Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak is a Russian senior diplomat and politician. Since September 2017, he has represented Mordovia in the Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian legislature. Previously he served as the Ambassador of Russia to the United States from 2008 to 2017. From 2003 to 2008, he was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and from 1998 to 2003, he served as the Ambassador of Russia to Belgium and Russia's Head of Mission to NATO.
Kislyak in 2016
President Barack Obama meets with Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov, Sergey Kislyak and other Russian representatives to discuss Syria and ISIL on September 29, 2015.
Meeting with Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders
U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Kislyak at Arlington National Cemetery on April 23, 2010
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation is the central government institution charged with leading the foreign policy and foreign relations of Russia. It is a continuation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, which was under the supervision of the Soviet Ministry of External Relations. Sergei Lavrov is the current foreign minister.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building
(From right:) Minister Sergei Lavrov with former ministers Yevgeny Primakov and Igor Ivanov.