BUNINA Vera Georgievna

Аn employee of the federal agency of the russian federation "rossotrudnichestvo", who has headed its representative office in Belgium, the "russian house" in Brussels, since 2018. She holds a Candidate of Philological Sciences degree and previously taught at moscow State University, MGIMO University, moscow State Linguistic University, and the State University of Management. Since 2012, she worked at the Skolkovo Innovation Center, where she was involved in the international promotion of russian high-tech companies. The representative office headed by Bunina is a structural subdivision of the embassy of the russian federation in Belgium.
Under Bunina's leadership, the "russian house" in Brussels participated in promoting russian educational projects associated with temporarily occupied Crimea. In particular, the representative office's website published announcements about the international young readers' competition "Living Classics", whose grand prize was a trip to the Artek Children's Center on the temporarily occupied Ukrainian peninsula. In 2023, winners of the competition from a russian Sunday school in the Belgian city of Ghent received trips to Artek. In addition, a journalistic investigation into the activities of russian educational institutions in Belgium uncovered educational materials depicting the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine as part of the russian federation. The director of the school concerned denied that these materials were used.
On September 20, 2026, the official Telegram channel of the "russian house" in Brussels, headed by Bunina, disseminated a statement by the head of "rossotrudnichestvo", Ihor Chaika, directed against Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrii Sybiha, following his call to close russian cultural centers abroad. The statement referred to the Ukrainian authorities as the "Kyiv тazi regime" and the "Kyiv junta", while comparing the Ukrainian minister to the literary character Sharikov. In this way, the representative office's information resources were used to disseminate anti-Ukrainian statements made by the agency's leadership.
Under Bunina's leadership, the "russian house" in Brussels also regularly organizes events dedicated to russian state historical-patriotic themes, including "Immortal regiment" campaigns, "Victory Dictation" events, screenings of russian military-historical films, and memorial ceremonies marking "victory day". In February 2024, the representative office organized a screening of the film "Panfilov's 28 Men" to mark the russian defender of the fatherland day. In May 2025 and 2026, "Immortal regiment" events were held in Belgium with the participation of representatives of the russian community and diplomatic missions of the russian federation. Bunina also personally participated in memorial events alongside the ambassador of the russian federation to Belgium, Denys Honchar, and representatives of the embassy's military staff.
Bunina maintains cooperation with russian diplomatic missions, state organizations, and compatriot associations in Belgium. In particular, in 2022, she participated in a conference of russian compatriots dedicated to the activities of the russian diaspora and the concept of the "russian world". In August 2025, she held a working meeting with the ambassador of the russian federation to Belgium, Denys Honchar, during which they discussed the future activities of the "russian house". In addition, Bunina participated in international historical conferences and events attended by representatives of russian state institutions and political figures.