“About 70 women hold leadership positions, including three of them are members of the board of the Russian Foreign Ministry, and this is a key departmental decision-making body,” RIA Novosti quoted Zakharov as saying.
According to her, among women - "two directors of departments, there is an ambassador."
“There were more women ambassadors. Several advisers-envoys, under two dozen deputy directors of departments and about 50 heads of department, this is a lot, ”she added.
She noted that all the formal restrictions on the career development of diplomats have long been removed.
“There is no difference in the approaches in Russian diplomacy to male diplomats and female diplomats,” Zakharova added.
On October 17, the First Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security of Russia, Alexei Vovchenko, said that women make up 72% of Russian civil servants.