to 2019.
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Mátyás Szűrös
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1953-1959
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Mátyás Szűrös is a Hungarian politician. He served as provisional president of the Republic from 23 October 1989 to 2 May 1990. His presidency occurred during Hungary's transition from Communism to democratic government.
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Roman Dobrokhotov
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 2000-2006
- Occupations
- investigative journalistpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Roman Aleksandrovich Dobrokhotov is a Russian investigative journalist, political scientist and former activist. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Insider, a Russia-focused media outlet. He is also one of the founders and leaders of the 5th of December Party, a member of the federal political council of the Solidarnost movement and member of the political council of the Solidarnost's Moscow branch.
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Ekaterina Berezovskaya
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision journalistpresentertelevision presenter
- Biography
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Ekaterina Vladimirovna Berezovskaya is a Russian journalist and TV presenter. Best known for her work at the Channel One Russia.
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Sergey Gaplikov
- Occupations
- politicianstatesperson
- Biography
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Sergey Anatolyevich Gaplikov, born in 1970, is a Russian politician who served as Head of the Komi Republic from September 2015 to April 2020.
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Sergo Mikoyan
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1952
- Occupations
- medieval historian
- Biography
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Sergo Anastasi Mikoyan was one of the Soviet Union's leading historians who specialized on the foreign policies of the Soviet Union and the United States in Latin America. He was the son of Anastas Mikoyan, an Old Bolshevik and high level Soviet statesman and adviser to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
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Eleonora Mitrofanova
- Occupations
- economistpoliticianmember of the State Dumadiplomat
- Biography
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Eleonora Valentinovna Mitrofanova 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.
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Vadim Vasilyev
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Vadim Vasilyev is the former Vice President of the Monégasque football club AS Monaco FC. He was appointed to that position on 8 August 2013 and has since played a key role in developing AS Monaco's team and securing its position, including negotiating key agreements with Ligue 1 and with UEFA around its Financial Fair Play Regulations. He has also gained a reputation as an effective operator in the transfer market, beginning with a number of high-profile signings completed during the 2013 summer transfer window. He was sacked soon after the return of manager Leonardo Jardim on 14 February 2019 due to Monaco's poor form.
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Csaba Kőrösi
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1983
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Csaba Kőrösi is a Hungarian diplomat who served as President of the 77th United Nations General Assembly. He was previously Director of Environmental Sustainability in the Office of the President of Hungary.
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Alexander Grushko
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Alexander Viktorovich Grushko is a Russian diplomat, and is currently Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, since 22 January 2018. Previously, he was the Permanent Representative of Russia to NATO, serving from 2012 to 2018.
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Zamir Kabulov
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Zamir Kabulov is a high rank career diplomat and Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan. He is the Special Representative for Afghanistan since 2022
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Sergey Sokol
- Occupations
- diplomatmember of the State Dumapolitician
- Biography
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Sergey Sokol is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 7th and 8th State Dumas.
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Sergei Ordzhonikidze
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Sergei Alexandrovich Ordzhonikidze is a Russian diplomat. He was the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva from 2002 to 2011.
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Pyotr Ilichov
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- diplomat
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Pyotr Viktorovich Ilyichev is a Russian diplomat, first deputy of Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations.
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Andranik Migranyan
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- political scientist
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Andranik Migranyan is an Armenian-born Russian politologist, who works as a professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
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Alexander Bessmertnykh
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- politiciandiplomat
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Alexander Alexandrovich Bessmertnykh is a Soviet diplomat who briefly served as foreign minister of the Soviet Union.
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Alexander Avdeyev
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- politiciandiplomat
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Aleksandr Alekseyevich Avdeyev is a Russian and Soviet politician and diplomat. He was the Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Luxembourg from 1987 to 1990, the Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria from 1992 to 1996 and the Ambassador of Russia to France from 2002 to 2008. He later served as the Minister of Culture from 2008 to 2012.
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Yuli Vorontsov
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- diplomat
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Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov was a Soviet and Russian diplomat, President of International Centre of the Roerichs (Moscow). In the mid-1970s he was Chargé d'Affaires at the Soviet embassy in Washington under Ambassador Dobrynin. He was then Ambassador to India (1978-1983) and France (1983-1986). He returned to Moscow to be the first deputy foreign minister (1986-1990) and participated in arms reduction talks with the United States. In 1988-1989, he was simultaneously the Ambassador to Afghanistan as Soviet troops withdrew from the country. He then served as the last Soviet ambassador to United Nations between 1990 and 1991 and as the first Russian Permanent Representative to the UN from 1991 to 1994. After this he served as the Russian ambassador to the United States from 1994 to 1998. In 2000 Vorontsov was chosen as the high-level coordinator for issues related to a paragraph of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1284 which once again required Iraq to face "its obligations regarding the repatriation or return of all Kuwaiti and third country nationals or their remains, the return of all Kuwaiti property [...] seized by Iraq" (during the invasion of Kuwait).
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Gennadi Karponosov
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- figure skating coachice dancer
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Gennadi Mikhailovich Karponosov is an ice dancing coach and a former competitive ice dancer for the Soviet Union. With Natalia Linichuk, he is the 1980 Olympic champion and a two-time World champion.
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Kostyantyn Gryshchenko
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- politiciandiplomat
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Kostyantyn Ivanovych Gryshchenko is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician.
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Georgy Arbatov
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- journalistgeopolitical analystpolitician
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Georgy Arkadyevich Arbatov was a Soviet and Russian political scientist who served as an adviser to five General Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and was best known in the West during the Cold War era as a representative for the policies of the Soviet Union in the United States, where his fluent English helped make him a frequent guest on American television. He was the founding director and later emeritus director of the Institute of USA and Canada of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN), the Soviet and Russian think tank for the study of US and Canada.
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Iurie Leancă
- Enrolled in Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Studied in 1981-1986
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Iurie Leancă is a Moldovan politician who was the Prime Minister of Moldova from 2013 until 2015. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration from 2009 to 2013 as part of the First and Second Filat Cabinet.
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Ján Kubiš
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- politiciandiplomat
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Ján Kubiš is a Slovak diplomat. He is a former minister of foreign affairs. He was appointed United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon in 2019 by António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, and as head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya in January 2021.
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Nurlan Nogaev
- Occupations
- statesperson
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Nurlan Asqaruly Nogaev is a Kazakh politician who served as the Minister of Energy from 18 December 2019 under Askar Mamin's cabinet until 7 September 2021, when he was transferred to the post of äkım (local head) of the Mangystau Region. Prior to becoming an Energy Minister, he was the äkım of West Kazakhstan and Atyrau regions from 2012 to 2019.
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Dmitry Konov
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- international forum participantentrepreneur
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Dmitry Vladimirovich Konov is a Russian business executive. He was the head of Sibur, Russia's largest integrated petrochemical company, from 2006 to 2022.
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Mikhail Bogdanov
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Mikhail Leonidovich Bogdanov is a Russian diplomat. He is Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Special Representative of the President of Russia for the Middle East. He is also Deputy Chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society.
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Nina Shtanski
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Nina Viktorovna Shtanski is a Transnistrian former state politician and public figure. She has been the Deputy Prime Minister for the International Cooperation of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic from 24 January 2012 to 2 September 2015. Ph.D. (2012). She became an honoured foreign service officer Transnistrian Moldovan Republic in 2012. She held the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
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Sükhbaataryn Batbold
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- politician
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Sükhbaataryn Batbold is a prominent Mongolian political figure and leader, who was Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2009 to 2012, as well as Chairman of the Mongolian People's Party. He was previously Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of his predecessor, Sanjaagiin Bayar.
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Erlan Idrissov
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- international forum participantdiplomat
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Erlan Abilfayizuly Idrissov is a Kazakh politician who served as Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan 1999 to 2002 and 2012 to 2016.
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Štefan Füle
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- politiciandiplomat
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Štefan Füle is a former Czech diplomat who served as the European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy from February 2010 until October 2014.
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Eduard Kukan
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- diplomatpoliticianforeign minister
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Eduard Kukan was a Slovakian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2006. He was a candidate in the presidential election held on 3 April 2004, and although pre-election polls had suggested he would come first, he actually came in third behind the eventual President Ivan Gašparovič and former prime minister Vladimír Mečiar, thus preventing him from contesting the run-off. He was elected Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2009, a position he held until 2019.
