List of ambassadors from Russia
Ambassadors of Russia are appointed by the President of Russia to serve as the head of Russian diplomatic mission to the respective countries, international organisations, or as ambassador-at-large. Ambassadors serve at the pleasure of the president. The modern position of ambassador was established during the Soviet era by the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. This article lists currently serving Russian ambassadors and their assignments.
Current Russian ambassadors
This list is arranged by continents.
| Host country | List | Ambassador in office | Website | Appointment date | Special notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | List | Aleksey Solomatin[1] | Algiers | 15 January 2025 | |
| Angola | List | Vladimir Tararov | Luanda | 23 May 2017 | |
| Benin | List | Igor Yevdokimov | Porto-Novo | 7 August 2017 | |
| Botswana | List | Andrey Kemarsky | Gaborone | 28 October 2020 | |
| Burkina Faso | List | Igor Martynov | Ouagadougou | 3 May 2024 | |
| Burundi | List | Valery Mikhailov | Bujumbura | 17 July 2019 | |
| Cameroon | List | Georgy Todua | Yaounde | 14 November 2023 | |
| Cape Verde | List | Yuri Matery | Praia | 8 September 2022 | |
| Central African Republic | List | Aleksandr Bikantov | Bangui | 10 January 2022 | |
| Chad | List | Vladimir Sokolenko | N'Djamena | 26 October 2022 | |
| Comoros | List | Andrey Andreyev | Antananarivo | 2 December 2020 | Ambassador to Madagascar concurrently accredited in position |
| Congo | List | Ilyas Iskandarov | Brazzaville | 16 January 2024 | |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | List | Karl Tikhaze | Kinshasa | 10 October 2024 | |
| Djibouti | List | Mikhail Golovanov | Djibouti | 24 April 2019 | |
| Egypt | List | Georgy Borisenko | Cairo | 27 April 2020 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | List | Georgy Todua | Yaounde | 14 November 2023 | Ambassador to Cameroon concurrently accredited in position |
| Eritrea | List | Oleg Petrenko | Asmara | 25 March 2025 | |
| Eswatini | List | Vacant | Maputo | Ambassador to Mozambique concurrently accredited in position | |
| Ethiopia | List | Yevgeny Terekhin | Addis Ababa | 27 March 2019 | |
| Gabon | List | Dmitry Korepanov | Libreville | 16 January 2024 | |
| Gambia | List | Dmitry Kurakov | Dakar | 17 August 2020 | Ambassador to Senegal concurrently accredited in position |
| Ghana | List | Sergey Berdinkov | Accra | 17 May 2021 | |
| Guinea | List | Aleksey Popov | Conakry | 23 June 2023 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | List | Aleksandr Yegorov | Bissau | 9 March 2016 | |
| Ivory Coast | List | Aleksey Saltykov | Abidjan | 14 July 2022 | |
| Kenya | List | Vsevolod Tkachenko | Nairobi | 20 August 2024 | |
| Lesotho | List | Roman Ambarov | Pretoria | 6 September 2024 | Ambassador to South Africa concurrently accredited in position |
| Liberia | List | Sergey Berdinkov | Accra | 17 May 2021 | Ambassador to Ghana concurrently accredited in position |
| Libya | List | Aydar Aganin | Tripoli | 29 December 2022 | |
| Madagascar | List | Andrey Andreyev | Antananarivo | 2 December 2020 | |
| Malawi | List | Nikolai Krasilnikov | Harare | 26 June 2019 | Ambassador to Zimbabwe concurrently accredited in position |
| Mali | List | Igor Gromyko | Bomako | 17 June 2019 | |
| Mauritania | List | Boris Zhilko | Nouakchott | 4 February 2021 | |
| Mauritius | List | Irada Zeynalova | Port Louis | 13 September 2024 | |
| Morocco | List | Vladimir Baybakov[2] | Rabat | 27 May 2022 | |
| Mozambique | List | Vacant | Maputo | ||
| Namibia | List | Dmitry Lobach | Windhoek | 19 August 2022 | |
| Niger | List | Igor Gromyko | Bomako | 17 June 2019 | Ambassador to Mali concurrently accredited in position |
| Nigeria | List | Andrey Podyolyshev | Abuja | 27 December 2024 | |
| Rwanda | List | Alexander Polyakov | Kigali | 14 June 2024 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | List | Vladimir Tararov | Luanda | 23 May 2017 | Ambassador to Angola concurrently accredited in position |
| Senegal | List | Dmitry Kurakov | Dakar | 17 August 2020 | |
| Seychelles | List | Artyom Kozhin | Victoria | 15 January 2020 | |
| Sierra Leone | List | Aleksey Popov | Conakry | 23 June 2023 | Ambassador to Guinea concurrently accredited in position |
| Somalia | List | Mikhail Golovanov | Djibouti | 24 April 2019 | Ambassador to Djibouti concurrently accredited in position |
| South Africa | List | Roman Ambarov | Pretoria | 6 September 2024 | |
| South Sudan | List | Vladlen Semivolos | Kampala | 1 September 2021 | Ambassador to Uganda concurrently accredited in position |
| Sudan | List | Andrey Chernoval | Khartoum | 10 March 2023 | |
| Tanzania | List | Andrey Avetisyan | Dar es Salam | 5 April 2022 | |
| Togo | List | Igor Yevdokimov | Porto-Novo | 7 August 2017 | Ambassador to Benin concurrently accredited in position |
| Tunisia | List | Aleksandr Zolotov | Tunis | 11 January 2022 | |
| Uganda | List | Vladlen Semivolos | Kampala | 1 September 2021 | |
| Zambia | List | Azim Yarkhmedov | Lusaka | 7 December 2021 | |
| Zimbabwe | List | Nikolai Krasilnikov | Harare | 26 June 2019 |
| Host country | List | Ambassador in office | Website | Appointment date | Special notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | List | Sergey Petrovich | Kingston | 24 May 2021 | Ambassadors to Jamaica concurrently accredited in the position |
| Argentina | List | Dmitry Feoktistov | Buenos Aires | 20 June 2018 | |
| Bahamas | List | Vacant | Havana | Ambassadors to Cuba concurrently accredited in the position | |
| Barbados | List | Aleksandr Kurmaz | Georgetown | 6 December 2017 | Ambassadors to Guyana concurrently accredited in the position |
| Belize | List | Nikolai Sofinsky | Mexico City | 10 February 2023 | Ambassadors to Mexico concurrently accredited in the position |
| Bolivia | List | Dmitry Verchenko | La Paz | 15 August 2024 | |
| Brazil | List | Aleksey Labetsky | Brasília | 21 January 2021 | |
| Canada | List | Oleg Stepanov | Ottawa | 9 March 2021 | |
| Chile | List | Vladimir Belinsky | Santiago | 28 June 2024 | |
| Colombia | List | Nikolai Tavdumadze | Bogota | 5 October 2020 | |
| Costa Rica | List | Sergey Reshchikov | Guatemala City | 1 April 2025 | Ambassadors to Guatemala concurrently accredited in the position |
| Cuba | List | Vacant | Havana | ||
| Dominica | List | Sergey Petrovich | Kingston | 24 May 2021 | Ambassadors to Jamaica concurrently accredited in the position |
| Dominican Republic | List | Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov | Caracas | 17 February 2020 | Ambassadors to Venezuela concurrently accredited in the position |
| Ecuador | List | Vladimir Sprinchan | Quito | 10 February 2021 | |
| El Salvador | List | Mikhail Ledenyov | Managua | 15 August 2024 | Ambassadors to Nicaragua concurrently accredited in the position |
| Guatemala | List | Sergey Reshchikov | Guatemala City | 1 April 2025 | |
| Guyana | List | Aleksandr Kurmaz | Georgetown | 6 December 2017 | |
| Haiti | List | Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov | Caracas | 17 February 2020 | Ambassadors to Venezuela concurrently accredited in the position |
| Honduras | List | Mikhail Ledenyov | Managua | 15 August 2024 | Ambassadors to Nicaragua concurrently accredited in the position |
| Jamaica | List | Sergey Petrovich | Kingston | 24 May 2021 | |
| Mexico | List | Nikolai Sofinsky | Mexico City | 10 February 2023 | |
| Nicaragua | List | Mikhail Ledenyov | Managua | 15 August 2024 | |
| Panama | List | Konstantin Gavrilov | Panama City | 8 October 2024 | |
| Paraguay | List | Dmitry Feoktistov | Buenos Aires | 20 June 2018 | Ambassadors to Argentina concurrently accredited in the position |
| Peru | List | Igor Romanchenko | Lima | 18 June 2018 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | List | Sergey Petrovich | Kingston | 24 May 2021 | Ambassadors to Jamaica concurrently accredited in the position |
| Saint Lucia | List | Sergey Petrovich | Kingston | 24 May 2021 | Ambassadors to Jamaica concurrently accredited in the position |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | List | Aleksandr Kurmaz | Georgetown | 6 December 2017 | Ambassadors to Guyana concurrently accredited in the position |
| Suriname | List | Aleksey Labetsky | Brasília | 21 January 2021 | Ambassadors to Brazil concurrently accredited in the position |
| Trinidad and Tobago | List | Aleksandr Kurmaz | Georgetown | 6 December 2017 | Ambassadors to Guyana concurrently accredited in the position |
| United States of America | List | Alexander Darchiev | Washington | 6 March 2025 | |
| Uruguay | List | Aleksey Isakov | Montevideo | 22 April 2025 | |
| Venezuela | List | Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov | Caracas | 17 February 2020 |
| Host country | List | Ambassador in office | Website | Appointment date | Special notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | List | Dmitry Zhirnov | Kabul | 29 April 2020 | |
| Armenia | List | Sergey Koprykin | Yerevan | 6 April 2018 | |
| Azerbaijan | List | Mikhail Yevdokimov | Baku | 14 June 2023 | |
| Bangladesh | List | Aleksandr Khozin | Dhaka | 30 October 2024 | |
| Bahrain | List | Aleksey Skosyrev | Manama | 9 August 2022 | |
| Brunei | List | Mikhail Baranov | Bandar Seri Begawan | 17 January 2023 | |
| Cambodia | List | Anatoly Borovik | Phnom Penh | 4 May 2020 | |
| China | List | Igor Morgulov | Beijing | 13 September 2022 | |
| Cyprus | List | Murat Zyazikov | Nicosia | 12 September 2022 | |
| East Timor | List | Sergey Tolchyonov | Jakarta | 14 May 2024 | Ambassador to Indonesia concurrently accredited in position |
| Georgia | List | Vacant | NA | since 2008 | Diplomatic relations were interrupted on 30 September 2008 |
| India | List | Denis Alipov | New Delhi | 12 January 2022 | |
| Indonesia | List | Sergey Tolchyonov | Jakarta | 14 May 2024 | |
| Israel | List | Anatoly Viktorov | Tel Aviv | 5 April 2018 | |
| Iran | List | Alexey Dedov | Tehran | 8 September 2022 | |
| Iraq | List | Elbrus Kutrashev | Baghdad | 8 April 2021 | |
| Japan | List | Nikolai Nozdrev | Tokyo | 19 January 2024 | |
| Jordan | List | Gleb Desyatnikov | Amman | 28 December 2018 | |
| Kazakhstan | List | Aleksey Borodavkin | Nur-Sultan | 7 February 2018 | |
| Kuwait | List | Vladimir Zheltov | Kuwait City | 10 March 2023 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | List | Sergey Vakunov | Bishkek | 18 June 2024 | |
| Laos | List | Vladimir Kalinin | Vientiane | 6 September 2019 | |
| Lebanon | List | Aleksandr Rudakov | Beirut | 14 August 2020 | |
| Malaysia | List | Nail Latypov | Kuala Lumpur | 25 October 2019 | |
| Maldives | List | Levan Dzhagaryan | Colombo | 8 September 2022 | Ambassador to Sri Lanka concurrently accredited in the position |
| Mongolia | List | Aleksey Yevsikov | Ulaanbaatar | 18 January 2023 | |
| Myanmar | List | Iskander Azizov | Yangon | 23 June 2023 | |
| Nepal | List | Aleksey Novikov | Kathmandu | 5 July 2019 | |
| North Korea | List | Aleksandr Matsegora | Pyongyang | 26 December 2014 | |
| Oman | List | Oleg Levin | Muscat | 8 October 2024 | |
| Pakistan | List | Albert Khorev | Islamabad | 10 November 2023 | |
| Philippines | List | Marat Pavlov | Manila | 21 September 2020 | |
| Qatar | List | Dmitry Dogadkin | Doha | 9 November 2021 | |
| Saudi Arabia | List | Sergey Kozlov | Riyadh | 20 February 2017 | |
| Singapore | List | Nikolai Kudashev | Singapore | 12 January 2022 | |
| South Korea | List | Georgy Zinoviev | Seoul | 7 December 2023 | |
| Sri Lanka | List | Levan Dzhagaryan | Colombo | 8 September 2022 | |
| Syria | List | Aleksandr Yefimov | Damascus | 29 October 2018 | |
| Tajikistan | List | Semyon Grigoryev | Dushanbe | 16 August 2022 | |
| Thailand | List | Yevgeny Tomikhin | Bangkok | 2 November 2018 | |
| Turkey | List | Alexei Yerkhov | Ankara | 19 June 2017 | |
| Turkmenistan | List | Ivan Volynkin | Ashgabat | 6 April 2023 | |
| United Arab Emirates | List | Timur Zabirov | Abu Dhabi | 30 August 2021 | |
| Uzbekistan | List | Oleg Malginov | Tashkent | 5 March 2021 | |
| Vietnam | List | Gennady Bezdetko | Hanoi | 25 March 2021 | |
| Yemen | List | Vacant | Sanaa |
| Host country | List | Ambassador in office | Website | Appointment date | Special notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | List | Aleksey Pavlovsky | Canberra | 3 April 2019 | |
| Fiji | List | Aleksey Pavlovsky | Canberra | 3 April 2019 | Ambassador to Australia concurrently accredited in the position |
| Kiribati | List | Sergey Tolchyonov | Jakarta | 14 May 2024 | Ambassador to Indonesia concurrently accredited in the position |
| Marshall Islands | List | Marat Pavlov | Manila | 21 September 2020 | Ambassador to Philippines concurrently accredited in the position |
| Micronesia | List | Marat Pavlov | Manila | 21 September 2020 | Ambassador to Philippines concurrently accredited in the position |
| Nauru | List | Aleksey Pavlovsky | Canberra | 3 April 2019 | Ambassador to Australia concurrently accredited in the position |
| New Zealand | List | Georgy Zuyev | Wellington | 4 June 2018 | |
| Palau | List | Marat Pavlov | Manila | 21 September 2020 | Ambassador to Philippines concurrently accredited in the position |
| Papua New Guinea | List | Sergey Tolchyonov | Jakarta | 14 May 2024 | Ambassador to Indonesia concurrently accredited in the position |
| Samoa | List | Georgy Zuyev | Wellington | 4 June 2018 | Ambassador to New Zealand concurrently accredited in the position |
| Tonga | List | Georgy Zuyev | Wellington | 4 June 2018 | Ambassador to New Zealand concurrently accredited in the position |
| Tuvalu | List | Aleksey Pavlovsky | Canberra | 3 April 2019 | Ambassador to Australia concurrently accredited in the position |
| Vanuatu | List | Aleksey Pavlovsky | Canberra | 3 April 2019 | Ambassador to Australia concurrently accredited in the position |
| Host country | List | Ambassador in office | Website | Appointment date | Special notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia | List | Mikhail Shurgalin | Sukhumi | 31 May 2022 | |
| Albania | List | Aleksey Zaitsev | Tirana | 14 June 2024 | |
| Andorra | List | Yuri Klimenko | Madrid | 18 November 2022 | Ambassador to Spain concurrently accredited in the position |
| Austria | List | Dmitry Lyubinsky | Vienna | 10 August 2015 | |
| Belarus | List | Boris Gryzlov | Minsk | 14 January 2022 | |
| Belgium | List | Aleksandr Tokovinin | Brussels | 16 June 2016 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | List | Igor Kalbukhov | Sarajevo | 6 November 2020 | |
| Bulgaria | List | Eleonora Mitrofanova | Sofia | 15 January 2021 | |
| Croatia | List | Aleksandr Nurizade | Zagreb | 7 May 2024 | |
| Czech Republic | List | Aleksandr Zmeyevsky | Prague | 19 February 2016 | |
| Denmark | List | Vladimir Barbin | Copenhagen | 12 December 2018 | |
| Estonia | List | Vacant | Tallinn | ||
| Finland | List | Pavel Kuznetsov | Helsinki | 14 August 2017 | |
| France | List | Aleksey Meshkov | Paris | 23 October 2017 | |
| Germany | List | Sergey Nechayev | Berlin | 10 January 2018 | |
| Greece | List | Andrey Maslov | Athens | 16 June 2014 | |
| Holy See | List | Ivan Soltanovsky | 16 May 2023 | ||
| Hungary | List | Yevgeny Stanislavov | Budapest | 18 February 2021 | |
| Iceland | List | Vacant | Reykjavík | ||
| Ireland | List | Yury Filatov | Dublin | 26 July 2017 | |
| Italy | List | Aleksey Paramonov | Rome | 4 April 2023 | |
| Latvia | List | Vacant | Riga | ||
| Liechtenstein | List | Sergey Garmonin | Bern | 9 December 2016 | Ambassadors to Switzerland concurrently accredited in the position |
| Lithuania | List | Vacant | Vilnius | ||
| Luxembourg | List | Dmitry Lobanov | Luxembourg | 17 September 2020 | |
| Malta | List | Andrei Lopukhov | Valletta | 29 October 2021 | |
| Moldova | List | Oleg Ozerov | Chișinău | 10 September 2024 | |
| Monaco | List | Aleksey Meshkov | Paris | 23 October 2017 | Ambassadors to France concurrently accredited in the position |
| Montenegro | List | Aleksandr Lukashik | Podgorica | 10 April 2025 | |
| Netherlands | List | Vladimir Tarabrin | The Hague | 5 December 2023 | |
| North Macedonia | List | Sergey Bazdnikin | Skopje | 3 August 2018 | |
| Norway | List | Nikolai Korchunov | Oslo | 1 October 2024 | |
| Poland | List | Sergey Andreyev | Warsaw | 26 August 2014 | |
| Portugal | List | Mikhail Kamynin | Lisbon | 18 June 2018 | |
| Romania | List | Vladimir Lipayev | Bucharest | 20 June 2024 | |
| San Marino | List | Aleksey Paramonov | Rome | 4 April 2023 | Ambassadors to Italy concurrently accredited in the position |
| Serbia | List | Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko | Belgrade | 10 June 2019 | |
| Slovakia | List | Igor Bratchikov | Bratislava | 23 October 2020 | |
| Slovenia | List | Timur Eyvazov | Ljubljana | 18 November 2019 | |
| South Ossetia | List | Marat Kulakhmetov | 23 May 2017 | ||
| Spain | List | Yuri Klimenko | Madrid | 18 November 2022 | |
| Sweden | List | Sergey Belyayev | Stockholm | 25 October 2024 | |
| Switzerland | List | Sergey Garmonin | Bern | 9 December 2016 | |
| Ukraine | List | Vacant | |||
| United Kingdom | List | Andrey Kelin | London | 5 November 2019 |
International organisations
See also
References
- ^ "Ambassadeur". algerie.mid.ru.
- ^ "L'ambassadeur". marocco.mid.ru.
External links
- Ambassadors of Russia to the African countries
- Diplomatic missions of the Soviet Union
- Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the African countries
- Ambassadors of Russian Federation to the Asian countries
- Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the Asian countries
- Ambassadors of Russia to the Pacific states
- Ambassadors of the Soviet Union in the Pacific states
- Ambassador of Russia to European countries
- Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the European countries