List of ambassadors of Russia to Liberia

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Liberia
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
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 Liberia is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Liberia.

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

History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Liberia were established on 11 January 1956, though the embassy in Monrovia was not opened until 1972. Dmitry Safonov  [ ru ] was appointed as the first ambassador on 24 April 1959. ^[3] 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. ^[4] 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. ^[4]

List of representatives of Russia to Liberia (1972 –present)

Soviet Union to Liberia (1972 – 1991)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Dmitry Safonov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	7 September 1972	12 November 1977	Credentials presented on 8 December 1972
Anatoly Ulanov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	12 November 1977	7 June 1984	Declared persona non grata Returned to the Soviet Union on 22 November 1983
Vasiliy Bebko	Ambassador	3 September 1987	25 December 1991
First Liberian Civil War - embassy staff evacuated in 1990

Russian Federation to Liberia (1991–present)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Vasiliy Bebko	Ambassador	25 December 1991	2 November 1992
Pavel Pavlov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	6 April 1999	4 April 2002	Concurrently ambassador to Ghana
Valery Orlov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	15 April 2002	26 July 2006	Concurrently ambassador to Ghana
Andrey Pokrovsky  [ ru ]	Ambassador	12 September 2006	28 February 2009	Concurrently ambassador to Ghana Died in post
Vladimir Barbin  [ ru ]	Ambassador	23 December 2009	30 May 2014	Concurrently ambassador to Ghana
Dmitry Slusov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	30 May 2014	17 May 2021	Concurrently ambassador to Ghana Credentials presented on 26 March 2015
Sergey Berdnikov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	23 November 2021		Concurrently ambassador to Ghana

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. "Либерия" (in Russian). knowbysight.info. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
4. "Российско-либерийские отношения" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 1 December 2025.