Grigory Karasin

Grigory Karasin
Григорий Карасин
Karasin in 2018
Russian Federation Senator
from Sakhalin Oblast
Assumed office
12 September 2019
Preceded byDmitry Mezentsev
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs — State Secretary
In office
June 2005  10 September 2019
Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
6 March 2000  9 June 2005
Preceded byYury Fokin
Succeeded byYury Feladotov
Director of the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office
1993–1996
Preceded bySergey Yastrzhembsky
Succeeded byGennady Tarasov
Personal details
Born (1949-08-23) 23 August 1949
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma materMoscow State University
Awards

Grigory Borisovich Karasin (Russian: Григорий Борисович Карасин; born 23 August 1949) is a Russian politician and diplomat is currently the Senator from Sakhalin Oblast since 12 September 2019

He served as a State Secretary and a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia from 2005 to 2019, and had had served as the ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2005.