Background
Bratchikov Igor Borisovich was born in 1956.
Bratchikov Igor Borisovich was born in 1956.
Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1979. He speaks German and English.
In 1979 he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs system of the Russian Federation; occupied various diplomatic posts in the Foreign Ministry central administration and diplomatic missions abroad. Over a period of 1998 - 2000 he was the Counselor-Ambassador of the Russian Embassy in Germany.
Since July 2000 he has been the acting Director, since Dec. 2000 the Director of the Fourth European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. On September 12, 2007 he was appointed ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein. He also has the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.