| Cordell Hull |
Moscow |
Attended Moscow Conference with British Foreign Secretary Eden and Soviet Foreign
Minister Molotov. Returned to U.S. November 10. |
October 18–November 3, 1943 |
| Edward Reilly Stettinius |
Yalta, Moscow |
Accompanied President Roosevelt to the Crimea Conference. Met afterward (February
11-14) with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. |
February 3–14, 1945 |
| James Francis Byrnes |
Moscow |
Ministers meeting. Left U.S. December 12; returned December 29. |
December 14–27, 1945 |
| George Catlett Marshall |
Moscow |
Attended Fourth Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers. |
March 10–April 25, 1947 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Moscow, Gagra |
Signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. |
August 3–10, 1963 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Moscow |
Accompanied President Nixon Leningrad, Kiev on a State visit. |
May 22–29, 1972 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Moscow |
Met with General Secretary Brezhnev to discuss the Middle East war. |
October 20–22, 1973 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Moscow |
Discussed preparations for the Moscow Summit. |
March 24–28, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Moscow, Simferopol, Minsk |
Accompanied President Nixon on an official visit. |
June 27–July 3, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Moscow |
Met with General Secretary Brezhnev, Foreign Minister Gromyko, and other Soviet
officials. |
October 23–27, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Vladivostok |
Accompanied President Ford to a discussion on strategic arms limitations with
General Secretary Brezhnev. |
November 23–24, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Moscow |
Discussed further limitations on strategic arms with General Secretary Brezhnev and
Foreign Minister Gromyko. |
January 21–23, 1976 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Moscow |
Presented arms reduction proposal to General Secretary Brezhnev and Foreign
Minister Gromyko. |
March 27–30, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Moscow |
Met with General Secretary Brezhnev and Foreign Minister Gromyko. |
April 19–23, 1978 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Moscow |
Discussed SALT negotiations with President Brezhnev and Foreign Minister
Gromyko. |
October 21–24, 1978 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Moscow |
Accompanied Vice President Bush to the funeral of Soviet President
Chernenko. |
March 12–13, 1985 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Moscow |
Discussed preparations for the Geneva Summit Meeting. |
November 4–5, 1985 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Moscow |
Discussed limitations of intermediate-range nuclear arms. |
April 13–15, 1987 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Moscow |
Discussed INF limitations with Soviet officials. |
October 22–23, 1987 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Moscow |
Met with Foreign Minister Shevardnadze and General Secretary Gorbachev. |
February 21–23, 1988 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Moscow, Kiev, Tblisi |
Discussed preparations for the U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting. |
April 21–24, 1988 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Moscow |
Accompanied President Reagan to a Summit Meeting. |
May 29–June 2, 1988 |
| James Addison Baker |
Moscow |
Met with President Gorbachev, senior Soviet officials, and human rights
activists. |
May 10–11, 1989 |
| James Addison Baker |
Moscow |
Met with Soviet leaders; addressed the International Affairs Committee of the
Supreme Soviet. |
February 7–10, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Moscow, Zagorsk, Radonezsh |
Attended pre-summit and arms reduction negotiations with senior Soviet officials.
Also met with Egyptian President Mubarak and Lithuanian Prime Minister
Prunskiene. |
May 15–19, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Irkutsk |
Met with Foreign Minister Shevardnadze. |
July 31–August 2, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Moscow |
Met with Foreign Minister Shevardnadze; issued a joint statement on the Iraqi
invasion of Kuwait. |
August 3, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Moscow |
Met with President Gorbachev and Foreign Minister Shevardnadze. Attended
Two-Plus-Four Foreign Ministers Meeting. Signed Treaty on the Final Settlement With
Respect to Germany. |
September 10–13, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Moscow |
Met with President Gorbachev. |
November 7–9, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Moscow |
Met with President Gorbachev and Foreign Minister Bessmertnkyh. |
March 14–16, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Kislovodsk |
Discussed the Middle East peace process and implementation of the CFE Treaty with
Foreign Minister Bessmertnykh. |
April 24–25, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Moscow |
Attended U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting. |
July 29–August 1, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Alma Ata |
Met with senior officials of the Soviet Union, the Russian Republic, and
Kazakhstan. Attended the CSCE Conference on the Human Dimension. |
September 10–16, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Moscow |
Met with senior Soviet and Russian officials. |
December 15–17, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Moscow |
Attended Middle East peace conference. |
January 27–29, 1992 |
| James Addison Baker |
Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk-70 |
Met with former Soviet nuclear scientists. |
February 14–15, 1992 |
| James Addison Baker |
Moscow |
Discussed strategic arms reductions with President Yeltsin and Foreign Minister
Kozyrev. |
February 16–18, 1992 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Moscow |
Discussed the Bosnian crisis with senior Russian officials. |
May 4–5, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Moscow |
Met with senior Russian officials and addressed the Academy of the National
Economy. |
October 21–23, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Moscow |
Accompanied President Clinton to meetings with President Yeltsin and senior Russian
officials. |
January 12–15, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Vladivostok |
Met with Foreign Minister Kozyrev. |
March 14, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Moscow |
Accompanied President Clinton to summit meeting. |
May 9–11, 1995 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Moscow |
Met with President Yeltsin and Foreign Minister Primakov and attended a meeting of
Contact Group Foreign Ministers. |
March 21–23, 1996 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Moscow |
Met with President Yeltsin, Prime Minister Chernomyrdin, and Foreign Minister
Primakov. |
February 19–21, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Moscow |
Met with Foreign Minister Primakov. |
May 1–2, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
St. Petersburg |
Met with Foreign Minister Primakov. |
July 12–13, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Moscow |
Attended U.S.-Russian Summit Meeting. |
August 31–September 3, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Moscow |
Discussed strategic arms limitations and the Kosovo crisis with Prime Minister
Primakov. |
January 25–27, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Moscow |
Official visit; led U.S. delegtaion to Multilateral Steering Group. |
January 31–February 2, 2000 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Moscow |
Accompanied President Clinton to a Summit meeting. |
June 3–5, 2000 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Yekaterinburg |
Stopped en route to Rome. |
July 31, 2000 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Moscow |
Met with President Putin, Foreign Minister Ivanov, and senior officials. |
December 9–10, 2001 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Moscow, St. Petersburg |
Accompanied President Bush to a Summit Meeting. |
May 23–26, 2002 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
St. Petersburg |
Accompanied President Bush to a meeting with President Putin. |
November 22, 2002 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Moscow |
Met with President Putin and Foreign Minister Ivanov. |
May 13–15, 2003 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
St. Petersburg |
Accompanied President Bush. |
May 31–June 1, 2003 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Moscow |
Met with President Putin and Foreign Minister Ivanov. |
January 25–27, 2004 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Moscow |
Met with President Putin, Prime Minister Lavrov, and senior Russian
officials. |
April 19–20, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Moscow |
Accompanied President Bush. |
May 8–9, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Moscow |
Met with President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov. |
October 14–15, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Moscow |
Attended a G-8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. |
June 29–30, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
St. Petersburg |
Attended the G-8 Economic Summit. |
July 14–17, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Moscow |
Met with President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov. |
October 21–22, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Moscow |
Met with President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov. |
May 14–15, 2007 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Moscow |
Attended 2+2 Meeting on strategic security issues. |
October 12–14, 2007 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Moscow |
Accompanied Secretary of Defense Gates and met with President Putin,
President-elect Medvedev, Foreign Minister Lavrov, and Defense Minister
Serdyukov. |
March 17–19, 2008 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Sochi |
Accompanied President Bush. |
April 5–6, 2008 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Moscow, Kazan |
Met with President Medvedev and Foreign Minister Lavrov concerning arms control,
nonproliferation, and counterterrorism. In Kazan, met with Tatarstan President Shaymiyev
and attended a dialogue on diversity at Kazan State University. |
October 12–14, 2009 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Moscow |
Attended a Quarted meeting and discussed strategic arms reductions. |
March 18–19, 2010 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
St. Petersburg |
Attended the APEC Women and the Economy Forum. Met with Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov. |
June 28–29, 2012 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Vladivostok |
Attended APEC Economic Leaders Meeting. Signed a Memorandum of Understanding on
U.S.-Russian Cooperation in the Antarctic and a Joint Statement on Strengthening
U.S.-Russian Inter-Regional Cooperation. |
September 7–9, 2012 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Moscow |
Met with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. |
May 7–8, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Sochi |
Met with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. |
May 12, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Moscow |
Met with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. |
December 15, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Moscow |
Met with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. |
March 23–24, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Moscow |
Met with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. |
July 14–15, 2016 |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Moscow |
Met with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin. |
April 11–13, 2017 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Sochi |
Met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and President Vladimir
Putin. |
May 14, 2019 |
