U.S. and Ukraine Embassy Briefing on Ukraine

For AmCham Members Only

Mar 29, 2022 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Virtual Event Event Level Rating: IV

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Event Description

Many of us are watching news of devastation in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion and ongoing attacks, wondering what if anything we can do to help both those still in Ukraine and the millions of Ukrainian refugees now fleeing to neighboring counties. Most MNCs already have taken actions in response. The humanitarian, political, and economic impact is far-reaching. Please join this member-only, off-the-record, complimentary virtual briefing coordinated by the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi to learn the latest. The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi will host Nataliya Zhynkina, Charge d’Affaires a.i. at the Embassy of Ukraine in Hanoi, to discuss sanctions, war, and the critical role of the private sector. U.S. Embassy Deputy Economic Counselor Konstantin Dubrovsky will moderate. Please register in advance.

SPEAKER

Zhynkina Nataliya

Chargé d’Affaires of Ukraine to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

EDUCATION

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore. Master’s Degree (Public Administration), 2016.

Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University, Ukraine. Master’s Degree (International Economics), 2001. Bachelor’s Degree (Economics and Business), 2000

LANGUAGES: English (fluent), Vietnamese (working), Ukrainian and Russian (native bilingual)

EXPERIENCE

August 2019 – present

Embassy of Ukraine in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Hanoi

Counsellor, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Political issues.

June 2017 – August 2017

United Nations Development Program, Kyiv

Intern. Department of Public Information.

March 2017 – August 2019

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Directorate General for State Protocol, Kyiv

First Secretary, Counsellor. Privileges and immunities issues. Appointment of Honorary Consuls.

October 2016 – February 2017

Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine, Kyiv

Aide to People’s Deputy A.Gerasymov. Issues of international parliamentary cooperation.

November 2010 – April 2015

Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Singapore

Third Secretary, Second Secretary, Deputy Head of Mission. Consular, political and cultural-humanitarian assignments.

September 2008 – November 2010

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Department of Economic Cooperation, Ecology Division, Kyiv

Attaché, Third Secretary. Monitoring of Ukraine’s membership in environmental conventions.

September 2004 – August 2008

Embassy of Ukraine in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Hanoi

Head of Chancery, Interpreter. Management of the Embassy’s Office. Cultural-humanitarian assignments. Vietnamese-English-Ukrainian translation and interpretation.

MODERATOR

Konstantin Dubrovsky

Deputy Economic Counselor

U.S. Embassy, Hanoi

Before starting his assignment in Hanoi in August 2021, Konstantin was the Regional ESTH Officer for Central Asia, where he focused on a variety of transnational issues including air quality, wildlife trafficking, and environmental protection. Prior to his sojourn in the Eurasian Steppe, he worked in the Commercial and Business Affairs office in the Economic Bureau, covering commercial advocacy in Europe and global space and defense trade advocacy. Konstantin also spent back-to-back tours in Pakistan, in the Political-Military and Economic sections respectively. He has also served as the Human Rights Officer in Ukraine and as the chief of the Immigrant Visa Unit in Nepal. Immediately, prior to joining the State Department, he worked as an analyst with the Government Accountability Office, contributing to one report on FCC enforcement, and one report on sexual assault prevention policy in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Before working for the Federal Government, Konstantin indulged in a hodgepodge of employment, working as: an English teacher in rural Japan; a legal assistant in a large corporate law firm in Chicago; and, a syndication specialist at the Chicago Tribune, where he got to handle the original color drawings of the Sunday comics in preparation for global distribution.

Konstantin received his Master of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in 2006 and his Bachelor of Art with Honors in Religion from Northwestern University in 2001. He is married to a fellow Foreign Service Officer with whom he has one child.

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