| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | the Russian Federation to the United Arab Emirates |
| Incumbent: | Timur Zabirov |
| Insignia: | MID emblem.png |
| Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Abu Dhabi |
| Style: | His Excellency The Honourable |
| Reports To: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Seat: | Abu Dhabi |
| Appointer: | President of Russia |
| Termlength: | At the pleasure of the President |
| Formation: | 1986 |
| Website: | Embassy of Russia in Abu Dhabi |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry |
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Arab Emirates is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of the United Arab Emirates.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Abu Dhabi. There is a Consulate General in Dubai, and a trade mission in the country.[1]
The post of Russian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates is currently held by Timur Zabirov, incumbent since 30 August 2021.
See main article: Russia–United Arab Emirates relations. Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the United Arab Emirates were first established in December 1971. However embassies were not established, nor ambassadors accredited, until 1986. was the first ambassador, assigned to the post on 24 September 1986, and serving until 11 September 1990.[2] His successor, Konstantin Kharchev, was the sitting ambassador during the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 15 August 1992.[2]
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambassador | 24 September 1986 | 11 September 1990 | |||
| Samat Gilmutdinov | Ambassador | 23 September 2018 | Until now |
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konstantin Kharchev | Ambassador | 25 December 1991 | 15 August 1992[3] | ||
| Ambassador | 15 August 1992[4] | 30 January 1998[5] | |||
| Sergei Kirpichenko | Ambassador | 30 January 1998[6] | 30 November 2000[7] | ||
| Ambassador | 30 November 2000[8] | 3 March 2006[9] | |||
| Ambassador | 3 March 2006[10] | 13 December 2008 | |||
| Ambassador | 23 July 2009[11] | 16 April 2013 | |||
| Ambassador | 16 April 2013[12] | 11 October 2018 | |||
| Ambassador | 4 April 2019[13] | 16 January 2021[14] | |||
| Timur Zabirov | Ambassador | 30 August 2021 |