The ambassador of Russia to Luxembourg is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the grand duke and the government of Luxembourg.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Russian embassy in Luxembourg. The current Russian ambassador to Luxembourg is , incumbent since 17 September 2020.
History of diplomatic relations
Russian relations with Luxembourg date back into the nineteenth century, when as part of the Concert of Europe, the Russian Empire was one of the signatories to the Treaty of London in 1867, making it one of the guarantors of the borders of the Grand Duchy and its neutrality. Formal diplomatic relations were established in 1891, and after the Russian Revolution in 1917 and the emergence of the Soviet Union, an exchange of diplomats was agreed in 1935. Relations were interrupted for a time by the Second World War, during which time Luxembourg was occupied by Axis forces.
Following the German invasion of Luxembourg on 10 May 1940, a Luxembourg government in exile was established in London. On 13 October 1942 the , , was accredited to the Luxembourg government in exile. Relations were restored in 1946, albeit with a non-resident ambassador, Soviet affairs prior to 1956 being handled by the ambassador to Belgium, who had dual accreditation. It was not until late 1960 that the mission was upgraded to the level of an embassy, with appointed as ambassador on 28 June 1961. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, the Russian Federation emerged as the Soviet Union's legal successor. The incumbent ambassador of the Soviet Union to Luxembourg, Chinghiz Aitmatov, continued as representative of Russia until 1994.
List of representatives (1936–present) Soviet Union to Luxembourg (1936–1991) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesPlenipotentiary21 September 193615 July 1940Second World War – Diplomatic relations interrupted (1940–1942)Envoy13 October 194230 November 1943As Envoy30 November 194317 November 1945As Envoy17 November 194512 July 1946Non-resident, ambassador to Belgium dually accreditedEnvoy12 July 194627 April 1950Non-resident, ambassador to Belgium dually accreditedViktor AvilovEnvoy24 January 195316 May 1956Non-resident, ambassador to Belgium dually accreditedEnvoy16 May 195628 June 1961Ambassador28 June 196129 September 1962Ambassador29 September 196221 March 1967Ambassador21 March 196721 August 1969Ambassador21 August 196919 September 1979Kamo UdumianAmbassador19 September 19797 August 1987Aleksandr AvdeyevAmbassador7 August 19875 October 1990Chinghiz AitmatovAmbassador5 October 199025 December 1991
Russian Federation to Luxembourg (1991–present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesChinghiz AitmatovAmbassador25 December 19916 January 1994Ambassador6 January 199423 July 1997Oleg KrivonogovAmbassador23 July 19979 November 2001Ambassador9 November 200125 July 2005Ambassador25 July 200516 September 2009Ambassador16 September 20092 September 2012Ambassador2 October 201220 January 2016Ambassador20 January 201617 September 2020Ambassador17 September 2020
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