List of ambassadors of Russia to Ghana

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Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Ghana
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Incumbent
Sergey Berdnikov  [ ru ]
since 17 May 2021
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Russia in Accra
Style His Excellency
The Honourable
Reports to Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat Accra
Appointer President of Russia
Term length At the pleasure of the president
Website Embassy of Russia in Ghana

The ambassador of Russia to Ghana is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Ghana.

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The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Russian embassy in Accra. [1] The current Russian ambassador to Ghana is Sergey Berdnikov  [ ru ], incumbent since 17 May 2021. [2] The ambassador to Ghana has dual accreditation as the non-resident ambassador to Liberia since 1999.

History of diplomatic relations

Formal diplomatic relations between Ghana and the Soviet Union were established on 14 January 1958. [3] The Soviet embassy in Accra opened in 1959, with the Ghanaian embassy in Moscow opening in 1960. Mikhail Sytenko  [ ru ] was appointed as the first ambassador on 24 April 1959. [4] With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ghana recognised the Russian Federation as its successor state. The incumbent Soviet ambassador, Vladimir Tokin  [ ru ], continued as ambassador from Russia until 1997. [4]

Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Liberia were established on 11 January 1956, though the embassy in Monrovia was not opened until 1972. Relations were briefly severed between July 1985, and 1986, with the Soviet embassy reopening in 1987. It was again closed in 1990, and the embassy staff evacuated, due to the outbreak of the First Liberian Civil War. [5] The exchange of representatives was re-established in 1999, with the incumbent ambassador to Ghana, Pavel Pavlov  [ ru ], given dual accreditation as the non-resident ambassador to Liberia, a practice which has since continued. [5]

List of representatives of Russia to Ghana (1959 –present)

Soviet Union to Ghana (1959 – 1991)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Mikhail Sytenko  [ ru ] Ambassador 24 April 19591 November 1962 Credentials presented on 14 August 1959
Georgy Rodionov  [ ru ] Ambassador 1 November 196228 December 1967 Credentials presented on 26 November 1962
Vasily Safronchuk  [ ru ] Ambassador 28 December 196710 July 1971 Credentials presented on 14 March 1968
Vladimir Cherednik  [ ru ] Ambassador 10 July 19713 May 1974 Credentials presented on 6 November 1971
Yury Bernov  [ ru ] Ambassador 3 May 197430 September 1979 Credentials presented on 24 May 1974
Anatoly Ivantsov  [ ru ] Ambassador 30 September 197914 March 1984 Credentials presented on 27 December 1979
Vyacheslav Semyonov  [ ru ] Ambassador 14 March 198430 June 1989 Credentials presented on 30 March 1984
Yevgeny Ostrovenko  [ ru ] Ambassador 30 June 198917 August 1991
Vladimir Tokin  [ ru ] Ambassador 17 August 199125 December 1991

Russian Federation to Ghana (1991–present)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Vladimir Tokin  [ ru ] Ambassador 25 December 19916 September 1997
Pavel Pavlov  [ ru ] Ambassador 6 September 19974 April 2002
Valery Orlov  [ ru ] Ambassador 4 April 200226 July 2006
Andrey Pokrovsky  [ ru ] Ambassador 26 July 200628 February 2009Died in post
Vladimir Barbin  [ ru ] Ambassador 4 December 200930 May 2014
Dmitry Slusov  [ ru ] Ambassador 30 May 201417 May 2021 Credentials presented on 29 August 2014
Sergey Berdnikov  [ ru ] Ambassador 17 May 2021 Credentials presented on 25 June 2021

References

  1. ↑ "Посольство Российской Федерации в Республике Гана" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Посол" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Российско-ганские отношения" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Посольство СССР в Гане" (in Russian). knowbysight.info. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Российско-либерийские отношения" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 1 December 2025.
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