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 |