| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | the Russian Federation to the Czech Republic |
| Insignia: | MID emblem.png |
| Incumbentsince: | 19 February 2016 |
| Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Prague |
| Style: | His Excellency The Honourable |
| Reports To: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Seat: | Prague |
| Appointer: | President of Russia |
| Termlength: | At the pleasure of the President |
| Formation: | 1993 |
| Website: | Embassy of Russia in the Czech Republic |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry |
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Czech Republic is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of the Czech Republic.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Prague.[1] There are consulates general in Brno and Karlovy Vary, and an honorary consul based in Ostrava.[2] [3] [4] The post of Russian Ambassador to the Czech Republic is currently held by, incumbent since 19 February 2016.[5]
See main article: Czech Republic–Russia relations and List of ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Czechoslovakia. Diplomatic exchanges between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia began with the formal establishment of relations on 5 June 1922.[6] Relations were maintained throughout the twentieth century, with a brief break after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, until the reestablishment of relations in 1941. With the repudiation of communism, the country officially became the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic in 1990. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, a new ambassador,, was appointed as representative of the Russian Federation. He continued as ambassador until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and its separation into the states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Lebedev continued to as representative to the Czech Republic until 1996, while a new ambassador, Sergey Yastrzhembsky, was appointed Russian ambassador to Slovakia in June 1993.[7]
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambassador | 1 January 1993 | 4 November 1996 | ||
| Ambassador | 12 November 1996 | 9 September 2000 | ||
| Ambassador | 27 November 2000 | 11 March 2004 | ||
| Ambassador | 11 March 2004 | 30 August 2010 | ||
| Ambassador | 30 August 2010 | 19 February 2016 | ||
| Ambassador | 19 February 2016 | |||