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yuri fedotov

yuri viktorovich fedotov -lrb- , born 1950 -rrb- -rrb- is a high level diplomat of the russian federation .
since 2010 he has served as the executive director of the united nations office on drugs and crime -lrb- unodc -rrb- with the rank of under-secretary-general , after having previously served as the ambassador of russia to the united kingdom .
fedotov graduated from the moscow state institute of international relations in 1971 .
he has held many foreign-service positions to the un and worked at soviet embassies in algeria and india .
in 2002 he became the russian federation 's deputy minister for foreign affairs and held this post until 2005 .
from 2005 until 2010 he held the post of ambassador of russia to the court of st. james 's .
