Vladimir Mikhailovich Grinin (russian: Владимир Михайлович Гринин; born 15 November 1947) is a Russian former

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who served as the Russian

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s to

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, and

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Biography

Vladimir Mikhailovich Grinin was born on 15 November 1947 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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. Grinin graduated from the

Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (russian: Московский государственный институт международных отношений (МГИМО), also known as MGIMO University) is an institute of ...

in 1971 and commenced diplomatic work, serving at the Soviet Embassy in West Germany from 1973 to 1980. After his posting to West Germany, he returned to Moscow and attended the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR. Grinin graduated in 1982 and participated in Soviet-American negotiations on disarmament and arms control in

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until 1986. He was then posted to the

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from 1986 and then in Germany from 1990 to 1992. From 1994 to 1996, Grinin was director of the Fourth European Department at the

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. He was appointed by President

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

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in 1996, and held the post in

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until 2000. After this posting he returned to Moscow, and was appointed by President

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in 2003, and held this post until 2006, when he was appointed as Ambassador of Russia to Poland. Grinin served as Ambassador of Russia to Germany in Berlin from 2010 until reaching the age limit for Russian ambassadors and was replaced by Sergey Nechaev on 10 January 2018. Grinin is married with one daughter, and speaks

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and French.

References

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