Background
Gromov was born in 1960 in Zagorsk, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union.
Gromov was born in 1960 in Zagorsk, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union.
He studied history at Moscow State University, specialising in Southern and Western Slavs and received his degree in history in 1982.
Foreign many years after his graduation, he worked for the Soviet and then the Russian government in their respective Ministries of Foreign Affairs. He served the governments with appointments in Czechoslovakia, Russia, and Slovakia. March 20th 2014, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published that Gromov and 19 other men have been added to the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN).
On 12 May 2014, Gromov was added to the European Union sanctions list due to his role in the 2014 Crimean crisis.
He is barred from entering the European Union countries, and his assets in the European Union have to be frozen.