President Vladimir Putin awarded the official representative of the MFA of Russia Maria Zakharova rank of extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador is the highest diplomatic rank. The document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.”Assign the diplomatic rank: Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Zakharova Maria Vladimirovna — the Director of the Department of information and press of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation”,— the document says.Maria Zakharova, he graduated from MGIMO, faculty of international information, specialty journalist. She is the Director of the Department of information and press of MFA of Russia from August 2015, said on the Agency’s website. In 2011-2015, she held the position of Deputy. Prior to that, in 2008-2011, Ms. Zakharova has held various positions in the Central apparatus of the Ministry of foreign Affairs in 2005-2008, he headed the press service of Russia’s permanent mission to the UN in new York.
