Russian President Vladimir Putin removed Dmitry Lyubinsky from the post of ambassador to Austria and appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. The corresponding decrees are placed on the portal of publishing legal acts.
In July, the President removed Mikhail Bogdanov from the post of deputy head of the Foreign Ministry. He was also freed from the duties of the president’s special representative in the Middle East and Africa countries. Bogdanov explained his resignation by the fact that “it is already time.” “Age, pension,” he said. According to TASS, Bogdanov wrote a statement for dismissal of his own free will by virtue of age.
in March Bogdanov turned 73 years old. Prior to this, in January, Putin extended his public service term until March 2026.
Dmitry Lyubinsky was born on December 1, 1967. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in the specialty of an international economist in 1989, at the same time he entered the diplomatic service.
in 1989-1996 he worked in the central apparatus of the Foreign Ministry, then he held the post of adviser to the Russian Embassy in Germany. From 2000 to 2005 he was deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, oversaw Russian-German relations. In 2005-2008, he served as the adviser to the Russian Embassy in Austria.
from 2008 to 2010, he worked as deputy director of the Third European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from 2010 to 2015-the director of this department. Since August 2015, he served as an ambassador of Russia in Austria.