Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
Rescuing orphaned refs ("RussiaHoustonUSA" from rev 1157616496) |
||
| (One intermediate revision by one other user not shown) | |||
Line 16:
In October 2001 the U.S. and [[Russia]] formally agreed to establish a Houston [[consulate]]. The Russian government approved the establishment on February 12, 2003. On May 9 of that year the [[United States Department of State]] confirmed the appointment of the consul general. The facility opened on August 4, 2004.<ref name="RussiaHoustonUSA">"[http://www.rusconhouston.mid.ru/eng_main.htm THE HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026002922/http://www.rusconhouston.mid.ru/eng_main.htm |date=2012-10-26 }}." ''Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Houston''. Accessed October 12, 2012.</ref>
Russia opened a consulate in Houston due to the proximity to [[aerospace]] and [[petroleum]] industries. In a 2004 ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' article Nikolai V. Sofinskiy, the first consul general, stated that the [[Houston area]] had around 40,000 Russian speakers and that Houston's consulate could easily serve the [[southeastern United States]].<ref>Lezon, Dale. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2004_3766380 Energy, space draw Russian consulate here]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. May 26, 2004. A21 MetFront. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.</ref><ref>Miller, Doug. "[http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou0040525_we_russianconsulate.1f8e7a474.html Russian Consulate coming to Houston]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''[[KHOU-TV]]''. May 25, 2004. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.</ref>
Line 36:
|-
|Alexander Borisovich Pisarev (born 16 May 1956)<ref>[http://www.mid.ru/activity/shots/new_appointments/-/asset_publisher/2TDCzbl45VHK/content/id/2814304 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments]. Retrieved on April 2, 2018</ref>
|2017{{mdash}}
|-
|Alexander Konstantinovich Zakharov (2nd term)
|
|}
| |||