Senior Adviser at the Staff of Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Vladimir Semyonov since 1968.
Since 1971 joined the Soviet-American negotiations on reduction of strategic weapons in
Helsinki,
Vienna,
Geneva.
Deputy Chief, Chief of Soviet delegation in Geneva negotiating the INF treaty with the USA. Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) is between the United States and the Soviet Union, signed in
Washington, D.C., by U.S. President
Ronald Reagan and General Secretary
Mikhail Gorbachev on December 8, 1987. Obukhov flew to Washington, D.C., on a special flight with the Treaty’s copy in hands to give it over to the Presidents Reagan and Gorbachev for signing.
In 1988–1989 chief of Department of USA and
Canada at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, USSR.
1990–1991 – Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, in charge of Soviet-American relations and negotiations on reduction of strategic weapons.
Since 1997 – Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia.
1997–2003 – head of the Russian delegation at the Russian-Lithuanian negotiations on border issues. Prepared the Treaty on Russian-Lithuanian State border and the Treaty on the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf in the Baltic Sea for signing by the Presidents of Russia and Lithuania. On 23–25 October 1997 the Treaty on Russian-Lithuanian border was signed by Presidents
Boris Yeltsin and
Algirdas Brazauskas.
Since 2003 – head of the Russian delegation at the Russian-Lithuanian Commission on the border issues. Participated in numerous negotiations on border issues in
Vilnius,
Warsaw,
Minsk.
Since 2009 – head of the Russian delegation at the Russian-Latvian Commission on the border issues, co-chairman to the Joint Latvia-Russia Demarcation commission set up in accordance with Article 5 of the Treaty between the Republic of Latvia and the Russian Federation on the State Border of
Latvia and Russia. Participated in the numerous on border issues in
Riga,
Daugavpils.
International conferences activity
Participated in the international conferences "Overcoming nuclear danger" held by the World Political Forum.
Literary and philosophical works:
«The Philosophy of Political Violence»
«Socialist Policy of Peace: the Theory and the Practice»
«On the Way to Reducing the Military Tension»
«The Soviet-American Relations: the Past and the Present»
«A Dangerous Step»«Edward Teller: the Thermo-Nuclear Bomb Legacy».
«Nuclear Non-Proliferation: A Brief Encyclopedia». Moscow, 2009.
ISBN978-5-8243-1130-3.
«Russia-Denmark: the Painters of the Imperial Courts»
Senior Adviser at the Staff of Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Vladimir Semyonov since 1968.
Since 1971 joined the Soviet-American negotiations on reduction of strategic weapons in
Helsinki,
Vienna,
Geneva.
Deputy Chief, Chief of Soviet delegation in Geneva negotiating the INF treaty with the USA. Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) is between the United States and the Soviet Union, signed in
Washington, D.C., by U.S. President
Ronald Reagan and General Secretary
Mikhail Gorbachev on December 8, 1987. Obukhov flew to Washington, D.C., on a special flight with the Treaty’s copy in hands to give it over to the Presidents Reagan and Gorbachev for signing.
In 1988–1989 chief of Department of USA and
Canada at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, USSR.
1990–1991 – Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, in charge of Soviet-American relations and negotiations on reduction of strategic weapons.
Since 1997 – Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia.
1997–2003 – head of the Russian delegation at the Russian-Lithuanian negotiations on border issues. Prepared the Treaty on Russian-Lithuanian State border and the Treaty on the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf in the Baltic Sea for signing by the Presidents of Russia and Lithuania. On 23–25 October 1997 the Treaty on Russian-Lithuanian border was signed by Presidents
Boris Yeltsin and
Algirdas Brazauskas.
Since 2003 – head of the Russian delegation at the Russian-Lithuanian Commission on the border issues. Participated in numerous negotiations on border issues in
Vilnius,
Warsaw,
Minsk.
Since 2009 – head of the Russian delegation at the Russian-Latvian Commission on the border issues, co-chairman to the Joint Latvia-Russia Demarcation commission set up in accordance with Article 5 of the Treaty between the Republic of Latvia and the Russian Federation on the State Border of
Latvia and Russia. Participated in the numerous on border issues in
Riga,
Daugavpils.
International conferences activity
Participated in the international conferences "Overcoming nuclear danger" held by the World Political Forum.
Literary and philosophical works:
«The Philosophy of Political Violence»
«Socialist Policy of Peace: the Theory and the Practice»
«On the Way to Reducing the Military Tension»
«The Soviet-American Relations: the Past and the Present»
«A Dangerous Step»«Edward Teller: the Thermo-Nuclear Bomb Legacy».
«Nuclear Non-Proliferation: A Brief Encyclopedia». Moscow, 2009.
ISBN978-5-8243-1130-3.
«Russia-Denmark: the Painters of the Imperial Courts»