Maria Zacharova, 1975, was born in a diplomat's family on February 24th. She lived in Beijing with her parents when she was a child and studied Chinese when she was in primary school in China. Maria Zacharova's father, Vladimir zakharov, is an orientalist and an expert in China's language and literature. He has served as secretary and cultural counselor of Soviet and Russian embassies in China for a long time, and also served as deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Maria Zakariva's mother is also an orientalist and once worked in Pushkin Museum.

65438-0998 After graduating from "Orientalism" and "Journalism" in Moscow Institute of International Relations, she worked as an intern at the Russian Embassy in China. 1998, she worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation as the press secretary of the Russian Permanent Mission to the United Nations. From 20 1 1 to 20 15, she served as the deputy of Alexander lukashevich, director of the information and publishing department. At the beginning of August, lukashevich was appointed as Russian Permanent Representative to OSCE, replacing Andrei Kling. Zacharova holds the diplomatic rank of first-class adviser and is a member of the Russian Foreign and Defense Policy Committee. In 2003, Zacharova participated in the defense of an associate doctoral thesis on China culture at Russian People's Friendship University. 2065438+In August 2005, he became the new director of the Information and Publishing Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In September 2020, he became the director of the International and National Security Teaching and Research Section of the Foreign Affairs College of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.