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Vladimir Grinin | |
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Владимир Гринин | |
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| Ambassador of Russia to Germany | |
| In office 3 July 2010 – 10 January 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Kontonyov |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Nechayev |
| Ambassador of Russia to Poland | |
| In office 21 April 2006 – 21 June 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Nikolay Afanasevsky |
| Succeeded by | Aleksandr Alekseyev |
| Ambassador of Russia to Finland | |
| In office 21 April 2003 – 21 April 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Aleksandr Patsev |
| Succeeded by | Aleksandr Rumyanstev |
| Ambassador of Russia to Austria | |
| In office 30 August 1996 – 28 April 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Valery Popov |
| Succeeded by | Aleksandr Golovin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1947-11-15)15 November 1947 (age 78) |
| Education | Moscow State Institute of International Relations Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR |
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Vladimir Mikhailovich Grinin (Russian:Владимир Михайлович Гринин; born 15 November 1947) is a Russian formerdiplomat who served as the Russianambassador toAustria,Finland,Poland, andGermany.
Vladimir Mikhailovich Grinin was born on 15 November 1947 inMoscow,Soviet Union. Grinin graduated from theMoscow State Institute of International Relations in 1971 and commenced diplomatic work, serving at theSoviet Embassy in West Germany from 1973 to 1980. After his posting to West Germany, he returned to Moscow and attended theDiplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR. Grinin graduated in 1982 and participated in Soviet-American negotiations on disarmament and arms control inGeneva until 1986. He was then posted to theSoviet Embassy inEast Germany from 1986 and then in Germany from 1990 to 1992.[1][2]
From 1994 to 1996, Grinin was director of the Fourth European Department at theRussian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed by PresidentBoris Yeltsin asAmbassador of Russia to Austria in 1996, and held the post inVienna until 2000. After this posting he returned to Moscow, and was appointed by PresidentVladimir Putin asAmbassador of Russia to Finland in 2003, and held this post until 2006, when he was appointed asAmbassador of Russia to Poland.[1][2] Grinin served asAmbassador of Russia to Germany in Berlin from 2010 until reaching the age limit for Russian ambassadors and was replaced by Sergey Nechaev on 10 January 2018.
Grinin is married with one daughter, and speaksRussian,English,German andFrench.[1][2]
