Kinshchak graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1988, and went on to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
[1] From 2002-2004 he was an adviser-envoy at the Embassy of Russia in Baghdad, and from 2006 was Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the Russian foreign affairs ministry.
[1] Kinshchak was appointed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on 28 January 2008 as Ambassador of Russia to Kuwait,[2] and he presented his credentials to Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on 28 April 2008.
[3] Between 22 December 2014 and 29 October 2018 Kinshchak served as Russian ambassador to Syria.
[4][5] Since 30 November 2018 he has been director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.