| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | the Russian Federation to the Italian Republic |
| Incumbent: | Alexey Paramonov |
| Insignia: | MID emblem.png |
| Incumbentsince: | 4 April 2023 |
| Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Rome |
| Style: | His Excellency |
| Reports To: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Seat: | Rome |
| Appointer: | President of Russia |
| Termlength: | At the pleasure of the President |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry |
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Italian Republic is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Italy.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia at Via Gaeta, 5- 00185, Rome.[1] There are consulates general in Milan, Palermo, and Genoa, and honorary consulates in Florence, Udine, Ancona, Venice, Verona, Naples, Messina, Pisa and Bari.[2] The post of Russian Ambassador to Italy is currently held by, incumbent since 6 May 2013.[3] The Russian ambassador to Italy is concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of Russia to San Marino.[4]
See main article: Italy–Russia relations. The first relations between Russia and the predecessor states of modern Italy were established in the late 16th century.[5] In 1862, Russia recognized the Kingdom of Italy and started to send its representatives.[6] In 1876, the missions of the two countries in Saint Petersburg and Rome were transformed into embassies.[6] After the February Revolution, Italy recognized the Russian Provisional Government, and later the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, de facto from 1921, and de jure from 1924.[6] Diplomatic relations were interrupted on 22 June 1941 by the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union.
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst von Stackelberg | Envoy | 11 August 1862 | 3 August 1864 | |
| Envoy | 3 August 1864 | 23 November 1869 | ||
| Envoy (before 1 July 1876) Ambassador (after 1 July 1876) | 13 December 1869 | 12 March 1891 | ||
| Ambassador | 12 March 1891 | 8 June 1897 | ||
| Aleksandr Nelidov | Ambassador | 1 July 1897 | 1904 | |
| Ambassador | 1904 | 1905 | ||
| Nikolay Muraviev | Ambassador | 14 January 1905 | 1 December 1908 | |
| Ambassador | 1909 | 1912 | ||
| Ambassador | 1912 | 1915 | ||
| Mikhail Girs | Ambassador | March 1915 | 2 March 1917 | |
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diplomatic representative | 23 July 1923 | 7 March 1924 | ||
| Konstantin Yurenev | Plenipotentiary | 7 March 1924 | 4 April 1925 | |
| Platon Kerzhentsev | Plenipotentiary | 4 April 1925 | 26 November 1926 | |
| Lev Kamenev | Plenipotentiary | 26 November 1926 | 7 January 1928 | |
| Dmitry Kursky | Plenipotentiary | 28 January 1928 | 26 September 1932 | |
| Vladimir Potemkin | Plenipotentiary | 26 September 1932 | 25 November 1934 | |
| Boris Shtein | Plenipotentiary | 25 November 1934 | 7 October 1939 | |
| Plenipotentiary (before 9 May 1941) Ambassador (after 9 May 1941) | 8 October 1939 | 22 June 1941 | ||
| Second World War - Diplomatic relations interrupted (1941 - 1944) | ||||
| Diplomatic representative (before 1 April 1945) Ambassador (after 1 April 1945) | 20 March 1944 | 2 June 1946 | ||
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambassador | 2 June 1946 | 9 February 1954 | ||
| Aleksandr Bogomolov | Ambassador | 9 February 1954 | 2 March 1957 | |
| Ambassador | 2 March 1957 | 21 May 1966 | ||
| Ambassador | 21 May 1966 | 21 February 1980 | ||
| Ambassador | 21 February 1980 | 2 July 1980 | ||
| Ambassador | 19 November 1980 | 12 April 1990 | ||
| Anatoly Adamishin | Ambassador | 12 April 1990 | 25 December 1991 | |
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatoly Adamishin | Ambassador | 25 December 1991 | 24 December 1992 | |
| Ambassador | 11 December 1993 | 9 October 1997 | ||
| Ambassador | 14 November 1997 | 16 December 2003 | ||
| Ambassador | 20 January 2004 | 14 December 2012 | ||
| Ambassador | 6 May 2013 | 4 April 2023 | ||
| Alexey Paramonov | Ambassador | 4 April 2023 | ||