Alexander Dmitriyevich Polyakov (born 1959) is a Russia

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Polyakov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1981 and entered the service of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the same year. He held various positions in the central offices of the Ministry and the Embassy in Budapest, where from 20002004 he was Senior Adviser, Minister-Counsellor. From December 2004 to 9 June 2008, he was Deputy Director of the Third European Department at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On 10 June 2008, Polyakov was appointed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev

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 at Ambassador of Russia to Nigeria, and he presented his Letters of Credence to Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua on 4 December 2008