Evstafiev, Gennady M. (25.08.1938 – 19.02.2013)

Outstanding Soviet and Russian intelligence officer and diplomat, Lieutenant General of the Russian Foreign Service, former Senior Vice-President of PIR Center. He began his service in the 14th Department of the First Main Directorate of the KGB of the USSR, specializing in Asian countries – Pakistan, India, Japan. In 1981-1985, he worked as a special assistant to the UN Secretary General. In 1999-2000, he was a member of the Disarmament Commission under the UN Secretary General. From 1986 to 1991, Gennady M. Evstafiev was part of the leadership of the Soviet delegation at the negotiations on the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) In Vienna. He worked for a long time in the system of the Foreign Intelligence Service. From 2000 to 2003, he was part of the Russian mission to NATO, where he dealt with counter-terrorism and WMD nonproliferation. After retiring in 2003, he was a Senior Advisor to PIR Center.

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