Yuri Viktorovich Ushakov (Russian: Юрий Викторович Ушаков; born 13 March 1947) is a Russian and former Soviet diplomat who served as the Ambassador of Russia to the United States from 1998 until 2008. Since 2012, he has been an advisor to the President of Russia on foreign policy issues.
Ushakov is a graduate of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and was the Russian Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) from 1996 to 1998.
He was appointed Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States in December 1998, until president Dmitry Medvedev replaced him with Sergey Kislyak on 31 May 2008. From June 2008 to May 2012 Ushakov was Deputy Chief of the Government Staff of the Russian Federation. Since May 2012 he has been Aide to the President of the Russian Federation responsible for international affairs in the Presidential Administration.
He commented on the Beslan school massacre in North Ossetia-Alania, Russia:
It is already clear that terrorists will never stop killing us if they are not stopped and eliminated with all the power and might of our nation and that of the civilized world.
Юрий Ушаков Assistant to the President of Russia for Foreign Policy Assumed office
21 May 2012President Vladimir Putin Ambassador of Russia to the United States In office
16 December 1998 – 31 May 2008President Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
Dmitry MedvedevPreceded by Yuli Vorontsov Succeeded by Sergey Kislyak Personal details Born 13 March 1947
Moscow, Soviet UnionCitizenship Soviet Union (1947–1991)
Russia (1991–)Children 1 Alma mater Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet UnionOccupation Diplomat
