Yury Grashchenkov

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Grigoriyevich and the family name is Grashchenkov.

Yury Grigoriyevich Grashchenkov (Russian: Юрий Григорьевич Гращенков; 11 July 1945 – 26 January 2022)^[1] was a career diplomat and the former Russian ambassador to Benin, concurrently accredited to Togo.^[1]

Yury Grashchenkov
Ambassador of Russia to Benin
In office 30 June 2008 – 31 May 2013
Preceded by	Vladimir Timoshenko
Succeeded by	Oleg Kovalchuk [ru]
Personal details
Born	(1945-07-11)11 July 1945
Died	26 January 2022(2022-01-26) (aged 76)
Alma mater	Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Occupation	diplomat

Grashchenkov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1974, and went on to work in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad.^[1]

From 1999 to 2002, he was the Russian Consul-General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. On 30 June 2008 Grashchenkov was appointed by Dmitry Medvedev to the post of Ambassador of Russia to Benin, with concurrent accreditation to Togo.^[1]

Grashchenkov spoke Russian, English, French and Khmer.^[1] He died on 26 January 2022, at the age of 76.^[2]