List of diplomatic missions of Russia explained

This is a list of diplomatic missions of Russia. These missions are subordinate to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Russian Federation has one of the largest networks of embassies and consulates of any country. Russia has significant interests in Eastern Europe, the Near East and especially in the former states of the Soviet Union. It also has extensive ties to countries in the developing world, a legacy of Cold War diplomatic efforts to extend the Soviet Union's influence in Africa and Asia which are now more important for commercial reasons.

Russia established several consulates in the United States and Canada to cater to Russian immigrants. In 1917, the Tsarist government vanished, with a number of consuls who maintained tsarist loyalties establishing the "Council of Ambassadors" (Russian: Совещания послов), through which they worked as embassies without a government.[1] [2] Among these were consuls in seven U.S. cities and three Canadian cities, receiving financing from the U.S. government. The consuls stopped their services in the late 1920s; the U.S. government seized the records of the consulates. The seizure started a long dispute. The National Archives and Records Administration received the documents in 1949. In 1980 the U.S. government loaned the documents of the Canadian consulates to the Library and Archives Canada. On 31 January 1990 the U.S. returned the documents to the Soviet Union and kept the microfilms as evidence.[3]

After 1992, due to financial reasons,[4] embassies in Freetown (Sierra Leone), Monrovia (Liberia), Maseru (Lesotho), Mogadishu (Somalia), Niamey (Niger), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), and Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) were closed. In 1995 the embassy in Paramaribo (Suriname) also suspended operations.

The Russian Federation has no diplomatic relations with Bhutan and Solomon Islands. Since Georgia and Russia severed diplomatic relations in 2008, the Swiss embassy in Tbilisi hosts a Russian interests section.

In February 2022, Micronesia and Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia.

However, despite any obstacles led by West countries and its allies, Russia has been agreed towards new chancery or missions abroad, including Burkina Faso, South Sudan, and Equatorial Guinea agreed on July 2023, and Maldives on March 2024. Several missions in overseas has been inaugurate such as Embassy in Burkina Faso on December 2023, and General Consulate in Maldives on March 2024.

Current missions

Africa

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
AlgiersEmbassy
AnnabaConsulate General
LuandaEmbassy
BeninCotonouEmbassy
BotswanaGaboroneEmbassy
Burkina FasoOuagadougouEmbassy
BurundiBujumburaEmbassy
CameroonYaoundéEmbassy
Cape VerdePraiaEmbassy
Central African RepublicBanguiEmbassy
ChadN'DjamenaEmbassy
BrazzavilleEmbassy
KinshasaEmbassy
DjiboutiDjiboutiEmbassy
CairoEmbassy
AlexandriaConsulate General
EritreaAsmaraEmbassy
EthiopiaAddis AbabaEmbassy
GabonLibrevilleEmbassy
GhanaAccraEmbassy
GuineaConakryEmbassy
Guinea-BissauEmbassy
AbidjanEmbassy
KenyaNairobiEmbassy
LibyaEmbassy
BenghaziConsulate General
MadagascarAntananarivoEmbassy
MaliBamakoEmbassy
MauritaniaNouakchottEmbassy
MauritiusPort LouisEmbassy
MaputoEmbassy
RabatEmbassy
CasablancaConsulate General
NamibiaWindhoekEmbassy
AbujaEmbassy
LagosConsulate General
RwandaKigaliEmbassy
SenegalDakarEmbassy
SeychellesVictoriaConsular Agency
PretoriaEmbassy
Cape TownConsulate General
SudanKhartoumEmbassy
Dar es SalaamEmbassy
TunisiaTunisEmbassy
UgandaKampalaEmbassy
ZambiaLusakaEmbassy
ZimbabweHarareEmbassy

Americas

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
Buenos AiresEmbassy
La PazEmbassy
BrasíliaEmbassy
Rio de JaneiroConsulate General
São PauloConsulate General
OttawaEmbassy
MontrealConsulate General
TorontoConsulate General
SantiagoEmbassy
ColombiaBogotáEmbassy
Costa RicaSan JoséEmbassy
HavanaEmbassy
Santiago de CubaConsulate General
EcuadorQuitoEmbassy
GuatemalaGuatemala CityEmbassy
GuyanaGeorgetownEmbassy[5]
JamaicaKingstonEmbassy
Mexico CityEmbassy
NicaraguaManaguaEmbassy
Panama CityEmbassy
ParaguayAsunciónEmbassy
PeruLimaEmbassy
United StatesWashington, D.C.Embassy
Consulate General
Consulate General
UruguayMontevideoEmbassy
Embassy

Asia

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
SukhumiEmbassy
AfghanistanKabulEmbassy
Mazar-i-SharifConsulate General
ArmeniaYerevanEmbassy
GyumriConsulate General
AzerbaijanBakuEmbassy
BahrainManamaEmbassy
DhakaEmbassy
Bandar Seri BegawanEmbassy
Phnom PenhEmbassy
BeijingEmbassy
GuangzhouConsulate General
ShanghaiConsulate General
ShenyangConsulate General
HarbinConsulate General
Hong KongConsulate General
GeorgiaTbilisiInterests Section in Swiss Embassy
New DelhiEmbassy
MumbaiConsulate General
ChennaiConsulate General
HyderabadConsulate General
KolkataConsulate General
JakartaEmbassy
SurabayaConsulate General
TehranEmbassy
IsfahanConsulate General
Consulate General
IraqBaghdadEmbassy
ErbilConsulate General
Tel AvivEmbassy
Consulate General
TokyoEmbassy
OsakaConsulate General
SapporoConsulate General
HakodateConsular Office
JordanAmmanEmbassy
AstanaEmbassy
AlmatyConsulate General
Consulate
Kuwait CityEmbassy
KyrgyzstanBishkekEmbassy
VientianeEmbassy
LebanonBeirutEmbassy
Kuala LumpurEmbassy
MaléGeneral Consulate
UlaanbaatarEmbassy
DarkhanConsulate General
ErdenetConsulate General
YangonEmbassy
NepalKathmanduEmbassy
PyongyangEmbassy
ChongjinConsulate General
OmanMuscatEmbassy
IslamabadEmbassy
KarachiConsulate General
Embassy
ManilaEmbassy
Cebu CityConsular Agency
DohaEmbassy
RiyadhEmbassy
JeddahConsulate General
SingaporeEmbassy
SeoulEmbassy
BusanConsulate General
Embassy
ColomboEmbassy[6] [7]
DamascusEmbassy
TaipeiRepresentative Office[8]
TajikistanDushanbeEmbassy
KhujandConsulate General
BangkokEmbassy[9] [10]
Consulate General
AnkaraEmbassy
IstanbulConsulate General
AntalyaConsulate General
TrabzonConsulate General
TurkmenistanAshgabatEmbassy
TürkmenbaşyConsulate
Abu DhabiEmbassy
DubaiConsulate General
UzbekistanTashkentEmbassy
HanoiEmbassy
DanangConsulate General
Ho Chi Minh CityConsulate General

Europe

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
AlbaniaTiranaEmbassy
ViennaEmbassy
SalzburgConsulate General
MinskEmbassy
BrestConsulate General
BrusselsEmbassy
AntwerpConsulate General
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevoEmbassy
SofiaEmbassy
RousseConsulate General
VarnaConsulate General
PragueEmbassy
BrnoConsulate General
Karlovy VaryConsulate General
CroatiaZagrebEmbassy
CyprusNicosiaEmbassy
CopenhagenEmbassy
EstoniaTallinnEmbassy
NarvaConsulate General
TartuConsulate General
HelsinkiEmbassy
LappeenrantaConsular Department
Consulate
ParisEmbassy
MarseilleConsulate General
StrasbourgConsulate General
Villefranche-sur-MerConsular Agency
BerlinEmbassy
BonnConsulate General
FrankfurtConsulate General
HamburgConsulate General
MunichConsulate General
AthensEmbassy
ThessalonikiConsulate General
Rome
(Vatican City)
Embassy[11]
BudapestEmbassy
DebrecenConsulate General
IcelandReykjavíkEmbassy
IrelandDublinEmbassy
RomeEmbassy
GenoaConsulate General
MilanConsulate General
PalermoConsulate General
PristinaLiaison office[12]
LatviaRigaEmbassy
LithuaniaVilniusEmbassy
LuxembourgLuxembourgEmbassy
MaltaVallettaEmbassy
ChișinăuEmbassy
TiraspolConsulate Generalde facto consulate to Transnistria
MontenegroPodgoricaEmbassy
The HagueEmbassy
SkopjeEmbassy
BitolaConsulate General
OsloEmbassy
Consulate General
Consulate General
WarsawEmbassy
KrakówConsulate General
PoznańConsulate General
Consulate General
PortugalLisbonEmbassy
BucharestEmbassy
ConstanțaConsulate General
SerbiaBelgradeEmbassy
BratislavaEmbassy
SloveniaLjubljanaEmbassy
MadridEmbassy
BarcelonaConsulate General
StockholmEmbassy
GothenburgConsulate General
BernEmbassy
GenevaConsular agency
LondonEmbassy
EdinburghConsulate General

Oceania

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
CanberraEmbassy
SydneyConsulate General
WellingtonEmbassy

International organizations

OrganizationHost cityHost countryMissionConcurrent accreditation
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the PacificBangkokThailandPermanent Mission
BrusselsBelgiumPermanent Mission
Council of EuropeStrasbourgFrancePermanent Mission
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical WeaponsThe HagueNetherlandsPermanent Mission
BrusselsBelgiumDelegation
New York CityUnited StatesPermanent Mission
GenevaSwitzerlandPermanent Mission
ViennaAustriaPermanent Mission
ParisFrancePermanent Mission

Embassies to open

Closed missions

Africa

Host countryHost cityMissionYear closed
Equatorial GuineaEmbassy1992
LesothoEmbassy1992
LiberiaEmbassy1992
NigerEmbassy1992
Embassy1992
Sierra LeoneEmbassy1992
SomaliaEmbassy1992
TogoEmbassy1992

Americas

Host countryHost cityMissionYear closed
SurinameEmbassy1995
United StatesConsulate-General2018[15]
2017

Asia

Host countryHost cityMissionClosing date
JerusalemConsulate-General1914[16]
KobeConsulate-General1938[17]
OtaruVice-Consulate1938[18]

Europe

Host countryHost cityMissionYear closed
GeorgiaTbilisiEmbassy2008
DaugavpilsConsulate General2022[19] [20]
LiepājaConsulate General
KyivEmbassy2022

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. "Embassy without Government": The Council of Ambassadors and the Persistence of Tsarist Diplomacy after the Russian Revolution . Diplomacy & Statecraft . Kocho-Williams . Alastair . 2020-08-19 . 3 . 31 . 469–486 . 10.1080/09592296.2020.1782674. 221192513 .
  2. Web site: Russian Diplomacy in Emigration: Challenging the October Revolution . . Kononova . Margarita . RIAC Project . 2017.
  3. https://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m1486.pdf Archives.gov
  4. Web site: Russian policy toward sub-Saharan Africa: Disengagement or cooperation . Alexandr V. Kozemjakin . Roger E. Kanet . 1 March 1995 . 12 September 2021.
  5. Web site: Home - the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana .
  6. Embassy in Sri Lanka is perform representative functions in combination.
  7. Web site: ru:Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Мальдивской Республики об учреждении Генерального консульства Российской Федерации в г. Мале . http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/60251 . 7 May 2020 . mid.ru . ru.
  8. http://www.mtc.org.tw/english/about.html Moscow-Taipei Coordination Commission on Economic and Cultural Cooperation
  9. https://www.embassypages.com/russia-consulate-phuket-thailand Consulate of Russia in Phuket, Thailand
  10. Web site: ru:Генеральное консульство России в Пхукете . 16 July 2022 . phuket.mid.ru . Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в г. Пхукете . ru.
  11. The Russian Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.
  12. Web site: 19 March 2022 . Ambasadat dhe Misionet Diplomatike në Kosovë - ARKS .
  13. Web site: Africa-Russia Summit: Russia to open Embassies in Equatorial Guinea & Burkina Faso . 29 July 2023 .
  14. Web site: Russian Embassy to open in South Sudan soon .
  15. Web site: Trump orders expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats, closure of Seattle consulate. CBS News. 26 March 2018 . 2021-07-19. 2021-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20210719092006/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-orders-expulsion-of-60-russian-diplomats-closure-of-seattle-consulate/. live.
  16. http://jerusalem-ippo.org/sv_z/vestnik/3-4/i/rp/iv/1/ Российское генеральное Императорское консульство в Иерусалиме
  17. https://osaka.kdmid.ru/ru/o-generalnom-konsulstve/istoriya-genkonsulstva-v-osake/ История Генконсульства в Осаке
  18. https://sapporo.mid.ru/ru/general-consulate/history-info/g_otaru/ Главная страница » Генконсульство » История Генконсульства » г. ОТАРУ
  19. Web site: 5 April 2022 . Латвия закроет два российских консульства и вышлет 13 дипломатов . 16 July 2022 . RIA . Russian.
  20. Web site: 16:49, 5 апреля 2022 . 5 April 2022 . Латвия закрывает генконсульства России и выдворит их сотрудников . 16 July 2022 . Interfax.ru . Russian.