| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | the Russian Federation to the Republic of Vanuatu |
| Insignia: | MID emblem.png |
| Incumbentsince: | 17 September 2019 |
| Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Canberra |
| Style: | His Excellency The Honourable |
| Reports To: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Seat: | Canberra |
| Appointer: | President of Russia |
| Termlength: | At the pleasure of the President |
| First: | Yevgeny Samoteykin |
| Website: | Embassy of Russia in Australia |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry |
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Vanuatu is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the Prime Minister and the Government of Vanuatu.[1] [2]
The Russian ambassador to Vanuatu is a non-resident ambassador, who holds the post of ambassador to Australia, where he and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Canberra.[3] The ambassador holds dual accreditation to Australia, Fiji, Nauru, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
The post of Russian Ambassador to Vanuatu is currently held by, incumbent since 17 September 2019.[4]
See main article: Russia–Vanuatu relations and Soviet Union–Vanuatu relations. The formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Vanuatu took place on 30 June 1986.[1] The incumbent Soviet ambassador to Australia, Yevgeny Samoteykin, was appointed to serve concurrently as ambassador to Vanuatu on 3 September 1986. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the incumbent ambassador, Vyacheslav Dolgov, continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1993.[1]
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yevgeny Samoteykin | Ambassador | 3 September 1986 | 28 August 1990 | |
| Vyacheslav Dolgov | Ambassador | 28 August 1990 | 25 December 1991 | |
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vyacheslav Dolgov | Ambassador | 25 December 1991 | 11 November 1993 | |
| Alexander Losyukov | Ambassador | 11 November 1993 | 6 September 1997 | |
| Rashit Khamidulin | Ambassador | 31 August 1998 | 20 July 2001 | |
| Leonid Moiseyev | Ambassador | 20 July 2001 | 10 November 2005 | |
| Alexander Blokhin | Ambassador | 10 November 2005 | 29 June 2010 | |
| Ambassador | 29 June 2010 | 28 July 2016 | ||
| Ambassador | 29 June 2017 | 3 April 2019 | ||
| Ambassador | 17 September 2019 | |||