Consulate General of Russia, Houston


The Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Houston is Russia's diplomatic office in Houston, Texas, United States. It is located in Suite 1300 at Park Towers South.
The facility serves Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The consulate assists with the processing of passports, visas, and other officials docs.
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History

In October 2001 the U.S. and Russia formally agreed to establish a Houston consulate. The Russian government approved the establishment on February 12, 2003. On May 9 of that year the United States Department of State confirmed the appointment of Houston's first Russian consul General Nikolay V. Sofinskiy. The facility opened on August 4, 2004.
Russia opened a consulate in Houston due to its proximity to the aerospace and petroleum industries. In a 2004 Houston Chronicle article Nikolai V. Sofinskiy stated that the Houston area had around 40,000 Russian speakers and that Houston's consulate could easily serve the southeastern United States.