List of heads of state and government who have visited Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)

A number of foreign leaders have visited Russia since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other officials, and visiting areas around the country. List

+StateHead of state and/or government Date(s) of visit(s)Details of visit(s)References Abdelmadjid Tebboune 2023-06-13–2023-06-15 State visit to Russia Aymen Benabderrahmane 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit Nikol Pashinyan 2022-04-19–2022-04-20 State visit 2022-05-16 CSTO summit 2022-09-06–2022-09-09 Working visit 2022-10-07 Informal CIS summit 2022-10-31 Working visit 2022-11-23 CSTO summit 2022-12-26–2022-12-27 Working visit 2023-05-09 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2023-05-24–2023-05-25 State visit 2023-06-07–2023-06-09 State visit 2023-12-25–2023-12-26 CIS and Eurasian Economic Union summit 2024-05-08 Working visit 2024-10-08 CIS summit 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2025-07-24–2025-07-25 Working visit 2025-09-25–2025-09-26 Global Atomic Forum. 2025-12-22–2025-12-23 CIS and Eurasian Economic Union summit 2026-04-01 Working Visit. Karl Nehammer 2022-04-11 Nehammer became the first European leader to visit Russia during the invasion, he visited Ukraine two days earlier. Ilham Aliyev 2022-10-07 Informal CIS summit 2022-10-31–2022-11-01 Working visit 2022-12-26 Working visit 2023-05-25 Working visit 2023-12-26 CIS summit 2024-04-22 Working visit 2024-10-08 CIS summit 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa 2024-05-22–2024-05-23 State visit Alexander Lukashenko 2022-03-11 Working visit 2022-04-12 Working visit 2022-05-16 CSTO summit 2022-05-23 Working visit 2022-06-15–2022-06-18 Attended the 2022 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2022-06-24–2022-06-25 Working visit 2022-09-26 Working visit 2022-10-07 Informal CIS summit 2022-11-23 CSTO summit 2022-12-26–2022-12-27 Working visit and CIS summit 2023-02-17 Working visit 2023-04-05–2023-04-06 Working visit 2023-05-09 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2023-05-24–2023-05-25 Working visit 2023-06-09 Working visit 2023-07-23 Working visit 2023-09-15 Working visit 2023-12-25–2023-12-26 CIS summit 2024-01-28–2024-01-29 Working visit 2024-02-21 Working visit 2024-04-11–2024-04-12 Working visit 2024-05-08–2024-05-09 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2024-10-08–2024-10-09 Working visit and CIS summit 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit 2024-12-25–2024-12-26 CIS and Eurasian Economic Union summit 2025-03-13 State visit 2025-04-29 State visit 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2025-08-01 Working visit to Valaam Monastery. 2025-09-25–2025-09-26 Global Atomic Forum. 2025-12-21–2025-12-23 CIS and Eurasian Economic Union summit 2026-02-26 Working visit 2026-05-08-2026-05-09 2026 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2026-06-26 Working visit 2026-08-29 Working visit Luis Arce 2024-06-05–2024-06-08 Attended the 2024 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit Željka Cvijanović 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade Hassanal Bolkiah 2026-06-17-2026–06-18 2026 ASEAN-Russia Summit Ibrahim Traoré 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade Évariste Ndayishimiye 2023-7-27-2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit Hun Manet 2026-06-17-2026-06-18 2026 ASEAN-Russia Summit. Paul Biya 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit Faustin-Archange Touadéra 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit 2025-01-16 State visit 2026-03-05 Working visit Mahamat Déby 2024-01-24 State visit Xi Jinping 2023-03-20–2023-03-22 State visit 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit 2025-05-07–2025-05-10 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade and state visit. Azali Assoumani 2023-06-17 Attended as part of an African Union Peace Delegation. 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit Denis Sassou Nguesso 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit 2024-06-27 State visit 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit 2025-05-07–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2026-04-28-2026-04-29 State Visit Miguel Díaz-Canel 2022-11-22 State visit 2024-05-08–2024-05-09 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2025-05-07–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade Abdel Fattah el-Sisi 2022-06-15–2022-06-18 Attended the 2022 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit 2024-10-22–2024-10-242024 BRICS summit 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 2023-11-02 Working visit 2024-09-26 State visit to Russia 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade Isaias Afwerki 2023-05-31–2023-06-01 State visit 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit Abiy Ahmed Ali 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit 2025-09-25–2025-09-26 Global Atomic Forum. Umaro Sissoco Embaló 2022-10-25 State visit 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit 2024-05-09 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2025-02-26 State visit 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade Viktor Orbán 2022-09-03 Death and funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev 2024-07-05 Working visit 2025-11-28 Working visit Narendra Modi 2024-07-08–2024-07-09 22nd India–Russia annual summit 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit Joko Widodo 2022-06-29–2022-06-30 Working visit Prabowo Subianto 2024-07-31 Visit as the President-Elect. 2025-06-19–2025-06-20 Official Visit and attended the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. 2025-12-10 Official and working visit 2026-04-13 Working visit 2026-09-03 Attended the Eastern Economic Forum Ebrahim Raisi 2023-12-07 State visit to Russia to discuss the Middle East conflict. Masoud Pezeshkian 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit 2025-01-17 State visit to sign strategic partnership agreement. Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani 2023-10-10–2023-10-12 State visit to discuss the Middle East conflict Naftali Bennett 2022-03-05 First Israeli leader to visit Russia during the invasion. Bennet tried to mediate an end to the war. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev 2022-05-16 CSTO summit 2022-06-17 Attended the 2022 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. 2022-08-19 Working visit 2022-10-07 Informal CIS summit 2022-11-28 Working visit 2022-12-26 CIS summit 2023-05-09 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2023-05-25 Working visit to the Eurasian Economic Council. 2023-10-07 Working visit 2023-12-25–2023-12-26 Working visit 2024-02-21 Working visit 2024-05-08–2024-05-09 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2024-10-08 CIS summit 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit 2024-12-25–2024-12-26 CIS and Eurasian Economic Union summit 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2025-11-11–2025-11-12 Working visit 2025-12-21–2025-12-23 CIS and Eurasian Economic Union summit 2026-05-08-2026-05-09 2026 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2026-07-25 Working visit Sadyr Japarov 2022-05-16 Working visit and CSTO summit 2022-12-26 CIS summit 2023-05-09 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2023-05-25 Working visit 2023-11-23 CSTO summit 2023-12-25–2023-12-28 CIS summit 2024-02-21 Working visit 2024-05-09 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2024-10-08 CIS summit 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit 2024-12-25–2024-12-26 CIS and Eurasian Economic Union summit. 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2025-07-02 Working visit 2025-12-21–2025-12-23 CIS and Eurasian Economic Union summit 2026-04-23 Working Visit. Thongloun Sisoulith 2024-05-09 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit 2025-07-31 Working visit 2026-05-09 2026 Moscow Victory Day Parade Mohamed al-Menfi 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit Michael Randrianirina 2026-02-19 Official Visit. Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor 2025-08-05–2025-08-08 State visit 2026-01-26-2026-01-26 Private visit 2026-05-09 2026 Moscow Victory Day Parade Anwar Ibrahim 2024-09-04–2024-09-05 Attended the Eastern Economic Forum 2025-05-14–2025-05-16 State visit 2026-06-17-2026-06-18 2026 ASEAN-Russia Summit. Assimi Goïta 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit 2025-06-23 State visit Mohamed Ould Bilal 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit Mohamed Ould Ghazouani 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene 2022-09-07 Eastern Economic Forum. Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh 2025-05-07–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day ParadeGombojavyn Zandanshatar 2025-09-04 Eastern Economic Forum. 2025-11-18 Working visitNyam-Osoryn Uchral 2026-09-03 Attended the Eastern Economic Forum Aziz Akhannouch 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit Filipe Nyusi 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit Min Aung Hlaing 2022-09-07 Attended the Eastern Economic Forum. 2025-03-04 State visit 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2025-09-25–2025-09-26 Global Atomic Forum. 2026-08-18 Official Visit. Kim Jong Un 2023-09-12–2023-09-17 State visit Haitham bin Tariq Al Said 2025-04-22 State visit Imran Khan 2022-02-23–2022-02-25 First world leader to visit Russia at the beginning of full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Mahmoud Abbas 2024-08-12–2024-08-14 State visit to Russia2024-10-22–2024-10-242024 BRICS summit 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2026-01-22–2026-01-23 Working visit Bongbong Marcos 2026-06-17-2026-06-18 2026 ASEAN-Russia Summit. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani 2025-04-17 State visit to Russia Macky Sall 2022-06-03 Working visit 2023-06-17 Attended as part of an African Union peace delegation. 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit Aleksandar Vučić 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade Patrick Herminie 2026-04-22 Working Visit. Lawrence Wong 2026-06-17-2026-06-18 2026 ASEAN-Russia Summit Robert Fico 2024-12-22 Working visit 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2026-05-09 2026 Moscow Victory Day Parade Cyril Ramaphosa 2023-06-17 Attended as part of an African Peace Mission. 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit Salva Kiir 2023-09-28 Working visit Bashar al-Assad 2023-03-14–2023-03-15 Working visit 2024-07-24–2024-07-25 Working visit 2024-11-28 Working visit Ahmed al-Sharaa 2025-10-15 First Working visit as the New Syrian President. Russia-Syria talks - Kremlin.ru 2026-01-28 Working visit Russian-Syrian talks - Kremlin.ru Emomali Rahmon 2022-05-16 CSTO summit 2022-10-07 Informal CIS summit 2022-11-23 CSTO summit 2022-12-26 Working visit and CIS summit 2023-05-09 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2023-11-21–2023-11-22 Working visit 2023-12-25 CIS summit 2024-02-21 Working visit 2024-05-09 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2024-10-08 CIS summit 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit 2024-12-24–2024-12-25 Working visit and informal CIS summit 2025-03-17 Working visit 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2025-12-22–2025-12-23 CIS summit Kassim Majaliwa 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit Samia Suluhu Hassan 2026-06-03-2026-06-05 State Visit and attended the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. Anutin Charnvirakul 2026-06-17-2026-06-18 2026 ASEAN-Russia Summit. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão 2026-06-17-2026-06-18 2026 ASEAN-Russia Summit. Faure Gnassingbé 2025-11-19–2025-11-20 Working visit Recep Tayyip Erdoğan2022-08-05 Working visit2023-09-04 Working visit 2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit Serdar Berdimuhamedow 2022-06-10 State visit 2022-10-07 Informal CIS summit 2022-12-26–2022-12-27 CIS summit 2023-05-09 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2023-12-26 CIS summit 2024-05-09 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2024-10-08 CIS summit2024-10-22–2024-10-24 2024 BRICS summit 2024-12-25 Informal CIS summit 2025-05-08–2025-05-09 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade 2025-12-22–2025-12-23 CIS summit Yoweri Museveni 2023-07-27–2023-07-28 2023 Russia–Africa Summit Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan2022-10-11 State visit 2023-06-16 Met with Putin at the sidelines of the 2023 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.2024-10-20–2024-10-24 2