Yuri Vladimirovich Dubinin (russian: Юрий Владимирович Дубинин, 7 October 1930 – 20 December 2013) was a

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and

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n diplomat.

Biography

Dubinin was born in Nalchik, the capital of the

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, within the

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in the Soviet Union. He received his doctorate from the

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, focusing on the international politics of the Asia-Pacific region. He was the Soviet Union's

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in 1986;

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from 1986 to 1990; and Ambassador to France from 1990 to 1991. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Dubinin was a Russian deputy foreign minister from 1994 to 1996. After leaving the foreign service, Dubinin worked as a professor of international politics at Moscow State Institute of International Relations and

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. He was also a member of the Oriental Studies Association of Russia and served on the boards of the UN Association of Russia and the Russia-USA Association. Dubinin is known to have organized future US President Donald Trump's first visit to the

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in July 1987.

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''Soviet Ambassador to the US Yuri V. Dubinin and his wife Liana attending a ceremony at the White House.''
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