Office: | Ambassador of Russia to Benin |
Term Start: | 30 June 2008 |
Term End: | 31 May 2013 |
Predecessor: | Vladimir Timoshenko |
Birth Date: | 11 July 1945 |
Alma Mater: | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Occupation: | diplomat |
Yury Grigoriyevich Grashchenkov (ru|Юрий Григорьевич Гращенков; 11 July 1945 – 26 January 2022)[1] was a career diplomat and the former Russian ambassador to Benin, concurrently accredited to Togo.
Grashchenkov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1974, and went on to work in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad.[1]
From 1999 to 2002, he was the Russian Consul-General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. On 30 June 2008 Grashchenkov was appointed by Dmitry Medvedev to the post of Ambassador of Russia to Benin, with concurrent accreditation to Togo.[1]
Grashchenkov spoke Russian, English, French and Khmer.[1] He died on 26 January 2022, at the age of 76.[2]