Yury Grigoriyevich Grashchenkov (russian: Юрий Григорьевич Гращенков; 11 July 1945 – 26 January 2022) was a career

diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...

and the former Russian ambassador to Benin, concurrently accredited to Togo. Grashchenkov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1974, and went on to work in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

and abroad. From 1999 to 2002, he was the Russian Consul-General in

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, Vietnam. On 30 June 2008 Grashchenkov was appointed by

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 ...

to the post of Ambassador of Russia to Benin, with concurrent accreditation to Togo. Grashchenkov spoke Russian, English,

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and Khmer. He died on 26 January 2022, at the age of 76.

References

1945 births 2022 deaths Ambassadors of Russia to Benin Ambassadors of Russia to Togo Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni {{Russia-diplomat-stub