The foreign relations of the Russian Federation is the policy arm of the government of Russia which guides its interactions with other nations, their citizens, and foreign organizations. This article covers the foreign policy of the Russian Federation since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991. At present, Russia has no diplomatic relations with Ukraine due to its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Other than Ukraine, Russia also has no diplomatic relations with Georgia, Bhutan, Federated States of Micronesia or Solomon Islands.
Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov is a Russian politician who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004 under both the Yeltsin and the Putin administrations.
John F. Tefft is an American diplomat who has served as a Foreign Service Officer since 1972. He was the United States Ambassador to Russia between July 31, 2014 and September 28, 2017. He had previously served as the United States' ambassador to Ukraine, Georgia, and Lithuania.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation is the central government institution charged with leading the foreign policy and foreign relations of Russia. It is a continuation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, which was under the supervision of the Soviet Ministry of External Relations. Sergei Lavrov is the current foreign minister.
Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin was a Russian diplomat. As a child actor, he starred in three films The Blue Notebook, Nol tri, and A Mother's Heart. Churkin served as Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2006 until his death in 2017.
Libya–Russia relations are the bilateral relations between the State of Libya and the Russian Federation. Russia has an embassy in Tripoli, with Libya having an embassy in Moscow. Diplomatic contact between Russia and Libya has generally been close and productive, seeing as both countries have had and continue to see volatile relations with the United States. Former Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi was a close ally of the Soviet Union, despite his country's membership in the Non-Aligned Movement. Russia also regards Libya as one of its strongest allies in the Arab world, and has supported stabilization of the country following the aftermath of the Libyan Civil War. After the outbreak of new conflict, Russia has primarily backed the Tobruk-based House of Representatives over the UN-backed Government of National Accord and various other factions.
Dr Reverend Peter Lusaka Chintala was a Zambian politician and diplomat.
Monaco–Russia relations is the bilateral relationship between the Principality of Monaco and the Russian Federation.
Andrey Alexeyevich Tatarinov is a Russian career diplomat and ambassador who since 20 September 2003 holds the diplomatic rank Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the First Class.
Qatar–Russia relations are the bilateral foreign relations between the two countries, Qatar and Russia.
Mauritania–Russia relations are the bilateral foreign relations between the Russian Federation and Mauritania.
Alexander Alexandrovich Kinshchak is a Russian diplomat.
Diplomatic relations were established between Eswatini and Russia in 1999.
Teklay Minassie Asgedom is an Eritrean diplomat and is the current Ambassador of Eritrea to Russia, presenting his credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin on 16 April 2003. Ambassador of Eritrea to Ukraine (2004–2014), presenting his credentials to Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on 21 October 2004. Ambassador of Eritrea to Belarus, Cyprus, Bulgaria (2004–2014). Ambassador of Eritrea to Azerbaijan (2012–2014), presenting his credentials to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on 1 December 2012.
Eloi Alphonse Maxime Dovo is a Malagasy diplomat and politician. He was Ambassador of Madagascar to Russia from 2003 to 2018, and minister of Foreign Affairs since 11 June 2018 in the Christian Ntsay government.
Russia–Rwanda relations refers to the bilateral relationship between the two countries, Russia and Rwanda. Russia has an embassy in Kigali.
Haidar Mansour Hadi Al-Athari, known as Haidar Hadi, is an Iraqi politician who currently serves as the ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to Russia and Belarus. Born in Baghdad, Iraq he went to school in his home city and moved to the United Kingdom in 1991. After graduating from university in the UK he worked as an export manager for Canary Trading Company Limited from 1997 to 2000. In 2000, he took up the role of Project Manager at Webstar PLC until 2003. He then moved to Jordan initially and then back to Iraq. He has been an ambassador for the Iraqi government since October 2009. Haidar has already served as the ambassador to Minsk, Belarus for five and a half years and the ambassador to Moscow, Russia for three years. He was the first Iraqi ambassador to serve in Belarus since the Iraqi embassy was shut down in 2003, following the U.S. invasion of Iraq. After his post in Minsk, he returned to Baghdad. During his time in Baghdad, he was part of several delegations going to countries such as Egypt and South Korea. In December 2016, Haidar arrived in Moscow to begin his second post as ambassador which lasted three years before he was transferred to Amman, Jordan where he served until 2022 before returning to Baghdad. Back at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Haidar led the European Department until he was posted to Russia for a second time in June 2024. Haidar has been directly involved in setting up two destinations for Iraqi Airways, Minsk and Moscow, and, as a result, there are regular, scheduled flights between Baghdad and the two European cities. In October 2014, he was made a Distinguished Fellow at the New Westminster College in British Columbia, Canada.
Antoine Somdah is a statesman of Burkina Faso and a diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Burkina Faso to the Russian Federation from 2014 to January 2024. He was succeeded by Aristide Tapsoba on 31 January 2024.
Sergiy Olehovych Kyslytsya is a Ukrainian career diplomat, who serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. He had previously served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2014–2019).
Her Royal Highness Oheneba Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware is a Ghanaian physician and diplomat. She is the ambassador of Ghana to the Russian Federation. Opoku Ware is also trained as a family physician. In 2017, she was appointed by Ghana's president as the Ambassador to the Russian Federation. She is also the ambassador to several other countries including Armenia.
