Yuri Ushakov


Yuri Viktorovich Ushakov is a Russian career diplomat.
Ushakov is a graduate of Moscow State Institute of International Relations and was the Russian Ambassador to The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe from 1996 to 1998.
He was appointed Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States in January 1999, and he was released from his posting by the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, on 2 June 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: