Vyacheslav Trubnikov

Vyacheslav Ivanovich Trubnikov (Russian: Вячеслав Иванович Трубников; 25 April 1944 – 18 April 2022)[1] was a Russian journalist, political scientist, intelligence officer, and diplomat. He worked as the Director of Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) and was a First Deputy of Foreign Minister of Russia.

Vyacheslav Trubnikov

He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1967 and started to work for the First Chief Directorate (Foreign Intelligence) of the KGB. In 1971-1977 he worked in India under cover of a correspondent of the RIA Novosti. In 1977-1984 he worked in the central office of the First Chief Directorate. In 1984-1990 he worked in Bangladesh and India. In 1990-1991 he was the Chief of the Department of South-East Asia of the KGB. In January 1992 he became the first deputy of the Director of Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) Yevgeny Primakov. In January 1996-May 2000 he was Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service. From June 2000 to July 2004 he worked as a First Deputy of Foreign Minister of Russia. On 29 July 2004 he was appointed by Vladimir Putin to the post of Ambassador of Russia to India.[2]

He was a Senior Network Member at the European Leadership Network (ELN).[3]

Trubnikov died on 18 April 2022 at the age of 77.