Vyacheslav Trubnikov
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Trubnikov (Russian: Вячеслав Иванович Трубников; 25 April 1944 – 18 April 2022) was a Russian journalist, political scientist, intelligence officer, and diplomat. He worked as the Director of Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) and was a First Deputy of Foreign Minister of Russia.
He graduated from the Moscow State Ins*ute of International Relations in 1967 and started to work for the First Chief Directorate (Foreign Intelligence) of the KGB. In 1971-1977 he worked in India under cover of a correspondent of the RIA Novosti. In 1977-1984 he worked in the central office of the First Chief Directorate. In 1984-1990 he worked in Bangladesh and India. In 1990-1991 he was the Chief of the Department of South-East Asia of the KGB. In January 1992 he became the first deputy of the Director of Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) Yevgeny Primakov. In January 1996-May 2000 he was Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service.From June 2000 to July 2004 he worked as a First Deputy of Foreign Minister of Russia. On 29 July 2004 he was appointed by Vladimir Putin to the post of Amb*ador of Russia to India.
He was a Senior Network Member at the European Leadership Network (ELN).
Trubnikov died on 18 April 2022 at the age of 77.
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- Biography (in Russian)