Grigory Borisovich Karasin (Russian: Григорий Борисович Карасин; born 23 August 1949)[2] is a Russian politican and diplomat is currently the Senator from Sakhalin Oblast since 12 September 2019
Grigory Karasin | |
|---|---|
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 | |
| Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 6 March 2000 – 9 June 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Yury Fokin |
| Succeeded by | Yury Feladotov |
| Director of the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1993–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Sergey Yastrzhembsky |
| Succeeded by | Gennady Tarasov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 August 1949[1] Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
He served as a State Secretary and a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia from 2005 to 2019,[3] and had had served as the ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2005.
Career
editKarasin graduated from the Institute of Oriental Languages at Moscow State University in 1971,[2] and went on to work in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad.[2]
From March 2000 to June 2005, Karasin was the Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom,[2] 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.[2]
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.[4]
Karasin speaks Russian, English, Hausa and French.[2]
Sanctions
editHe was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War. [5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Структура". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). 17 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ 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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