 From 1991 through 1995, he worked on European and Russian affairs at the State Department.Bryza served at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow during 1995-1997, first as special assistant to Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering and then as a political officer covering the Russian Duma, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Dagestan in the North Caucasus.He was recalled from Moscow after he allegedly hit a pedestrian in August 1997.