The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Slovak Republic is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Slovakia.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Bratislava. There is also an honorary consul based in Košice. The post of Russian ambassador to Slovakia is currently held by , incumbent since 2 December 2025.
History of diplomatic relations
Diplomatic exchanges between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia began with the formal establishment of relations on 5 June 1922. 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 representative to the Czech Republic until 1996, while a new ambassador, Sergey Yastrzhembsky, was appointed Russian ambassador to Slovakia in June 1993.
Representatives of the Russian Federation to Slovakia (1993–present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesSergey YastrzhembskyAmbassador3 June 199330 August 1996Ambassador25 November 199611 September 1998Aleksandr AksenyonokAmbassador11 November 199814 August 2002Ambassador14 August 20029 April 2004Ambassador16 June 200520 April 2010Pavel KuznetsovAmbassador20 April 201010 September 2014Ambassador10 September 201423 October 2020Ambassador23 October 20202 December 2025Ambassador2 December 2025
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