The Russian ambassador to the United States () is the official representative of the president of the Russian Federation and the Russian government to the president of the United States and the United States government. The ambassador's official title is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States of America.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Washington, D.C. The ambassador to the United States is concurrently appointed as the Russian representative to the Organization of American States. The ambassador's residence is located at 1125 16th Street Northwest. Russia also maintains consulates general in New York and Houston. Alexander Darchiev is the current ambassador, serving since 6 March 2025.
List of Ambassadors Russian Empire + List of ambassadors and ministers of the Russian Empire to the United States; Name Photo Residence Appointed Arrived Exequatur Until Prior position Later position Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov (as consul general and chargé d'affaires) Philadelphia June 20, 1808 July 1, 1809-07-01 July 15, 1809 August 17, 1811 None None Friedrich von der Pahlen (minister) Washington, Philadelphia April 13, 1809 June 26, 1810 (entered duty) July 23, 1811 None Minister to Portugal-Brazil Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov (as minister) Washington July 28, 1811 November 1811 (entered duty) March 1819 None None Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika 1817 April 24, 1822 None Foreign Ministry adviser Fyodor van Tuyll van Serooskerken April 19, 1823 April 11, 1826 Minister to Portugal-Brazil None Pavel Kridener 1827 1837 None Minister to Switzerland Alexander de Bodisco 1837 1854 Consul General in Stockholm None 1854 1855 Eduard de Stoeckl 1855 1869 Secretary of the U.S. Legation None Konstantin Katakazi 1869 1872 Foreign Ministry None Heinrich von Offenberg 1872 1875 Minister to Romania None 1875 1880 Minister to Serbia Minister to Greece 1880 1882 Minister to Greece Minister to Japan Karl von Struve 1882 1892 Minister to Japan Ambassador to the Netherlands 1892 1895 None Minister to Wuerttemburg 1895 1897 Minister to Wuerttemburg None Count Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini 1898 1905 Minister to China Ambassador to Spain Roman Rosen 1905 1911 Minister to Japan State Council George Bakhmetev 1911 1917 Minister to Japan None
Russian Provisional Government Name Photo Appointed Until Boris Bakhmetev 1917 1917
Soviet Union Name Photo Residence Appointed Credentials presented Until Maxim Litvinov 1918 1919 Ludwig Martens 1919 1921 1922 1933 Alexander Troyanovsky November 20, 1933 January 8, 1934 October 1, 1938 Konstantin Umansky May 11, 1939 (as plenipotentiary representative) May 9, 1941 November 5, 1941 Maxim Litvinov November 10, 1941 December 8, 1941 August 22, 1943 Andrei Gromyko August 22, 1943 October 4, 1943 April 11, 1946 Nikolai Vasilevich Novikov April 11, 1946 June 3, 1946 October 25, 1947 Alexander Panyushkin October 25, 1947 December 31, 1947 1952 June 12, 1952 Georgy Zarubin June 14, 1952 September 25, 1952 1958 January 7, 1958 January 7, 1958 February 11, 1958 January 4, 1962 Anatoly Dobrynin January 4, 1962 March 30, 1962 May 19, 1986 Yuri Dubinin May 19, 1986 May 15, 1990 Alexander Bessmertnykh May 15, 1990 January 15, 1991 March 15, 1991 December 26, 1991
Russian Federation Name Photo AppointedAppointer Credentials presented Until 1991 Boris Yeltsin 1992 Vladimir Lukin January 24, 1992Boris Yeltsin February 8, 1994 Yuli Vorontsov July 23, 1994Boris Yeltsin December 16, 1998 Yuri Ushakov 1999 Boris Yeltsin January 22, 1999 May 31, 2008 Sergey Kislyak July 26, 2008 Dmitry Medvedev September 16, 2008 July 22, 2017 Anatoly Antonov September 1, 2017Новый посол России в США Анатолий Антонов заступит на пост 1 сентябряVladimir Putin September 9, 2017Посол России в США Антонов вручил Трампу верительные грамоты October 10, 2024 Alexander Darchiev March 6, 2025 Vladimir Putin Present
See also Embassy of Russia, Washington, D.C. List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia Russia–United States relations Soviet Union–United States relations Russian Empire–United States relations List of diplomatic missions of Russia Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations
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