[3] His father, Marat Nikolayevich (born 25 June 1926 in Moscow), had been a diplomat and a former army officer.

From December 1944 to May 1945 he served as an ordinary signalman-telephonist of the signal platoon of the second battalion of the 381st rifle regiment of the 61st separate rifle division of the internal troops of the NKVD as part of the 2nd Ukrainian Front.

After graduating from MGIMO, the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in 1957 he was in diplomatic work.

Graduated from the Higher Diplomatic School of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Kuznetsov was warded with a Certificate of Honor from the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR.