{"record":{"aliases":["Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov","Анатолий Иванович Антонов"],"appointmentIds":["russia-5905e48c9b8013"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/anatoly-antonov-497f55dd40/","countrySlug":"russia","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/anatoly-antonov-497f55dd40/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Anatoly Antonov’s career centered on security negotiations before he became ambassador in Washington. Born in Omsk in 1955, he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1978 and entered the Foreign Ministry that year. He headed Russian delegations dealing with nuclear nonproliferation, chemical and biological weapons, conventional weapons restrictions, and export controls. He also led the Russian negotiating team for New START, the strategic arms agreement with the United States.","Antonov moved into senior government positions as deputy defense minister in 2011–2016 and then deputy foreign minister. His Washington ambassadorship lasted from August 2017 to October 2024.","During Russia’s war against Ukraine, Antonov was a channel for direct American protests. On 14 March 2023 the State Department summoned him to meet Assistant Secretary Karen Donfried after an American MQ-9 drone was lost over the Black Sea. Washington said a Russian fighter had struck its propeller; Russia’s Defense Ministry denied contact. Antonov had also been summoned in August 2022 over escalation and Russian military operations near a nuclear power plant.","PIR Center's biography identifies Antonov as a professor in MGIMO’s Department of Applied Analysis of International Problems. His academic qualifications include a doctorate in political science."],"id":"russia:anatoly antonov","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-497f55dd40a24cfe6e39.html","name":"Anatoly Antonov","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["antonov-pir"],["antonov-pir"],["antonov-drone"],["antonov-pir"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-497f55dd40a24cfe6e39.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"1c4e2873b92ec180","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"","id":"antonov-pir","locator":"Biographical profile and institutional position","publisher":"PIR Center","title":"Антонов Анатолий Иванович","type":"official-biography","url":"https://pircenter.org/experts/aia/"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"2023-03-14","id":"antonov-drone","locator":"Humeyra Pamuk report, March 14, 2023","publisher":"Reuters, via Investing.com","title":"US says it summoned Russian ambassador over downing of drone over Black Sea","type":"contemporary-report","url":"https://www.investing.com/news/world-news/us-to-summon-russian-ambassador-over-downing-of-drone-over-black-sea-state-dept-3030471"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"21 August 2017","id":"mission-e3a3b05cf9507fe9bdfb","locator":"Official presidential appointment announcement of 21 August 2017; appointment is distinct from arrival and credential presentation.","publisher":"","title":"Anatoly Antonov appointed Russian Ambassador to the USA","type":"Mission record","url":"https://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/55380"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"10 October 2024","id":"mission-3dc5a1f560a855677e29","locator":"Official dismissal decree of 10 October 2024.","publisher":"","title":"Presidential Decree No. 862: Anatoly Antonov","type":"Mission record","url":"https://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202410100001"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"4 March 2019","id":"mission-c3fb59178c99b1db3eec","locator":"Event record and recording of Antonov’s public conversation with Brian Finlay in Washington.","publisher":"","title":"President’s Forum: Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov","type":"Mission record","url":"https://www.stimson.org/event/presidents-forum-russian-ambassador-anatoly-antonov/"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"2026-10-23","id":"mission-8f6fa2a0dec7248a7d09","locator":"","publisher":"","title":"State Department, Office of the Chief of Protocol — Russia (2007 archive)","type":"Mission record","url":"https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/cpr/94409.htm"}],"topics":["arms control","New START","war in Ukraine","Black Sea"]},"schemaVersion":1}