The ambassador of Russia to Montenegro is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Montenegro.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Russian embassy in Podgorica. The current Russian ambassador to Montenegro is , incumbent since 10 April 2025.
History of diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations between the forerunners of the modern states of Montenegro and Russia date back to the early nineteenth century. The Russian Empire supported the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro against French incursions during the Napoleonic Wars, with Marko Ivelich and Stepan Sankovsky acting as diplomatic agents in the early 1800s. served as head of a special mission to Montenegro between 1858 and 1859, following the establishment of the Principality of Montenegro, and during its campaigns against Ottoman forces. Long-term exchange of diplomats was only finalised in 1878, when Russia opened a diplomatic mission in the-then capital of Cetinje. was appointed the first resident minister on 12 August 1878.
Diplomatic exchanges continued throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth, but were broken off after the October Revolution in 1917 brought the Bolshevik regime to power. Over the next few decades the Soviet Union was established, incorporating Russia, while Montenegro became part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The Soviet Union established relations with Yugoslavia and appointed ambassadors to it from 1940 onwards. The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred in 1991, while the then Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1992. The Republic of Montenegro remained one of the two surviving entities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, along with the Republic of Serbia, being known as the state of Serbia and Montenegro from 2003. In 2006 Montenegro voted for independence, and became the independent state of Montenegro. The incumbent ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro, , continued as ambassador to Serbia, while a new ambassador, , was appointed ambassador to Montenegro in 2007.
List of representatives of Russia to Montenegro (1805–present) Russian Empire to the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro (1805–1808) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesMarko IvelichSpecial mission18051806Stepan SankovskySpecial mission18051808
Russian Empire to the Principality of Montenegro (1858–1917) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesSpecial mission13 June 185814 January 1859Resident minister12 August 18782 July 1883Resident minister2 July 188326 February 1884Resident minister3 July 18841 July 1897Resident minister5 July 18978 October 1900Resident minister27 November 19008 August 1902Resident minister16 August 19027 January 1905Chargé d'affairesJanuary 1905May 1905Resident minister21 January 190531 December 1909Nikolai DyachenkoChargé d'affaires19091910Envoy31 December 190925 May 1912Resident minister191221 August 1915Nikolai ObnorskyChargé d'affaires19161916Envoy19161917
Russian Federation to Montenegro (2007–present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador29 January 200730 March 2011Ambassador30 March 201130 June 2015 Ambassador30 June 2015 1 July 2019 Ambassador1 July 2019 12 September 2024Credentials presented on 9 September 2019Pyotr Svirin Chargé d'affaires12 September 202410 April 2025Ambassador10 April 2025Credentials presented on 9 June 2025
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