Mr. Konstantin Kosachev MP

Mr. Kosachev was elected to the state Duma for the first time in 1999 and currently serves as chairman of the Duma Committee on International Affairs. A respected diplomat prior to his service in the Duma, Mr. Kosachev worked in various Russian diplomatic missions as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He represented Russia in negotiations with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe as well as the Parliament of Sweden, and is the recipient of the Russian Order of Friendship and the Swedish Royal Order of the North Star. Mr. Kosachev received his PhD from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).