List of ambassadors from Russia explained

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. 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 countryListAmbassador in officeWebsiteAppointment dateSpecial notes
Valerian Shuvaev[1] AlgiersMay 27, 2022
ListVladimir TararovLuandaMay 23, 2017
ListIgor EvdokimovPorto-NovoAugust 7, 2017
ListVictor SibilevGaborone August 6, 2014
ListVladimir BaykovAbidjanApril 26, 2016Ambassador to Ivory Coast concurrently accredited in position
ListValery MikhailovBujumburaJuly 17, 2019
ListDmitry KurakovLibrevilleJune 25, 2013
ListSergey KryukovDakarAugust 6, 2014Ambassador to Senegal concurrently accredited in position
ListDmitry SuslovAccraMay 30, 2014
ListVadim RazumovskyConakryMarch 4, 2019
ListAlexander EgorovBissauMarch 9, 2016
ListMikhail GolovanovDjiboutiApril 24, 2019
ListGeorgy BorisenkoCairo27 April 2020
ListKonstantin KozhanovLusakaJuly 3, 2013
ListNikolai KrasilnikovHarareJune 26, 2019
ListVladimir SokolenkoPraiaFebruary 1, 2018
ListAnatoly BashkinYaoundeSeptember 18, 2017
ListDmitry MaksimychevNairobiMay 4, 2018
ListStanislav AkhmedovAntananarivoJune 19, 2013Ambassador to Madagascar concurrently accredited in position
ListGeorgy ChepikBrazzavilleJuly 17, 2017
ListAlexei SentebovKinshasaAugust 7, 2017
ListVladimir BaykovAbidjanJanuary 18, 2016
ListIlya RogachevPretoriaJuly 17, 2019Ambassador to South Africa concurrently accredited in position
ListDmitry SuslovAccraMay 30, 2014Ambassador to Ghana concurrently accredited in position
ListIvan MolotkovTripoliNovember 26, 2018
ListKonstantin KlimovskyPort LouisSeptember 18, 2017
ListVladimir ChamovNouakchottNovember 11, 2014
ListStanislav AkhmedovAntananarivoJune 19, 2013
ListNikolai KrasilnikovHarareAugust 1, 2019Ambassador to Zimbabwe concurrently accredited in position
ListIgor GromykoBomakoJune 17, 2019
ListVladimir Viktorovitch Baibakov[2] RabatMay 27, 2022
ListAlexander SurikovMaputoJune 29, 2017
ListValery UtkinWindhoekJuly 24, 2017
ListIgor GromykoBomakoJune 17, 2019Ambassador to Mali concurrently accredited in position
ListAlexey ShebarshinAbujaApril 20, 2018
ListKaren ChalyanKigaliMarch 14, 2018
ListVladimir TararovLuandaMay 30, 2017Ambassador to Angola concurrently accredited in position
ListAlexander SurikovMaputoFebruary 16, 2018Ambassador to Mozambique concurrently accredited in position
ListVladimir BelousVictoriaAugust 27, 2013
ListVacantDakarsince June 11, 2019
ListMikhail GolovanovDjiboutiApril 24, 2019Ambassador to Djibouti concurrently accredited in position
ListVladimir ZheltovKhartoumMarch 12, 2018
ListVadim RazumovskyConakryMarch 4, 2019Ambassador to Guinea concurrently accredited in position
ListYuri F. PopovDar es SalamFebruary 13, 2015
ListIgor EvdokimovPorto NovoSeptember 4, 2017Ambassador to Benin concurrently accredited in position
ListSergey NikolaevTunisJuly 10, 2015
ListAlexander PolyakovKampalaOctober 3, 2016
ListVladimir TitorenkoBanguiJanuary 15, 2019
ListAlexander ChvykovN'DjamenaDecember 17, 2015
ListAnatoly BashkinYaoundeJanuary 28, 2018Ambassador to Cameroon concurrently accredited in position
ListAzim YarakhmedovAsmaraJanuary 19, 2015
ListEvgeny TerekhinAddis AbabaMarch 27, 2019
ListIlya RogachevPretoriaJuly 3, 2019
ListAlexander PolyakovKampalaOctober 3, 2016Ambassador to Uganda concurrently accredited in position
Host countryListAmbassador in officeWebsiteAppointment dateSpecial notes
ListAlexander MantyskyKabulNovember 18, 2014
ListSergey KopyrkinYerevanApril 6, 2018
ListMikhail BocharnikovBakuMay 29, 2018
ListAlexander IgnatovDhakaFebruary 10, 2016
ListIgor KremnevManamaSeptember 19, 2018
ListVladimir GoncharenkoBandar Seri BegawanJune 26, 2019Until July 31, 2009 ambassadors to Malaysia were also appointed as ambassadors to Brunei
ListLyudmila VorobyovaJakartaFebruary 15, 2018Ambassador to Indonesia concurrently accredited in position
ListKonstantin VnukovHanoiDecember 26, 2014
ListVacantNAsince 2008Diplomatic relations were interrupted on September 30, 2008
ListAnatoly ViktorovTel AvivApril 5, 2018
ListNikolai KudashevNew DelhiAugust 18, 2017
ListLyudmila VorobyovaJakartaFebruary 15, 2018
ListGleb DesyatnikovAmmanDecember 28, 2018
ListMaxim K. MaximovBaghdadOctober 3, 2016
ListLevan DzhagaryanTehranOctober 17, 2011
ListVladimir P. DedushkinSanaaAugust 16, 2013
ListAlexey B. NikolaevichNur-SultanFebruary 7, 2018
ListAnatoly B. VasilievichPhnom PenhMay 4, 2020
ListNurmakhmad K. MakhmudaelivichDohaNovember 2, 2013
ListStanislav V. OsadchyNicosiaJune 3, 2013
ListNikolai N. UdovichenkoBishkekJanuary 30, 2019
ListAndrei I. DenisovBeijingApril 22, 2013
ListAlexander I. MatsegoraPyongyangDecember 26, 2014
ListAndrey B. KulikSeoulJuly 18, 2018
ListNikolai V. MakarovKuwait CityAugust 17, 2018
ListVladimir A. KalininVientianeSeptember 6, 2019
ListAlexander S. ZasypkinBeirutOctober 1, 2010
ListNail M. LatypovKuala LumpurOctober 25, 2019
ListYuri B. Matter ColomboAugust 24, 2017Ambassador to Sri Lanka concurrently accredited in the position
ListIskander K. AzizovUlaanbaatarSeptember 23, 2013
ListNikolai A. ListopadovYangonJuly 1, 2016
ListAlexey A. NovikovKathmanduJuly 5, 2019
ListSergey N. KuznetsovAbu DhabiApril 4, 2019
ListDmitry N. DogadkinMuscatDecember 21, 2017
ListDanila V. GanichIslamabadApril 11, 2019
ListSergey G. KozlovRiyadhFebruary 20, 2017
ListAndrei A. TatarinovSingaporeFebruary 20, 2015
ListAlexander V. EfimovDamascusOctober 29, 2018
ListIgor S. Lyakin-FrolovDushanbeAugust 1, 2013
ListEvgeny Y. TomikhinBangkokNovember 2, 2018
ListAlexander V. BlokhinAshgabatMay 5, 2011
ListAlexey V. ErkhovAnkaraJune 19, 2017
ListVladimir L. TyurdenevTashkentNovember 23, 2009
ListIgor A. KhovaevManilaMarch 2, 2015
ListYuri B. MatterColomboAugust 21, 2017
ListMikhail Y. GaluzinTokyoJanuary 29, 2018
Host countryListAmbassador in officeWebsiteAppointment dateSpecial notes
ListAlexey V. PavlovskyCanberraApril 3, 2019Ambassador to Australia is concurrently appointed as ambassadors to Fiji, Nauru, Tuvalu and Vanuatu
ListLyudimila G. VorobyovaJakartaFebruary 15, 2018Ambassador to Indonesia concurrently accredited in the position
ListIgor A. KhovaevManilaMarch 2, 2015Ambassador to Philippines concurrently accredited in the position
ListIgor A. KhovaevManilaMarch 2, 2015Ambassador to Philippines concurrently accredited in the position
ListGeorgy V. ZuevWellingtonJune 4, 2018Ambassador to New Zealand is concurrently appointed as ambassadors to Samoa and Tonga
ListIgor A. KhovaevManilaMarch 2, 2015Ambassador to Philippines concurrently accredited in the position
ListLyudimila G. VorobyovaJakartaFebruary 15, 2018Ambassador to Indonesia concurrently accredited in the position
Host countryListAmbassador in officeWebsiteAppointment dateSpecial notes
ListMikhail Y. AfanasyevTiranaSeptember 16, 2019
ListYuri P. KorchaginMadridFebruary 20, 2012Ambassador to Spain concurrently accredited in the position
ListDmitry E. LyubinskyViennaAugust 10, 2015
ListDmitry F. MezentsevMinskApril 30, 2019
ListAlexander A. TokovininBrusselsJune 16, 2016
ListPyotr A. IvantsovSarajevoAugust 6, 2014
ListAnatoly A. MakarovSofiaAugust 17, 2016
ListAnvar S. AzimovZagrebJune 30, 2015
ListAlexander V. ZmeevskyBrastislavaFebruary 19, 2016
ListVladimir B. BarbinCopenhagenDecember 12, 2018
ListAlexander M. PetrovTallinnAugust 18, 2015
ListPavel M. KuznetsevHelsinkiAugust 14, 2017
ListAlexey Y. MeshkovParisOctober 23, 2017
ListSergey Y. NichaevBerlinJanuary 10, 2018
ListAndrei M. MaslovAthensJune 16, 2014
ListVladimir N. SergeevBudapestSeptember 24, 2014
ListAnton V. VasilievMarch 6, 2014
ListYuri A. FilatovDublinJuly 26, 2017
ListSergey S. RazovRomeMay 6, 2013
ListEvgeny V. LukyanovRigaDecember 15, 2016
ListSergey V. GarmoninBernDecember 9, 2016Ambassadors to Switzerland concurrently accredited in the position
ListAlexander I. UdaltsovVilniusOctober 1, 2013
ListVictor A. SorokinLuxembourgJanuary 20, 2016
ListVladimir A. MalyginVallettaDecember 12, 2014
ListOleg V. VasnitsovChișinăuJuly 2, 2018
ListAlexey Y. MeshkovParisOctober 23, 2017Ambassadors to France concurrently accredited in the position
ListVladislav V. MaslennikovPodgoricaJuly 1, 2019

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ambassadeur . algerie.mid.ru.
  2. Web site: L'ambassadeur . marocco.mid.ru.