List of ambassadors from Russia
Diplomatic representatives of Russia
Ambassadors of Russia are the individuals 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. Ambassadors change regularly for the reasons like resignment or retirement. The modern position of ambassador was established during the Soviet era by the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union .
Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Moscow
This article represents the current list of Russian ambassadors. The list is updated preodically on Ambassadors and Representatives of Russia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
Current Russian ambassadors
This list is arranged by continents.
Host country
List
Ambassador in office
Website
Appointment date
Special notes
Algeria
List
Valerian Shuvaev[ 1]
Algiers
May 27, 2022
Angola
List
Vladimir Tararov
Luanda
May 23, 2017
Benin
List
Igor Evdokimov
Porto-Novo
August 7, 2017
Botswana
List
Victor Sibilev
Gaborone Archived 2009-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
August 6, 2014
Burkina Faso
List
Vladimir Baykov
Abidjan
April 26, 2016
Ambassador to Ivory Coast concurrently accredited in position
Burundi
List
Valery Mikhailov
Bujumbura
July 17, 2019
Gabon
List
Dmitry Kurakov
Libreville
June 25, 2013
Gambia
List
Sergey Kryukov
Dakar
August 6, 2014
Ambassador to Senegal concurrently accredited in position
Ghana
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Dmitry Suslov
Accra
May 30, 2014
Guinea
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Vadim Razumovsky
Conakry
March 4, 2019
Guinea-Bissau
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Alexander Egorov
Bissau
March 9, 2016
Djibouti
List
Mikhail Golovanov
Djibouti
April 24, 2019
Egypt
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Georgy Borisenko
Cairo
27 April 2020
Zambia
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Konstantin Kozhanov
Lusaka
July 3, 2013
Zimbabwe
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Nikolai Krasilnikov
Harare
June 26, 2019
Cape Verde
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Vladimir Sokolenko
Praia
February 1, 2018
Cameroon
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Anatoly Bashkin
Yaounde
September 18, 2017
Kenya
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Dmitry Maksimychev
Nairobi
May 4, 2018
Comoros
List
Stanislav Akhmedov
Antananarivo
June 19, 2013
Ambassador to Madagascar concurrently accredited in position
Congo
List
Georgy Chepik
Brazzaville
July 17, 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo
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Alexei Sentebov
Kinshasa
August 7, 2017
Ivory Coast
List
Vladimir Baykov
Abidjan
January 18, 2016
Lesotho
List
Ilya Rogachev
Pretoria
July 17, 2019
Ambassador to South Africa concurrently accredited in position
Liberia
List
Dmitry Suslov
Accra
May 30, 2014
Ambassador to Ghana concurrently accredited in position
Libya
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Ivan Molotkov
Tripoli
November 26, 2018
Mauritius
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Konstantin Klimovsky
Port Louis
September 18, 2017
Mauritania
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Vladimir Chamov
Nouakchott
November 11, 2014
Madagascar
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Stanislav Akhmedov
Antananarivo
June 19, 2013
Malawi
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Nikolai Krasilnikov
Harare
August 1, 2019
Ambassador to Zimbabwe concurrently accredited in position
Mali
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Igor Gromyko
Bomako
June 17, 2019
Morocco
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Vladimir Viktorovitch Baibakov[ 2]
Rabat
May 27, 2022
Mozambique
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Alexander Surikov
Maputo
June 29, 2017
Namibia
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Valery Utkin
Windhoek
July 24, 2017
Niger
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Igor Gromyko
Bomako
June 17, 2019
Ambassador to Mali concurrently accredited in position
Nigeria
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Alexey Shebarshin
Abuja
April 20, 2018
Rwanda
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Karen Chalyan
Kigali
March 14, 2018
Sao Tome and Principe
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Vladimir Tararov
Luanda
May 30, 2017
Ambassador to Angola concurrently accredited in position
Swaziland
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Alexander Surikov
Maputo
February 16, 2018
Ambassador to Mozambique concurrently accredited in position
Seychelles
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Vladimir Belous
Victoria
August 27, 2013
Senegal
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Vacant
Dakar
since June 11, 2019
Somalia
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Mikhail Golovanov
Djibouti
April 24, 2019
Ambassador to Djibouti concurrently accredited in position
Sudan
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Vladimir Zheltov
Khartoum
March 12, 2018
Sierra Leone
List
Vadim Razumovsky
Conakry
March 4, 2019
Ambassador to Guinea concurrently accredited in position
Tanzania
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Yuri F. Popov
Dar es Salam
February 13, 2015
Togo
List
Igor Evdokimov
Porto Novo
September 4, 2017
Ambassador to Benin concurrently accredited in position
Tunisia
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Sergey Nikolaev
Tunis
July 10, 2015
Uganda
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Alexander Polyakov
Kampala
October 3, 2016
Central African Republic
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Vladimir Titorenko
Bangui
January 15, 2019
Chad
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Alexander Chvykov
N'Djamena
December 17, 2015
Equatorial Guinea
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Anatoly Bashkin
Yaounde
January 28, 2018
Ambassador to Cameroon concurrently accredited in position
Eritrea
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Azim Yarakhmedov
Asmara
January 19, 2015
Ethiopia
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Evgeny Terekhin
Addis Ababa
March 27, 2019
South Africa
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Ilya Rogachev
Pretoria
July 3, 2019
South Sudan
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Alexander Polyakov
Kampala
October 3, 2016
Ambassador to Uganda concurrently accredited in position
Host country
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Ambassador in office
Website
Appointment date
Special notes
Afghanistan
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Alexander Mantysky
Kabul
November 18, 2014
Armenia
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Sergey Kopyrkin
Yerevan
April 6, 2018
Azerbaijan
List
Mikhail Bocharnikov
Baku
May 29, 2018
Bangladesh
List
Alexander Ignatov
Dhaka
February 10, 2016
Bahrain
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Igor Kremnev
Manama
September 19, 2018
Brunei
List
Vladimir Goncharenko
Bandar Seri Begawan
June 26, 2019
Until July 31, 2009 ambassadors to Malaysia were also appointed as ambassadors to Brunei
East Timor
List
Lyudmila Vorobyova
Jakarta
February 15, 2018
Ambassador to Indonesia concurrently accredited in position
Vietnam
List
Konstantin Vnukov
Hanoi
December 26, 2014
Georgia
List
Vacant
NA
since 2008
Diplomatic relations were interrupted on September 30, 2008
Israel
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Anatoly Viktorov
Tel Aviv
April 5, 2018
India
List
Nikolai Kudashev
New Delhi
August 18, 2017
Indonesia
List
Lyudmila Vorobyova
Jakarta
February 15, 2018
Jordan
List
Gleb Desyatnikov
Amman
December 28, 2018
Iraq
List
Maxim K. Maximov
Baghdad
October 3, 2016
Iran
List
Levan Dzhagaryan
Tehran
October 17, 2011
Yemen
List
Vladimir P. Dedushkin
Sanaa
August 16, 2013
Kazakhstan
List
Alexey B. Nikolaevich
Nur-Sultan
February 7, 2018
Cambodia
List
Anatoly B. Vasilievich
Phnom Penh
May 4, 2020
Qatar
List
Nurmakhmad K. Makhmudaelivich
Doha
November 2, 2013
Cyprus
List
Stanislav V. Osadchy
Nicosia
June 3, 2013
Kyrgyzstan
List
Nikolai N. Udovichenko
Bishkek
January 30, 2019
China
List
Andrei I. Denisov
Beijing
April 22, 2013
North Korea
List
Alexander I. Matsegora
Pyongyang
December 26, 2014
South Korea
List
Andrey B. Kulik
Seoul
July 18, 2018
Kuwait
List
Nikolai V. Makarov
Kuwait City
August 17, 2018
Laos
List
Vladimir A. Kalinin
Vientiane
September 6, 2019
Lebanon
List
Alexander S. Zasypkin
Beirut
October 1, 2010
Malaysia
List
Nail M. Latypov
Kuala Lumpur
October 25, 2019
Maldives
List
Yuri B. Matter
Colombo
August 24, 2017
Ambassador to Sri Lanka concurrently accredited in the position
Mongolia
List
Iskander K. Azizov
Ulaanbaatar
September 23, 2013
Myanmar
List
Nikolai A. Listopadov
Yangon
July 1, 2016
Nepal
List
Alexey A. Novikov
Kathmandu
July 5, 2019
United Arab Emirates
List
Sergey N. Kuznetsov
Abu Dhabi
April 4, 2019
Oman
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Dmitry N. Dogadkin
Muscat
December 21, 2017
Pakistan
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Danila V. Ganich
Islamabad
April 11, 2019
Saudi Arabia
List
Sergey G. Kozlov
Riyadh
February 20, 2017
Singapore
List
Andrei A. Tatarinov
Singapore
February 20, 2015
Syria
List
Alexander V. Efimov
Damascus
October 29, 2018
Tajikistan
List
Igor S. Lyakin-Frolov
Dushanbe
August 1, 2013
Thailand
List
Evgeny Y. Tomikhin
Bangkok
November 2, 2018
Turkmenistan
List
Alexander V. Blokhin
Ashgabat
May 5, 2011
Turkey
List
Alexey V. Erkhov
Ankara
June 19, 2017
Uzbekistan
List
Vladimir L. Tyurdenev
Tashkent
November 23, 2009
Philippines
List
Igor A. Khovaev
Manila
March 2, 2015
Sri Lanka
List
Yuri B. Matter
Colombo
August 21, 2017
Japan
List
Mikhail Y. Galuzin
Tokyo
January 29, 2018
Host country
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Ambassador in office
Website
Appointment date
Special notes
Australia
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Alexey V. Pavlovsky
Canberra
April 3, 2019
Ambassador to Australia is concurrently appointed as ambassadors to Fiji , Nauru , Tuvalu and Vanuatu
Kiribati
List
Lyudimila G. Vorobyova
Jakarta
February 15, 2018
Ambassador to Indonesia concurrently accredited in the position
Marshall Islands
List
Igor A. Khovaev
Manila
March 2, 2015
Ambassador to Philippines concurrently accredited in the position
Micronesia
List
Igor A. Khovaev
Manila
March 2, 2015
Ambassador to Philippines concurrently accredited in the position
New Zealand
List
Georgy V. Zuev
Wellington
June 4, 2018
Ambassador to New Zealand is concurrently appointed as ambassadors to Samoa and Tonga
Palau
List
Igor A. Khovaev
Manila
March 2, 2015
Ambassador to Philippines concurrently accredited in the position
Papua New Guinea
List
Lyudimila G. Vorobyova
Jakarta
February 15, 2018
Ambassador to Indonesia concurrently accredited in the position
Host country
List
Ambassador in office
Website
Appointment date
Special notes
Albania
List
Mikhail Y. Afanasyev
Tirana
September 16, 2019
Andorra
List
Yuri P. Korchagin
Madrid
February 20, 2012
Ambassador to Spain concurrently accredited in the position
Austria
List
Dmitry E. Lyubinsky
Vienna
August 10, 2015
Belarus
List
Dmitry F. Mezentsev
Minsk
April 30, 2019
Belgium
List
Alexander A. Tokovinin
Brussels
June 16, 2016
Bosnia and Herzegovina
List
Pyotr A. Ivantsov
Sarajevo
August 6, 2014
Bulgaria
List
Anatoly A. Makarov
Sofia
August 17, 2016
Croatia
List
Anvar S. Azimov
Zagreb
June 30, 2015
Czech Republic
List
Alexander V. Zmeevsky
Brastislava
February 19, 2016
Denmark
List
Vladimir B. Barbin
Copenhagen
December 12, 2018
Estonia
List
Alexander M. Petrov
Tallinn
August 18, 2015
Finland
List
Pavel M. Kuznetsev
Helsinki
August 14, 2017
France
List
Alexey Y. Meshkov
Paris
October 23, 2017
Germany
List
Sergey Y. Nichaev
Berlin
January 10, 2018
Greece
List
Andrei M. Maslov
Athens
June 16, 2014
Hungary
List
Vladimir N. Sergeev
Budapest
September 24, 2014
Iceland
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Anton V. Vasiliev
March 6, 2014
Ireland
List
Yuri A. Filatov
Dublin
July 26, 2017
Italy
List
Sergey S. Razov
Rome
May 6, 2013
Latvia
List
Evgeny V. Lukyanov
Riga
December 15, 2016
Liechtenstein
List
Sergey V. Garmonin
Bern
December 9, 2016
Ambassadors to Switzerland concurrently accredited in the position
Lithuania
List
Alexander I. Udaltsov
Vilnius
October 1, 2013
Luxembourg
List
Victor A. Sorokin
Luxembourg
January 20, 2016
Malta
List
Vladimir A. Malygin
Valletta
December 12, 2014
Moldova
List
Oleg V. Vasnitsov
Chișinău
July 2, 2018
Monaco
List
Alexey Y. Meshkov
Paris
October 23, 2017
Ambassadors to France concurrently accredited in the position
Montenegro
List
Vladislav V. Maslennikov
Podgorica
July 1, 2019
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