Russian Embassy Kiev
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| State level | bilateral | ||
| Position of the authority | Embassy | ||
| Supervisory authority (s) | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation | ||
| Consist | since December 5, 1991 | ||
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 Kiev
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| ambassador | Mikhail Yuryevich Zurabov | ||
| Website | Russian Embassy Kiev | ||
The Embassy of the Russian Federation Kiev is the seat of the diplomatic mission of Russia in Ukraine . The Russian Federation recognized Ukraine's independence on December 5, 1991. The Russian Embassy in Kiev opened on August 6, 1992 and is located on Powitroflotskyj Prospect ( Повітрофлотський проспект ) number 27.
Rally in front of the embassy in June 2014
On June 14, 2014, violent protests broke out in front of the embassy in response to the shooting down of a Ukrainian military plane near Luhansk . Eggs and paint were thrown at the embassy building, swastikas were smeared on the embassy gate and the embassy's Russian flag was torn from a flagpole. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrij Deschtschyzja had a calming effect on the demonstrators and described the Russian President with the words " Putin chuilo (Putin - dick)".
Russian ambassador to Ukraine
The first Russian ambassador to Ukraine was Leonid Yakovlevich Smolyakov, who held the post from 1991 to 1996. He was followed by Yuri Vladimirovich Dubinin from 1996 to 1999 and Ivan Pawlowitsch Aboimow from 1999 to 2001. Mikhail Yuryevich Zurabow replaced Viktor Stepanowitsch Chernomyrdin , who was ambassador from 2001, on August 5, 2009 as Russian ambassador to Ukraine.
Consulates
Consulates General of the Russian Federation in Ukraine are located in the following cities of Ukraine, in addition to the one in Kiev:
- Kharkiv : jurisdiction are Oblast Kharkiv , Dnipropetrovsk Oblast , Donetsk Oblast , Luhansk Oblast , Zaporizhia Oblast and the Sumy
- Odessa : Responsible for the Kherson Oblast , Oblast Kirovohrad , Mykolaiv Oblast and Odessa
- Lviv : jurisdiction extends to the oblast Khmelnytsky Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk , Lviv Oblast , Rivne Oblast , Oblast Ternopil , Chernivtsi Oblast , Zakarpattia Oblast and Oblast Volyn
There is an honorary consulate in Chernihiv .
Consulate General in Kharkiv
Consulate General in Odessa
Consulate General in Lviv
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Address of the embassy on the official website of the Russian embassy in Kiev ( memento of the original from June 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ukrainian Foreign Minister calls Putin an "asshole" , website of n-tv from June 16, 2014
- ↑ "Ambassador of Russia in Kiev" on the official website of the Russian Embassy in Kiev ( memento of the original from June 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 4, 2014
- ↑ "Consulates General" on the official website of the Russian Embassy in Kiev ( memento of the original from June 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 1 ″ N , 30 ° 28 ′ 19 ″ E