Semyon Vyacheslavovich Grigoriyev (russian: Семён Вячеславович Григорьев) (born 1960 in Moscow), at WebCite is a Russian

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and is the first

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Abkhazia Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...

Career

Grigoriyev graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1983, and went on to work at the

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in a position at the Soviet embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. From 19901997 he was third, second and first secretary at the Soviet and Russian embassies in Tehran, Iran. From 20032006, he was Deputy Director of the Fourth Department of the CIS Countries at the Russian foreign ministry, and from 20062008, he was an adviser-envoy at the Embassy of Russia in Kabul. 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. On 25 October 2008, Russian President

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...

appointed Grigoriyev as the first Ambassador of Russia to Abkhazia, 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 Sergei Uasyl-ipa Bagapsh, ka, სერგეი ბაგაფში, russian: Сергей Васильевич Багапш, translit=Sergey Vasilyevich Bagapsh (4 March 1949 – 29 May 2011) was an Abkhaz politician who served as th ...

on 16 December 2008. Grigoriyev speaks Russian, English, Dari and Pashtu.

References

1960 births Living people Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni Diplomats from Moscow Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation) Ambassadors of Russia to Abkhazia Ambassadors of Russia to Tajikistan {{russia-diplomat-stub