Mikhail Ivanovich Ulyanov
{{Short description|Russian diplomat}}
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| caption = Ulyanov in 2020
| office = Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna
| term_start = 23 January 2018
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| predecessor = Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov
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| president = Vladimir Putin
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| birth_name = Mikhail Ivanovich Ulyanov
Михаил Иванович Ульянов
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| birth_place = Moscow, Soviet Union
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| nationality = Russian
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| awards = Order of Friendship {{small|(2012)}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/36184 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 16.10.2012 г. № 1402 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации» |access-date=2018-08-01 |archive-date=2016-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916114945/http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/36184 }}
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Mikhail Ivanovich Ulyanov ({{langx|ru|Михаил Иванович Ульянов}}; born 23 August 1953) is a Russian foreign service officer who since 2018 has served as Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna.
Biography
Mikhail Ulyanov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of History and Archives (MGIAI) in 1980.
From January 2004 to September 2006 he was a Deputy Director of the Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Since September 2006, he has been the head of the Russian delegation at the Vienna talks on military security and arms control.
From 2011 till 2014, he was Director of the Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
From 2014 till 2017, he was Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Since 23 January 2018 he served as Russia's Permanent Representative to international organizations in Vienna (Austria).
=During the Russian war against Ukraine=
On 12 August 2022, he declared that anti-Russian sanctions had completely failed.{{cite news|url=https://rg.ru/2022/08/12/postpred-rf-v-vene-ulianov-antirossijskie-sankcii-polnostiu-provalilis.html|title=Постпред РФ в Вене Ульянов: Антироссийские санкции полностью провалились|date=12 August 2022|newspaper=Российская газета|accessdate=22 October 2022}} On August 20, 2022, in response to the publication of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky about the US armed assistance to Ukraine, Ulyanov wrote on the official Twitter channel: "No mercy for the Ukrainian population!" He subsequently deleted his post, apologizing and saying: "I forgot who I'm dealing with". Analyst Olga Lautman commented on the removal: "The Chekist war criminal apologized for admitting that Russian military targets are Ukrainians. This part was to be kept secret."{{Cite web|url=https://www.obozrevatel.com/politics-news/nikakoj-poschadyi-ukraintsam-ofitsialnyij-predstavitel-rf-v-vene-sdelal-tsinichnoe-zayavlenie-a-zatem-popyitalsya-opravdatsya.htm|title=Никакой пощады украинцам: официальный представитель РФ в Вене сделал циничное заявление, а затем попытался оправдаться|first=Анна|last=Паскевич|date=20 August 2022|website=www.obozrevatel.com|accessdate=22 October 2022}} Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the President's Office in Ukraine, noted that the call for genocide of the Ukrainian people is unacceptable.{{Cite web|url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/general/853349.html|title=Подоляк о призыве постпреда РФ в Вене к геноциду украинцев: пора понять, что рф - это фашистская вертикаль миллионов людей|website=interfax.com.ua|accessdate=22 October 2022}} Ulyanov called attempts to accuse him of calling for the genocide of the Ukrainian people outrageous, claiming his words "No mercy for the Ukrainian population" meant that the US supposedly does not have mercy for Ukrainians due to its armed assistance, not that he doesn't want mercy for Ukrainians.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/20/08/2022/6300f1e69a79470a019fe5b4 |title=Постпред России объяснил твит со словами "никакой пощады украинцам" |access-date=2022-08-31 |archive-date=2022-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831131104/https://www.rbc.ru/politics/20/08/2022/6300f1e69a79470a019fe5b4}}
=Interactions with NAFO=
On June 19, 2022 Ulyanov responded on Twitter to a member of the pro-Ukrainian online movement NAFO, saying: "You pronounced this nonsense. Not me."{{cite web |title=Amb_Ulyanov/status/1538562863199141889 |url=https://twitter.com/Amb_Ulyanov/status/1538562863199141889 |website=Twitter |access-date=21 April 2023 |language=en}} Other members of NAFO then proceeded to mock Ulyanov for this comment, with it rapidly becoming a meme as well as the first NAFO motto.{{cite web |title=We Are NAFO |url=https://nafo-ofan.org/pages/we-are-nafo |website=North Atlantic Fella Organization |access-date=21 April 2023 |language=en}} Ulyanov later took a temporary break from Twitter.
References
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External links
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- [https://www.mid.ru/ru/activity/shots/new_appointments/-/asset_publisher/2TDCzbl45VHK/content/id/3051040?novelty-display-dynamic=novelty Биография на сайте МИД России]
- [https://viennamission.mid.ru/postpred Биография на сайте Постоянного представительства России при международных организациях в Вене]
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Category:Moscow State University alumni
Category:Diplomats from Moscow
Category:Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation)
Category:Permanent representatives to the United Nations in Vienna