Semyon Grigoryev

Semyon Vyacheslavovich Grigoriyev (; born 1960), is a Russian diplomat and was the first Russian ambassador to Abkhazia, serving between 2008 and 2018. He has served as ambassador to Tajikistan since 2022.

Career Grigoriyev graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1983, and went on to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a position at the Soviet embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. after Russia recognised Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence following the war in August 2008. Grigoriyev presented his Letters of Credence to President of Abkhazia, Sergey Bagapsh on 16 December 2008.

Grigoriyev speaks Russian, English, Dari and Pashtu.