| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | the Russian Federation to Burkina Faso |
| Insignia: | MID emblem.png |
| Incumbentsince: | 14 July 2022 |
| Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Abidjan |
| Style: | His Excellency The Honourable |
| Reports To: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Seat: | Abidjan |
| Appointer: | President of Russia |
| Termlength: | At the pleasure of the President |
| Website: | Embassy of Russia in Ivory Coast |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry |
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Burkina Faso is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Burkina Faso.[1] [2]
The Russian ambassador to Burkina Faso is a non-resident ambassador, who holds the post of ambassador to Ivory Coast, where he and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Abidjan.[3] The post of Russian Ambassador to Burkina Faso is currently held by, incumbent since 14 July 2022.[4]
See main article: Burkina Faso–Russia relations. The formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and what was then the Republic of Upper Volta were established on 18 February 1967. The country was renamed Burkina Faso on 4 August 1984. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the incumbent Soviet ambassador continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1992, when the embassy in Ouagadougou was closed.[1] [5] With the closing of the embassy, relations were carried out through the Russian embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with the ambassador to Ivory Coast dually accredited to Burkina Faso.
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambassador | 9 September 1967 | 29 March 1974 | ||
| Vadim Tikunov | Ambassador | 29 March 1974 | 28 August 1978 | |
| Ambassador | 4 October 1978 | 8 August 1981 | ||
| Ambassador | 8 August 1981 | 4 August 1984 | ||
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambassador | 4 August 1984 | 9 September 1985 | ||
| Ambassador | 9 September 1985 | 21 August 1987 | ||
| Ambassador | 21 August 1987 | 25 December 1991 | ||
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambassador | 25 December 1991 | 2 November 1992 | |||
| Ambassador | 2 November 1992 | 26 June 1995 | Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast | ||
| Ambassador | 26 June 1995 | 29 March 2000 | Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast | ||
| Aleksandr Trofimov | Ambassador | 29 March 2000 | 8 June 2006 | Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast | |
| Ambassador | 8 June 2006 | 29 October 2010 | Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast | ||
| Ambassador | 11 February 2011 | 18 January 2016 | Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast | ||
| Ambassador | 18 January 2016 | 14 July 2022 | Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast | ||
| Ambassador | 14 July 2022 | Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast |