BEIJING, Oct 20 New Russian Ambassador to China Igor Morgulov arrived in Beijing and began work, the Russian embassy in China said on Thursday. uploads/2022/10/34c3ac436f7e478e516d6bc65c0b54f9.jpg» />October 18, 08:00 Silent support. What signals did Beijing send to Russia and the West? Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Igor Morgulov from the post of Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, appointing him the new Russian Ambassador to China, the relevant documents were published on the official Internet portal of legal information. In addition, the president released Andrey Denisov from the duties of the Russian ambassador to the PRC. Igor Morgulov was born on May 4, 1961, graduated from the Institute of Asian and African Countries of Lomonosov Moscow State University (later he became a member of the institute's board of trustees), speaks Chinese and English languages. For Morgulov, this is not the first appointment to China — in general, the diplomat has been working in the system of the Russian Foreign Ministry since 1991. From 2006 to 2009, he served as Minister Counselor of the Russian Embassy in China. After that, he worked as director of the first department of Asia of the Russian Foreign Ministry, and in 2011 he took the position of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia. Morgulov has several state awards, including the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 4th class, awarded to him in 2022, as well as the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class, and others.
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