Andrey Kelin

Andrey Vladimirovich Kelin (Russian: Андрей Владимирович Келин; born 15 May 1957) is a Russian diplomat. He has served in various diplomatic roles since the 1970s, and served as Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2026. Born in 1957, Kelin embarked on a diplomatic career, joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1979 in the Soviet Union. He has held various posts in embassies in Europe, and took part in arms-limitation talks and then in the ministry's department of Pan-European Cooperation. After a period as Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to NATO and then representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Kelin eventually rose to be in charge of the Department of Pan-European Cooperation in 2015. In 2019, he was appointed Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom.