By Presidential Decrees No. 76 and No. 77 of February 10, 2023, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Mexican States and Belize concurrently.
Sofinsky N.V., born in 1958.
Higher education: graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1980. Speaks Spanish and English. He has the diplomatic rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 1st class, awarded in September 2018.
In the diplomatic service since 1990. He worked in various positions in the Central Office of the Ministry and abroad. In 1995-2000 . — Counsellor-Envoy of the Russian Embassy in Spain, in 2000-2003 — Deputy Director of the North America Department, in 2003-2008 — Consul General of Russia in Houston, USA, in 2008-2011 — Deputy Director of the North America Department, in 2011-2015 – Russian Ambassador to Peru, in 2015-2018 — Deputy Director of the Latin American Department, in 2018-2020 — Russian Ambassador to Uruguay. In 2020-2023 . — Deputy of the Latin American Department.
Source: Russian Foreign Ministry
