Ambassadors of Russia are 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. The modern position of ambassador was established during the Soviet era by the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. This article lists currently serving Russian ambassadors and their assignments.
Current Russian ambassadors This list is arranged by continents.
Africa Host countryListAmbassador in officeWebsiteAppointment dateSpecial notesList Algiers15 January 2025ListVacantLuandaListPorto-Novo7 August 2017ListAndrey KemarskyGaborone28 October 2020ListOuagadougou3 May 2024ListBujumbura11 November 2025ListYaounde14 November 2023 ListPraia8 September 2022ListBangui10 January 2022 ListN'Djamena26 October 2022 ListAntananarivo2 December 2020Ambassador to Madagascar concurrently accredited in positionListBrazzaville16 January 2024 ListKinshasa10 October 2024 ListDjibouti24 April 2019ListCairo27 April 2020 ListMalabo14 June 2024ListAsmara25 March 2025 ListMaputo18 August 2025Ambassador to Mozambique concurrently accredited in positionListAddis Ababa27 March 2019ListLibreville16 January 2024 ListDakar17 August 2020 Ambassador to Senegal concurrently accredited in positionListAccra17 May 2021 ListConakry23 June 2023 ListBissau9 March 2016ListAbidjan14 July 2022 ListNairobi20 August 2024 ListPretoria6 September 2024 Ambassador to South Africa concurrently accredited in positionListAccra17 May 2021 Ambassador to Ghana concurrently accredited in positionListAydar AganinTripoli29 December 2022ListAntananarivo2 December 2020ListHarare26 June 2019Ambassador to Zimbabwe concurrently accredited in positionListIgor GromykoBomako17 June 2019 ListNouakchott4 February 2021ListPort Louis13 September 2024ListRabat27 May 2022ListMaputo18 August 2025ListWindhoek19 August 2022 ListNiamey20 August 2025ListAbuja27 December 2024 ListAlexander PolyakovKigali14 June 2024ListVacantLuandaAmbassador to Angola concurrently accredited in positionListDakar17 August 2020 ListVictoria15 January 2020ListFreetown21 October 2025 ListDjibouti24 April 2019Ambassador to Djibouti concurrently accredited in positionListPretoria6 September 2024 ListJuba11 September 2025 ListKhartoum10 March 2023ListDar es Salam5 April 2022ListPorto-Novo7 August 2017Ambassador to Benin concurrently accredited in positionListTunis11 January 2022ListKampala1 September 2021ListLusaka7 December 2021ListHarare26 June 2019
Americas Host countryListAmbassador in officeWebsiteAppointment dateSpecial notesList Kingston24 May 2021Ambassadors to Jamaica concurrently accredited in the positionList Buenos Aires20 June 2018List VacantList VacantGeorgetownAmbassadors to Guyana concurrently accredited in the positionList Mexico City10 February 2023 Ambassadors to Mexico concurrently accredited in the positionList La Paz15 August 2024 List Brasília21 January 2021List Ottawa9 March 2021 List Santiago28 June 2024 List Bogota5 October 2020List San José18 March 2019 List Havana10 February 2023 List Kingston24 May 2021Ambassadors to Jamaica concurrently accredited in the positionList Santo Domingo11 March 2025List Quito10 February 2021 List Managua15 August 2024 Ambassadors to Nicaragua concurrently accredited in the positionList VacantList Guatemala City1 April 2025List Georgetown17 June 2025 List Caracas17 February 2020 Ambassadors to Venezuela concurrently accredited in the positionList Managua15 August 2024 Ambassadors to Nicaragua concurrently accredited in the positionList Kingston24 May 2021List Mexico City10 February 2023 List Managua15 August 2024 List Panama City8 October 2024List Asunción5 October 2020 List Lima18 June 2018 List Kingston24 May 2021Ambassadors to Jamaica concurrently accredited in the positionList Kingston24 May 2021Ambassadors to Jamaica concurrently accredited in the positionList Georgetown3 July 2025 Ambassadors to Guyana concurrently accredited in the positionList Brasília21 January 2021Ambassadors to Brazil concurrently accredited in the positionList Georgetown8 August 2025 Ambassadors to Guyana concurrently accredited in the positionList Alexander DarchievWashington6 March 2025List Montevideo22 April 2025 List Caracas17 February 2020
Asia Host countryListAmbassador in officeWebsiteAppointment dateSpecial notesListDmitry ZhirnovKabul29 April 2020ListYerevan6 April 2018ListBaku14 June 2023 ListDhaka30 October 2024 ListManama9 August 2022ListBandar Seri Begawan17 January 2023 ListPhnom Penh4 May 2020ListIgor MorgulovBeijing13 September 2022ListMurat ZyazikovNicosia12 September 2022ListJakarta14 May 2024 Ambassador to Indonesia concurrently accredited in positionListVacantNAsince 2008Diplomatic relations were interrupted on 30 September 2008ListDenis AlipovNew Delhi12 January 2022 ListJakarta14 May 2024 ListTel Aviv5 April 2018ListAlexey DedovTehran8 September 2022ListElbrus KutrashevBaghdad8 April 2021ListTokyo19 January 2024ListAmman28 December 2018ListNur-Sultan7 February 2018ListKuwait City10 March 2023ListBishkek18 June 2024ListVientiane22 October 2025ListBeirut14 August 2020 ListKuala Lumpur25 October 2019ListColombo8 September 2022Ambassador to Sri Lanka concurrently accredited in the positionListUlaanbaatar18 January 2023 ListYangon23 June 2023ListVacantKathmanduListVacantPyongyangListMuscat8 October 2024ListIslamabad10 November 2023 ListMarat PavlovManila21 September 2020ListDoha9 November 2021ListRiyadh20 February 2017ListSingapore15 July 2025ListSeoul7 December 2023ListColombo8 September 2022ListDamascus29 October 2018ListSemyon GrigoryevDushanbe16 August 2022ListBangkok2 November 2018ListvacantAnkaraListAshgabat6 April 2023ListAbu Dhabi30 August 2021ListAlexei YerkhovTashkent5 September 2025ListHanoi25 March 2021 ListSanaa1 October 2025
Oceania Host countryListAmbassador in officeWebsiteAppointment dateSpecial notesListCanberra21 August 2025ListCanberra31 October 2025 Ambassador to Australia concurrently accredited in the positionListJakarta14 May 2024Ambassador to Indonesia concurrently accredited in the positionListMarat PavlovManila21 September 2020Ambassador to Philippines concurrently accredited in the positionListVacantDiplomatic relations broken off in 2022ListVacantCanberraAmbassador to Australia concurrently accredited in the positionListWellington4 June 2018ListMarat PavlovManila21 September 2020Ambassador to Philippines concurrently accredited in the positionListJakarta14 May 2024Ambassador to Indonesia concurrently accredited in the positionListWellington4 June 2018Ambassador to New Zealand concurrently accredited in the positionListWellington4 June 2018Ambassador to New Zealand concurrently accredited in the positionListVacantCanberraAmbassador to Australia concurrently accredited in the positionListCanberra18 November 2025 Ambassador to Australia concurrently accredited in the position
Europe Host countryListAmbassador in officeWebsiteAppointment dateSpecial notesListSukhumi31 May 2022ListTirana14 June 2024ListMadrid18 November 2022Ambassador to Spain concurrently accredited in the positionListVienna14 October 2025ListBoris GryzlovMinsk14 January 2022ListDenis GoncharBrussels29 July 2025 ListSarajevo6 November 2020ListEleonora MitrofanovaSofia15 January 2021ListZagreb7 May 2024ListAnna PonomaryovaPrague23 December 2025ListCopenhagen12 December 2018ListVacantTallinnListPavel KuznetsovHelsinki14 August 2017ListParis23 October 2017ListBerlin10 January 2018ListAthens16 June 2014List16 May 2023ListBudapest18 February 2021 ListVacantReykjavíkListYury FilatovDublin26 July 2017ListRome4 April 2023ListVacantRigaListBern9 December 2016Ambassadors to Switzerland concurrently accredited in the positionListVacantVilniusListLuxembourg17 September 2020ListValletta29 October 2021ListChișinău10 September 2024ListParis23 October 2017Ambassadors to France concurrently accredited in the positionListPodgorica10 April 2025ListThe Hague5 December 2023ListDmitry ZykovSkopje25 December 2025ListOslo1 October 2024ListVacantWarsawListLisbon18 June 2018 ListVladimir LipayevBucharest20 June 2024ListRome4 April 2023Ambassadors to Italy concurrently accredited in the positionListBelgrade10 June 2019 ListBratislava 2 December 2025 ListLjubljana18 November 2019 ListMarat Kulakhmetov23 May 2017 ListMadrid18 November 2022ListStockholm25 October 2024ListBern9 December 2016ListVacantListAndrey KelinLondon5 November 2019
International organisations OrganisationListAmbassador in officeAppointment dateSpecial notesUnited NationsListVasily Nebenzya26 July 2017 United Nations Office at GenevaList31 January 2018 UNESCOList12 January 2023 United Nations Office at ViennaListMikhail Ulyanov23 January 2018United Nations Office at NairobiList20 August 2024United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the PacificList2 November 2018European UnionListKaren Malyan November 2024Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeList5 August 2015Commonwealth of Independent StatesList17 August 2018 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical WeaponsList5 December 2023Conference on DisarmamentList31 January 2018 Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food ProgrammeList3 October 2023 Organisation of Islamic CooperationList17 July 2023 Collective Security Treaty OrganizationList9 April 2024Arab LeagueList27 April 2020African UnionList27 March 2019 Organization of American StatesListAlexander Darchiev6 March 2025Latin American Integration AssociationList22 April 2025Association of Southeast Asian NationsList28 March 2023 World Trade OrganizationList1 March 2024International Seabed AuthorityList24 May 2021
See also
Lists of ambassadors of Russia List of diplomatic missions of Russia Foreign relations of Russia
References
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Ambassadors of Russia to the African countries Diplomatic missions of the Soviet Union Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the African countries Ambassadors of Russian Federation to the Asian countries Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the Asian countries Ambassadors of Russia to the Pacific states Ambassadors of the Soviet Union in the Pacific states Ambassador of Russia to European countries Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the European countries