Ambassador

H.E. Mr. Vladimir A. KALININ 

Born in 1954. 

1977 – Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. 

Joined diplomatic service in 1977. 

1977-1981 – Embassy of the USSR in Mongolia. 

1984-1989 – Embassy of the USSR in the Republic of Indonesia. 

1992-1997 – Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Indonesia. 

2001-2005 – Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of Thailand. 

2005-2011 – Principal Counsellor of the Department of Asia and Pacific Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. 

2011-2015 – Consul-General of the Russian Federation in Hong Kong. 

2015 - September 2019 – Deputy Director of the 1^st Department of Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. 

Diplomatic rank: Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, 2^nd class. 

Speaks Russian, English and Mongolian.