Butin Sergey Vladimirovich born in 1964.

Higher education.

1987: Graduated from the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Fluent in Japanese and English.

1996: joined the Foreign Ministry.

2010−2011: Consul General of the Russian Federation in Niigata, Japan.

2011−2013: Minister Counsellor at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Japan.

2013−2017: Deputy Director of the General Secretariat (Department).

2017−2023: Director of the General Secretariat (Department), member of the Foreign Ministry Collegium.

2023−2024: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, conferred on June 8, 2020.

Awards: Order of Alexander Nevsky, Order of Friendship, Certificate of Honour of the President of the Russian Federation.

Married.