{{Short description|Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Sergei Ryabkov.jpg | caption = Ryabkov in 2016 | office = Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | term_start = 15 August 2008 | term_end = | prime_minister = Vladimir Putin <br> Dmitry Medvedev <br> Mikhail Mishustin | minister = Sergei Lavrov | predecessor = | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|7|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Leningrad, Soviet Union | spouse = | children = 2 | party = | native_name_lang = ru | native_name = {{nobold|Сергей Рябков}} }}

'''Sergei Alexeyevich Ryabkov''' ({{langx|ru|Сергей Алексеевич Рябков}}; born 8 July 1960) is a Russian diplomat, currently serving as the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation since 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.silobreaker.com/biography-for-sergey-ryabkov-5_2261412370460966912_4 |title=Biography for Sergey Ryabkov - Silobreaker |accessdate=28 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312041821/http://www.silobreaker.com/biography-for-sergey-ryabkov-5_2261412370460966912_4 |archivedate=12 March 2012 }}</ref>

==Early life and education== Ryabkov was born in Leningrad in 1960. At age 22, in 1982, he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Upon graduation, he immediately joined the Russian Foreign Ministry.

==Career== [[File:Deputy Secretary Sherman Meets with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabko (51341721940).jpg|thumb|Ryabkov meets with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in Geneva on 28 July 2021]]

In 1995, he worked in the Foreign Ministry's Department of European Co-operation. In 2002, he worked as Minister-Counselor at the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC. In 2006, he returned to Moscow and was appointed head of his former department (the Department of European Co-operation). He was designated Deputy Foreign Minister in 2008.

In January 2022 when asked about the possibility of Russian military deployment to Cuba or Venezuela, Ryabkov said "it all depends on the actions by our US counterparts".<ref>{{cite news |title=Russia's talk of troops in Latin America called 'bluster' |url=https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-moscow-473d4b2eebff4dc59d8e7dff9e8653ba |work=Associated Press |date=14 January 2022}}</ref>

On 28 December 2021, U.S. and Russia announced bilateral talks would take place in Geneva on 10 January 2022, to discuss concerns about their respective military activity and to confront rising tensions over Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Hunnicutt|first1=Trevor|last2=Osborn|first2=Andrew|date=28 December 2021|title=U.S., Russia set for Jan 10 security talks amid Ukraine tensions|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us-russian-officials-set-security-talks-jan-10-us-official-2021-12-28/}}</ref> The talks were led by Ryabkov and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman.<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 January 2022|title=Deputy Secretary Sherman's Meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov|work=U.S. Department of State|url=https://www.state.gov/deputy-secretary-shermans-meeting-with-russian-deputy-foreign-minister-ryabkov/}}</ref> Ryabkov said Russia has "no intention of attacking, staging an offensive on or invading Ukraine."<ref>{{cite news |title=Joe Biden thinks Russia will attack Ukraine – but will face a 'stiff price' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/19/russia-could-act-against-ukraine-at-any-moment-says-us |work=The Guardian |date=20 January 2022}}</ref>

In 2024, he said that Russia was considering all options when it came to nuclear testing in response to President-elect Donald Trump's position on the issue.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russia warns the United States on possible nuclear testing under Trump |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-warns-united-states-possible-nuclear-testing-under-trump-2024-12-27 |access-date=27 December 2024 |publisher=Reuters}}</ref>

==Personal life== Ryabkov speaks English fluently and frequently gives interviews to English-speaking media organizations. Ryabkov, for example, often appears on the channel RT. He often speaks for the Foreign Ministry in commenting on nuclear and other disarmament negotiations, specifically such things as the New START treaty.

He is married and has two children.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.mid.ru/ru/about/structure/deputy_ministers/579808/?lang=en | title= Ryabkov Sergey Alexeevich | publisher = Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation | accessdate = 10 January 2022}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY3hxRXYe4k&feature=channel_video_title "Spotlight: Russia-US: Setting a new agenda"] published on 1 April 2009 RT (TV network) YouTube

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