Russian President appoints Special Representative for Delimitation and Demarcation of State Border with Adjacent states

Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed the Special Representative for the Delimitation and Demarcation of the State Border of the Russian Federation with Adjacent States, including Georgia, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia [Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region, the so-called South Ossetia, are Georgia’s regions occupied by Russia].

The Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 22, 2025, No. 765 was published on the official Internet portal for the publication of legal acts.

The Russian President appointed Nikolay Udovichenko as the Special Representative.

“To appoint Nikolai Nikolaevich Udovichenko, Ambassador—at—large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, as special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the delimitation and demarcation of the state border with the CIS member states, and also to assign him responsibilities for the delimitation and demarcation of the border with Abkhazia, Georgia and South Ossetia,” the document says.

By another decree, Udovichenko was also appointed head of the Russian delegation to the multilateral negotiations on the Caspian Sea. He will replace Mikhail Petrakov in these two positions.

Nikolay Udovichenko served as Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Kyrgyzstan from 2019 to 2024.