List of ambassadors of Russia to Azerbaijan

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Azerbaijan
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent Mikhail Bocharnikov  [ ru ] since 29 May 2018
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Baku
Style	His Excellency The Honourable
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Baku
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Formation	1992
First holder	Valter Shoniya  [ ru ]
Website	Embassy of Russia in Azerbaijan

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Azerbaijan is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Azerbaijan. ^{[1] [2]}

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Baku. ^[3] The post of Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan is currently held by Mikhail Bocharnikov  [ ru ], incumbent since 29 May 2018. ^[4]

List of representatives (1992 – present)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Valter Shoniya  [ ru ]	Ambassador	2 March 1992	26 June 1995
Alexander Blokhin	Ambassador	26 June 1995	6 January 2000
Nikolai Ryabov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	9 September 2000	19 October 2004
Vasily Istratov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	29 May 2006	24 February 2009
Vladimir Dorokhin  [ ru ]	Ambassador	24 February 2009	27 November 2017
Oleg Murashev	Chargé d'affaires	27 November 2017	2018
Mikhail Bocharnikov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	29 May 2018

References

1. Послы и Временные Поверенные в делах России в Азербайджане (in Russian). Посольства Российской Федерации в Азербайджанской Республике. Archived from the original on 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
2. ПОСЛЫ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ В СТРАНАХ АЗИАТСКОГО РЕГИОНА (in Russian). Worldwide Historical Project. Archived from the original on 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
3. "Посольствo Российской Федерации в Азербайджанской Республике" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 29 September 2019.
4. "Посол" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 29 September 2019.