List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Russia
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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Russia (Russian
: Британский Посол в России) is the United Kingdom
's foremost diplomatic representative
in the Russian Federation, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission
in Russia. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Russian Federation.
Between 1844 and 1860 the status of the head of mission
in Saint Petersburg
was reduced from Ambassador to Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. The capital of Russia, and later the Soviet Union
(from 1922 to 1991), was moved to Moscow
in 1918.
The current Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Russia is Her Excellency
Dame Anne Pringle
who was appointed in 2008.
in 1801, see List of Ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Russia (for the period until 1707) and List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia (for the years 1707 to 1800).
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
: Британский Посол в России) is the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
's foremost diplomatic representative
Diplomat
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in the Russian Federation, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission
Diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation in the receiving state...
in Russia. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Russian Federation.
Between 1844 and 1860 the status of the head of mission
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
was reduced from Ambassador to Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. The capital of Russia, and later the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
(from 1922 to 1991), was moved to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
in 1918.
The current Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Russia is Her Excellency
Excellency
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Dame Anne Pringle
Anne Pringle
Dame Anne Fyfe Pringle DCMG is a British diplomat and current HM Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Russian Federation.From 2001 to 2004, Pringle was the British ambassador to the Czech Republic...
who was appointed in 2008.
List of heads of mission
For the envoys to Russia from the Court of St James's before the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it....
in 1801, see List of Ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Russia (for the period until 1707) and List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia (for the years 1707 to 1800).
Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1800-1801: Diplomatic Relations were suspended during the Second League of Armed NeutralitySecond League of Armed NeutralityThe Second League of Armed Neutrality or the League of the North was an alliance of the north European naval powers Denmark–Norway, Prussia, Sweden and Russia. It occurred between 1800 and 1801 during the War of the Second Coalition and was initiated by Paul I of Russia...
.- 1801–1802: Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St HelensAlleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St HelensAlleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens PC was a British diplomat and a friend of explorer George Vancouver, who named Mount St...
- 1802–1804: Sir John Borlase Warren
- 1804–1806: Lord Granville Leveson-GowerGranville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl GranvilleGranville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville GCB PC , known as Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1814 and as the Viscount Granville from 1814 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat....
- 1805–1806: William Schaw Cathcart, 10th Lord Cathcart
- 1807: Alexander Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas and ClydesdaleAlexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of HamiltonAlexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, 7th Duke of Brandon KG PC FRS FSA was a Scottish politician and art collector....
Special Mission - 1807: Lord Granville Leveson-GowerGranville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl GranvilleGranville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville GCB PC , known as Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1814 and as the Viscount Granville from 1814 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat....
(again) - 1807–1812: Diplomatic Relations suspended following Treaty of Tilsit
- 1812: Edward ThorntonEdward Thornton (1766–1852)Sir Edward Thornton was a British diplomat, and father of Sir Edward Thornton .He was born in London, the third son of an innkeeper, but orphaned at an early age. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and at Pembroke College, Cambridge...
Plenipotentiary to negoatiate at StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... - 1812–1820: William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Viscount Cathcart (created Earl Cathcart while in post in 1814)
- 1820–1825: Sir Charles BagotCharles BagotSir Charles Bagot, GCB was an English diplomat and colonial administrator who served as Governor General of the Province of Canada 1841-1843)....
- 1820–1824: Hon. Frderick Cathcart Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1824–1825: Edward Michael WardEdward Michael WardEdward Michael Ward was an Anglo-Irish diplomat.He was the oldest son of Robert Ward and his first wife Sophia Frances Whaley, third daughter of Richard Chapel Whaley. His younger brother James was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy.Ward served as secretary of legation at Stuttgart from 1814...
Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1825–1826: Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford
- 1825–1828 : Edward Cromwell DisbroweEdward Cromwell DisbroweSir Edward Cromwell Disbrowe , Member of Parliament for Windsor , later served in the British diplomatic corps in positions in Switzerland, Russia, Sweden and other postings. He was named British Ambassador to the Netherlands, where he died at the Hague, and his body was returned to England on the...
Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1825–1828 : Edward Cromwell Disbrowe
- 1828–1832: Sir William à Court, 2nd BaronetWilliam à Court, 1st Baron HeytesburyWilliam à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury GCB PC , known as Sir William à Court, Bt, from 1817 to 1828, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
- 1828–1832: Hon. William Temple Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1832–1833: Sir Stratford CanningStratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de RedcliffeStratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe KG GCB PC , was a British diplomat and politician, best known as the longtime British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire...
(nominally ambassador, but did not go)- 1832–1835: Hon. John Duncan BlighJohn Duncan BlighSir John Duncan Bligh KCB, DL , styled The Honourable from birth, was a British diplomat.-Background:Born in London, he was the second son of John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley and his wife Elizabeth, the third daughter of William Brownlow...
Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1832–1835: Hon. John Duncan Bligh
- 1835–1837: John Lambton, 1st Earl of DurhamJohn Lambton, 1st Earl of DurhamJohn George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham GCB, PC , also known as "Radical Jack" and commonly referred to in history texts simply as Lord Durham, was a British Whig statesman, colonial administrator, Governor General and high commissioner of British North America...
- 1837–1838: John Ralph Milbanke Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1838–1841: Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of ClanricardeUlick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of ClanricardeUlick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde KP, PC , styled Lord Dunkellin until 1808 and known as The Earl of Clanricarde between 1808 and 1825, was a British Whig politician.-Background and education:...
- 1841–1844: Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de RothesayCharles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de RothesayCharles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay GCB, PC , known as Sir Charles Stuart between 1812 and 1828, was a British diplomat...
- 1801–1802: Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary
- 1844-1851 : John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield (created Baron Bloomfield while in post in 1846)
- 1851-1854 : Sir George Hamilton SeymourGeorge Hamilton SeymourSir George Hamilton Seymour GCB, GCH, PC was a British diplomat.Seymour was the son of Lord George Seymour and Isabella, daughter of Reverend the Honourable William Hamilton. He married the Honourable Gertrude, daughter of General Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, in 1831. They had several children....
- 1854–1856: No representation due to the Crimean WarCrimean WarThe Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
- 1856-1858 : John Wodehouse, 1st Baron WodehouseJohn Wodehouse, 1st Earl of KimberleyJohn Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley KG , PC , known as the Lord Wodehouse from 1846 to 1866, was a British Liberal politician...
- 1858-1860 : John Fiennes Twisleton Crampton
Ambassadors
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| John Fiennes Twisleton Crampton | 1860 | 1861 | Queen Victoria | Emperor Alexander II Alexander II of Russia Alexander II , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the Emperor of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881... |
| The Rt Hon. Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick, KT, PC , was a Scottish polyglot, diplomat and colonial administrator. He served as the British Minister to the United States from 1857 to 1859, Netherlands from 1859 to 1860, Russia from 1861 to 1864, Prussia from 1864 to 1866 and as the... |
1861 | 1864 | ||
| Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet, GCB was a British diplomat and baronet.-Family:Buchanan was the only son of James Buchanan of Blairvadoch, Ardinconnal, Dumbartonshire, and Janet, eldest daughter of James Sinclair, 12th Earl of Caithness.He married first, 4 April 1839, Frances Katharine, daughter... |
1864 | 1867 | ||
| George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry George Henry Robert Charles William Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry KP , styled Viscount Seaham between 1823 and 1854 and known as The Earl Vane between 1854 and 1872, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, businessman, diplomat and Conservative politician.-Background and education:Born George... |
1867 | 1871 | ||
| The Rt Hon. Lord Augustus Loftus | 1871 | 1879 | ||
| Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC was a British public servant and prominent member of Victorian society... |
1879 | 1881 | ||
| Sir Edward Thornton | 1881 | 1884 | Emperor Alexander III Alexander III of Russia Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov , historically remembered as Alexander III or Alexander the Peacemaker reigned as Emperor of Russia from until his death on .-Disposition:... |
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| Sir Robert Burnett David Morier Robert Burnett David Morier Robert Burnett David Morier was a British diplomatist.Born in Paris, Morier was descended from a family of diplomatists of Huguenot origin, the best known of whom were his father David, consul-general for France and minister at Bern, and his uncle James, the author of The Adventures of Hajji... |
1884 | 1893 | ||
| Sir Frank Lascelles Frank Lascelles Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC was a British diplomat. He served as Ambassador to both Russia and Germany.... |
1894 | 1895 | Emperor Nicholas II Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official short title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until... → Emperor Michael II Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia was the youngest son of Emperor Alexander III of Russia.At the time of his birth, his paternal grandfather was still the reigning Emperor of All the Russias. Michael was fourth-in-line to the throne following his father and elder brothers Nicholas and... |
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| Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor | 1895 | 1898 | ||
| Sir Charles Stewart Scott Charles Scott (ambassador) Sir Charles Stewart Scott was a British diplomat.Scott was educated at Cheltenham College. He started his career as attaché at Paris ; transferred to Dresden and Copenhagen ; promoted to be a 3rd secretary at Copenhagen ; transferred to Madrid and Berne ; promoted to be a 2nd secretary at Mexico... |
1898 | 1904 | ||
| The Rt Hon. Sir Charles Hardinge Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, was a British diplomat and statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1910 to 1916.-Background and education:... |
1904 | 1906 | King Edward VII | |
| The Rt Hon. Sir Arthur Nicolson, 11th Baronet Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock , known as Sir Arthur Nicolson, 11th Baronet, from 1899 to 1916, was a British diplomat and politician through the last quarter of the 19th century to the middle of World War I... |
1906 | 1910 | ||
| Sir George Buchanan George Buchanan (diplomat) Sir George William Buchanan GCB GCMG GCVO PC was a British diplomat. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, he was the son of British Ambassador Sir Andrew Buchanan, Bt..... |
1910 | 1917 | King George V→ King Edward VIII→ King George VI |
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| no representation following the Russian Revolution | 1917 | 1924 | Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a... |
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| Sir Robert MacLeod Hodgson Robert MacLeod Hodgson Sir Robert MacLeod Hodgson KCMG KBE was a British diplomat and consul.Hodgson was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, the son of the Reverend Robert Hodgson, founder of West Bromwich Albion Football Club... |
1924 | 1929 | Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee... |
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| Sir Esmond Ovey(:ru:Овей, Эсмонд) | 1929 | 1933 | ||
| The Rt Hon. Aretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount Chilston Aretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount Chilston Aretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount Chilston GCMG, PC , was a British diplomat. He was Ambassador to the Soviet Union between 1933 and 1938.-Background and education:... |
1933 | 1939 | ||
| Sir William Seeds William Seeds Sir William Seeds KCMG was a British diplomat. He served as Ambassador to both Russia and Brazil.-Background and education:Sir William Seeds was born in Dublin, Ireland, on the 27th June 1882, to an Ulster Protestant family. He was the only son of Lady Kaye and Robert Seeds QC, the Queen’s... |
1939 | 1940 | King George VI | |
| Sir Stafford Cripps Stafford Cripps Sir Richard Stafford Cripps was a British Labour politician of the first half of the 20th century. During World War II he served in a number of positions in the wartime coalition, including Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Minister of Aircraft Production... |
1940 | 1942 | ||
| The Rt Hon. Sir Archibald Clark Kerr | 1942 | 1946 | ||
| Sir Maurice Peterson Maurice Peterson Sir Maurice Drummond Peterson GCMG was a British diplomatist.Peterson entered the foreign service in 1913 and served from 1921 to 1922 as private secretary to Arthur Balfour during the Washington Naval Conference... |
1946 | 1949 | ||
| Sir David Victor Kelly (:ru:Келли, Дэвид) | 1949 | 1951 | ||
| Sir Alvary Gascoigne Alvary Gascoigne Alvary Douglas Frederick Trench-Gascoigne GBE, KCMG was a British diplomat.-Early life:Alvary Douglas Frederick Trench-Gascoigne was born on 6 August 1893... (:ru:Гаскойн, Альвари) |
1951 | 1953 | ||
| Sir William Goodenough Hayter William Goodenough Hayter Sir William Goodenough Hayter, 1st Baronet PC, QC was a British barrister and Whig politician. He is best remembered for his two tenures as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury between 1850 and 1852 and 1853 and 1858.- Background and education:Born at Winterbourne Stoke, Wiltshire, Hayter was... |
1953 | 1957 | Queen Elizabeth II | Georgy Malenkov Georgy Malenkov Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov was a Soviet politician, Communist Party leader and close collaborator of Joseph Stalin. After Stalin's death, he became Premier of the Soviet Union and was in 1953 briefly considered the most powerful Soviet politician before being overshadowed by Nikita... → Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964... |
| Sir Patrick Reilly Patrick Reilly Sir Patrick Reilly, GCMG was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to the USSR and France.D'Arcy Patrick Reilly was at Ootacamund, India, the only son of Sir D'Arcy Reilly, Chief Justice of Mysore. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where he was awarded BA in 1932... |
1957 | 1960 | Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964... |
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| Sir Frank Roberts Frank Roberts (diplomat) Sir Frank Kenyon Roberts, GCMG, GCVO was a British diplomat. He played a key role in British diplomacy in the early years of the Cold War, and in developing Anglo-German relations in the 1960s.... |
1960 | 1962 | ||
| Sir Humphrey Trevelyan | 1962 | 1965 | ||
| Sir Geoffrey Harrison :ru:Харрисон, Джеффри | 1965 | 1968 | Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev – 10 November 1982) was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. His eighteen-year term as General Secretary was second only to that of Joseph Stalin in... |
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| Sir Duncan Wilson | 1968 | 1971 | ||
| Sir John Killick (:ru:Киллик, Джон) | 1971 | 1973 | ||
| Sir Terence Garvey (:ru:Гарви, Теренс) | 1973 | 1976 | ||
| Sir Sir Howard Smith | 1976 | 1978 | ||
| Sir Curtis Keeble Curtis Keeble Sir Herbert Ben Curtis Keeble GCMG was a British diplomat and Ambassador to the Soviet Union between 1978 and 1982.... |
1978 | 1982 | ||
| Sir Iain Sutherland(:ru:Иэн Сазерленд) | 1982 | 1985 | Yuri Andropov Yuri Andropov Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov was a Soviet politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 12 November 1982 until his death fifteen months later.-Early life:... → Konstantin Chernenko Konstantin Chernenko Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was a Soviet politician and the fifth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He led the Soviet Union from 13 February 1984 until his death thirteen months later, on 10 March 1985... → Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991... |
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| Sir Bryan Cartledge Bryan Cartledge Sir Bryan Cartledge KCMG is a former British diplomat and academic.After studying at Hurstpierpoint College and St John's College, Cambridge, he took research posts at St Antony's College, Oxford and the Hoover Institute at Stanford University... |
1985 | 1988 | Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991... |
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| Sir Rodric Braithwaite Rodric Braithwaite Sir Rodric Quentin Braithwaite, GCMG is a British diplomat and author.Braithwaite was educated at Bedales School and Christ's College, Cambridge. After his Military Service, he joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1955. His diplomatic career included posts in Indonesia, Italy, Poland, the Soviet Union,... |
1988 | 1992 | ||
| Brian Fall | 1992 | 1995 | Boris Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents. On 29 May 1990 he was elected the chairman of... |
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| Sir Andrew Marley Wood Andrew Marley Wood Sir Andrew Marley Wood GCMG is a British diplomat.Born in Gibraltar, Wood was educated at Ardingly College and King’s College, Cambridge. In 1964, he was posted to Moscow by the British Diplomatic Service. Following a range of diplomatic posts he served as British Ambassador to Yugoslavia from... |
1995 | 2000 | ||
| Sir Roderic Lyne Roderic Lyne Sir Roderic Michael John Lyne KCMG is a former British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the Russian Federation from 2000 to 2004.-Early life and education:... |
2000 | 2004 | Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when... |
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| Sir Anthony Brenton | 2004 | 2008 | ||
| Dame Anne Pringle Anne Pringle Dame Anne Fyfe Pringle DCMG is a British diplomat and current HM Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Russian Federation.From 2001 to 2004, Pringle was the British ambassador to the Czech Republic... |
2008 | 2011 | Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is the third President of the Russian Federation.Born to a family of academics, Medvedev graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1987. He defended his dissertation in 1990 and worked as a docent at his alma mater, now renamed to Saint... |
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