Sergey Ryabkov
Sergey Ryabkov deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation appointed in 2008.
Ryabkov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in 1982. He has served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the central office as well as on a number of overseas diplomatic missions. Ryabkov headed of the OSCE (Organization of Security Cooperation in Europe) division of the Department of European Cooperation. He formerly served as the senior counselor of the Russian embassy in the United States and counselor-envoy of the Russian embassy in the US, and also as the Director of the Department of European Cooperation. He is a member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy. He has also served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation and is the recipient of several state awards.