Valery Nikolayevich Popov (russian: Валерий Николаевич Попов) (born 6 July 1942) is a

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

diplomat and from 24 May 1990 to 25 December 1991 was the

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of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

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, and from 25 December 1991 to 30 August 1996 was

Ambassador of Russia to Austria The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Austria is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of the Republic ...

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1942 births Living people Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Soviet Union) Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Austria Ambassadors of Russia to Austria {{russia-diplomat-stub