The Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Houston () (General'noe konsul'stvo Rossiyskoy Federatsii v Kh'yustone) is Russia's diplomatic office in Houston, Texas, United States. It is located in Suite 1300 at Park Towers South.

The facility serves Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The consulate assists with the processing of passports, visas, and other officials docs.

History 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 Houston's first Russian consul General Nikolay V. Sofinskiy. The facility opened on August 4, 2004." THE HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL ." Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Houston. Accessed October 12, 2012.

Russia opened a consulate in Houston due to its proximity to the aerospace and petroleum industries.Lezon, Dale. "Energy, space draw Russian consulate here." Houston Chronicle. May 26, 2004. A21 MetFront. Retrieved on February 11, 2009. In a 2004 Houston Chronicle article Nikolai V. Sofinskiy stated that the Houston area had around 40,000 Russian speakers and that Houston's consulate could easily serve the southeastern United States.Miller, Doug. "Russian Consulate coming to Houston." KHOU-TV. May 25, 2004. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.

Consuls General of Russia in Houston +NameDateNikolay Vsevolodovich Sofinskiy (born 10 February 1958)Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments , December 2003. Retrieved on January 3, 20112003—2008Nikolay Yevgenyevich Babich (born 22 December 1948)Consulate General of Russia in Houston, information about the Consul General . Retrieved on January 3, 20112008—2011Alexander Konstantinovich Zakharov (born 18 February 1960)Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments. Retrieved on April 2, 20182011—2017Alexander Borisovich Pisarev (born 16 May 1956)Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments. Retrieved on April 2, 20182017—2020Alexander Konstantinovich Zakharov (2nd term)2020—September 2023Aleksei G. Markov (born 1980)2025—Present

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See also

List of diplomatic missions of Russia List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States

References

External links Consulate General of Russia in Houston