Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Andrey Pod'elyshev as the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Andrey Pod'elyshev as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Consensus
- Vladimir Putin signed an edict appointing Andrei Pod'yelyshev as the new Russian ambassador to North Korea.
- Pod'yelyshev was relieved of his duties as Russia's ambassador to Nigeria.
- The appointment and removal were published on the official legal information portal.
- Andrei Pod'yelyshev has worked in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1984.
- Pod'yelyshev speaks Korean and English.
- Alexander Matsygora, the previous ambassador to North Korea, died in December 2025 at age 71.
- Matsygora had served as ambassador since 2014.
Points of divergence
- Pod'yelyshev graduated from MGIMO in 1984 and worked at the Soviet embassy in North Korea, then at Russian embassies in South Korea and the United States. — kommersant
- Pod'yelyshev served as consul-general counselor at the Russian consulate general in San Francisco from 2001 to 2004 and holds the diplomatic rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador 2nd class, awarded in June 2009. — vedomosti
- Pod'yelyshev served as consul-general at the Russian consulate general in San Francisco and was deputy director of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for ten years. — interfax
Coverage (4 sources)
- Putin Appoints Pod'elyshev as Ambassador to North Korea — Коммерсантъ
- Putin appoints new Russian ambassador to North Korea — Ведомости
- Andrei Pod'elyshev appointed as Russia's new ambassador to North Korea — Вести
- Andrei Pod'olyshov Appointed as New Russian Ambassador to North Korea — Интерфакс
Key entities
- Andrey Pod'elyshev
- Russia
- DPR
- Vladimir Putin
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Moscow
- INTERFAX.RU
- MID
- USSR
- MGIMO
- South Korea
- Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Alexander Matsyegora