Vladimir Borisovich Lomeiko
Vladimir Borissowitsch Lomeiko ( Russian Владимир Борисович Ломейко ; born November 27, 1935 in Novorossiysk , Russian SFSR , † August 15, 2009 in Moscow ) was a Russian diplomat .
Lomeiko was the foreign policy spokesman for the then Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and the last spokesman for Mikhail Gorbachev before the end of the Soviet Union . Subsequently, Lomeiko took over the position of the Russian ambassador to UNESCO as well as that of a special advisor to the UNESCO Director General. He lived in Baden-Baden and was the executive president of the Baden-Baden-forums, a non-profit organization dedicated to the German-Russian dialogue.
Web links
- Vladimir Lomeiko on biografija.ru (Russian)
- Obituary on mid.ru (Russian)
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SURNAME | Lomeiko, Vladimir Borisovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ломейко, Владимир Борисович; Lomeyko, Vladimir |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian diplomat |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1935 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Novorossiysk |
DATE OF DEATH | August 15, 2009 |
Place of death | Moscow |