Born in 1948 in Moscow, he graduated from MGIMO University in 1970. He started working in the Russian Foreign Ministry. He worked at the Russian Embassy in Turkey at various levels in the 70s, 80s and 90s. He served as Consul General in Ukraine and Ambassador in Macedonia. He retired as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation, the highest authority of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Mr Solotsinsky is fluent in Turkish and English and is married with two children.