List of ambassadors from 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.

Africa[]

Host country	List	Ambassador in office	Website	Appointment date	Special notes
Algeria	List	Igor Belyaev	Algeirs	July 10, 2017
Angola	List	Vladimir Tararov	Luanda	May 23, 2017
Benin	List	Igor Evdokimov	Porto-Novo	August 7, 2017
Botswana	List	Victor Sibilev	Gaborone	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		Dmitry Kurakov	Libreville	June 25, 2013
Gambia		Sergey Kryukov	Dakar	August 6, 2014	Ambassador to Senegal concurrently accredited in position
Ghana		Dmitry Suslov	Accra	May 30, 2014
Guinea		Vadim Razumovsky	Conakry	March 4, 2019
Guinea-Bissau		Alexander Egorov	Bissau	March 9, 2016
Djibouti		Mikhail Golovanov	Djibouti	April 24, 2019
Egypt	List	Georgy Borisenko	Cairo	27 April 2020
Zambia		Konstantin Kozhanov	Lusaka	July 3, 2013
Zimbabwe		Nikolai Krasilnikov	Harare	June 26, 2019
Cape Verde		Vladimir Sokolenko	Praia	February 1, 2018
Cameroon		Anatoly Bashkin	Yaounde	September 18, 2017
Kenya		Dmitry Maksimychev	Nairobi	May 4, 2018
Comoros		Stanislav Akhmedov	Antananarivo	June 19, 2013	Ambassador to Madagascar concurrently accredited in position
Congo		Georgy Chepik	Brazzaville	July 17, 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo		Alexei Sentebov	Kinshasa	August 7, 2017
Ivory Coast	List	Vladimir Baykov	Abidjan	January 18, 2016
Lesotho		Ilya Rogachev	Pretoria	July 17, 2019	Ambassador to South Africa concurrently accredited in position
Liberia		Dmitry Suslov	Accra	May 30, 2014	Ambassador to Ghana concurrently accredited in position
Libya		Ivan Molotkov	Tripoli	November 26, 2018
Mauritius		Konstantin Klimovsky	Port Louis	September 18, 2017
Mauritania	List	Vladimir Chamov	Nouakchott	November 11, 2014
Madagascar		Stanislav Akhmedov	Antananarivo	June 19, 2013
Malawi		Nikolai Krasilnikov	Harare	August 1, 2019	Ambassador to Zimbabwe concurrently accredited in position
Mali		Igor Gromyko	Bomako	June 17, 2019
Morocco		Valerian Shuvaev	Rabat	April 24, 2018
Mozambique		Alexander Surikov	Maputo	June 29, 2017
Namibia		Valery Utkin	Windhoek	July 24, 2017
Niger		Igor Gromyko	Bomako	June 17, 2019	Ambassador to Mali concurrently accredited in position
Nigeria	List	Alexey Shebarshin	Abuja	April 20, 2018
Rwanda	List	Karen Chalyan	Kigali	March 14, 2018
Sao Tome and Principe		Vladimir Tararov	Luanda	May 30, 2017	Ambassador to Angola concurrently accredited in position
Swaziland		Alexander Surikov	Maputo	February 16, 2018	Ambassador to Mozambique concurrently accredited in position
Seychelles	List	Vladimir Belous	Victoria	August 27, 2013
Senegal		Vacant	Dakar	since June 11, 2019
Somalia		Mikhail Golovanov	Djibouti	April 24, 2019	Ambassador to Djibouti concurrently accredited in position
Sudan	List	Vladimir Zheltov	Khartoum	March 12, 2018
Sierra Leone		Vadim Razumovsky	Conakry	March 4, 2019	Ambassador to Guinea concurrently accredited in position
Tanzania		Yuri F. Popov	Dar es Salam	February 13, 2015
Togo		Igor Evdokimov	Porto Novo	September 4, 2017	Ambassador to Benin concurrently accredited in position
Tunisia	List	Sergey Nikolaev	Tunis	July 10, 2015
Uganda		Alexander Polyakov	Kampala	October 3, 2016
Central African Republic		Vladimir Titorenko	Bangui	January 15, 2019
Chad		Alexander Chvykov	N'Djamena	December 17, 2015
Equatorial Guinea		Anatoly Bashkin	Yaounde	January 28, 2018	Ambassador to Cameroon concurrently accredited in position
Eritrea		Azim Yarakhmedov	Asmara	January 19, 2015
Ethiopia	List	Evgeny Terekhin	Addis Ababa	March 27, 2019
South Africa		Ilya Rogachev	Pretoria	July 3, 2019
South Sudan		Alexander Polyakov	Kampala	October 3, 2016	Ambassador to Uganda concurrently accredited in position

Asia[]

Host country	List	Ambassador in office	Website	Appointment date	Special notes
Afghanistan	List	Alexander Mantysky	Kabul	November 18, 2014
Armenia	List	Sergey Kopyrkin	Yerevan	April 6, 2018
Azerbaijan	List	Mikhail Bocharnikov	Baku	May 29, 2018
Bangladesh	List	Alexander Ignatov	Dhaka	February 10, 2016
Bahrain	List	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		Lyudmila Vorobyova	Jakarta	February 15, 2018	Ambassador to Indonesia concurrently accredited in position
Vietnam	List	Konstantin Vnukov	Hanoi	December 26, 2014
Georgia		Vacant	NA	since 2008	Diplomatic relations were interrupted on September 30, 2008
Israel	List	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		Vladimir P. Dedushkin	Sanaa	August 16, 2013
Kazakhstan		Alexey B. Nikolaevich	Nur-Sultan	February 7, 2018
Cambodia	List	Anatoly B. Vasilievich	Phnom Penh	May 4, 2020
Qatar		Nurmakhmad K. Makhmudaelivich	Doha	November 2, 2013
Cyprus	List	Stanislav V. Osadchy	Nicosia	June 3, 2013
Kyrgyzstan		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		Nikolai V. Makarov	Kuwait City	August 17, 2018
Laos		Vladimir A. Kalinin	Vientiane	September 6, 2019
Lebanon		Alexander S. Zasypkin	Beirut	October 1, 2010
Malaysia		Nail M. Latypov	Kuala Lumpur	October 25, 2019
Maldives		Yuri B. Matter	Colombo	August 24, 2017	Ambassador to Sri Lanka concurrently accredited in the position
Mongolia		Iskander K. Azizov	Ulaanbaatar	September 23, 2013
Myanmar	List	Nikolai A. Listopadov	Yangon	July 1, 2016
Nepal		Alexey A. Novikov	Kathmandu	July 5, 2019
United Arab Emirates	List	Sergey N. Kuznetsov	Abu Dhabi	April 4, 2019
Oman		Dmitry N. Dogadkin	Muscat	December 21, 2017
Pakistan	List	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		Igor S. Lyakin-Frolov	Dushanbe	August 1, 2013
Thailand	List	Evgeny Y. Tomikhin	Bangkok	November 2, 2018
Turkmenistan		Alexander V. Blokhin	Ashgabat	May 5, 2011
Turkey	List	Alexey V. Erkhov	Ankara	June 19, 2017
Uzbekistan		Vladimir L. Tyurdenev	Tashkent	November 23, 2009
Philippines	List	Igor A. Khovaev	Manila	March 2, 2015
Sri Lanka		Yuri B. Matter	Colombo	August 21, 2017
Japan	List	Mikhail Y. Galuzin	Tokyo	January 29, 2018

Australia[]

Host country	List	Ambassador in office	Website	Appointment date	Special notes
Australia	List	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		Igor A. Khovaev	Manila	March 2, 2015	Ambassador to Philippines concurrently accredited in the position
Micronesia		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		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

Europe[]

Host country	List	Ambassador in office	Website	Appointment date	Special notes
Albania	List	Mikhail Y. Afanasyev	Tirana	September 16, 2019
Andorra		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	Brussles	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		Sergey Y. Nichaev	Berlin	January 10, 2018
Greece		Andrei M. Maslov	Athens	June 16, 2014
Hungary		Vladimir N. Sergeev	Budapest	September 24, 2014
Iceland		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		Sergey V. Garmonin	Bern	December 9, 2016	Ambassadors to Switzerland concurrently accredited in the position
Lithuania		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		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		Vladislav V. Maslennikov	Podgorica	July 1, 2019

See also[]

• Lists of ambassadors of Russia
• List of diplomatic missions of Russia
• Foreign relations of Russia

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
• Embassies of the Soviet Union
• Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the Asian countries
• Ambassadors of Russia to the Pacific states^{[permanent dead link]}
• Ambassadors of the Soviet Union in the Pacific states
• Ambassador of Russia to European countries
• Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the European countries