List of ambassadors of Russia to Togo

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Togolese Republic
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent Igor Yevdokimov  [ ru ] since 4 September 2017
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Cotonou
Style	His Excellency The Honourable
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Cotonou
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Website	Embassy of Russia in Benin

The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Togolese Republic is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Togo.

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Cotonou. ^[1] The post of Russian ambassador to Togo is currently held by Igor Yevdokimov  [ ru ], incumbent since 4 September 2017. ^[2] Since 1992, the Russian ambassador to Togo is a non-resident ambassador who has dual accreditation as the ambassador to Benin.

History of diplomatic relations

Main article: Russia–Togo relations

Diplomatic relations at the mission level between the Soviet Union and Togo were first established on 1 May 1960. ^{[3] [4]} The first ambassador, Jabbor Rasulov, was appointed on 15 June 1960. ^[4] With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviet ambassador, Oleg Chyorny  [ ru ], continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1992. ^[3] In 1992, the embassy in Lomé was closed as part of cost-saving measures, and the incumbent ambassador to Benin, Yury Chepik  [ ru ], was appointed concurrently as ambassador to Togo, a practice that has since continued.

List of representatives (1960–present)

Soviet Union to Togo (1960–1991)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Jabbor Rasulov	Ambassador	15 June 1960	2 July 1961	Credentials presented on 9 August 1960
Anvar Kuchkarov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	2 July 1961	19 February 1966	Credentials presented on 7 September 1961
Nikolai Smolin  [ ru ]	Ambassador	19 February 1966	23 November 1970	Credentials presented on 22 April 1966
Pyotr Slyusarenko  [ ru ]	Ambassador	23 November 1970	11 September 1978	Credentials presented on 30 December 1970
Ivan Ilyukhin  [ ru ]	Ambassador	11 September 1978	14 October 1984	Credentials presented on 21 November 1978
Sergey Shaverdyan  [ ru ]	Ambassador	14 October 1984	27 May 1987	Credentials presented on 19 November 1984
Yury Kotov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	27 May 1987	July 1988	Did not take up post
Oleg Chyorny  [ ru ]	Ambassador	30 June 1989	25 December 1991

Russian Federation to Togo (1991–present)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Oleg Chyorny  [ ru ]	Ambassador	25 December 1991	2 November 1992
Yury Chepik  [ ru ]	Ambassador	31 December 1992	8 May 1998	Concurrently ambassador to Benin
Vladimir Timofeyev  [ ru ]	Ambassador	30 September 1998	17 July 2002	Concurrently ambassador to Benin
Vladimir Timoshenko	Ambassador	17 February 2003	30 June 2008	Concurrently ambassador to Benin
Yury Grashchenkov	Ambassador	30 June 2008	31 May 2013	Concurrently ambassador to Benin
Oleg Kovalchuk  [ ru ]	Ambassador	31 May 2013	7 August 2017	Concurrently ambassador to Benin
Igor Yevdokimov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	4 September 2017		Concurrently ambassador to Benin Credentials presented on 5 June 2018

References

1. "Посольство Российской Федерации в Республике Бенин и Тоголезской Республике" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 8 December 2025.
2. "Чрезвычайный и Полномочный Посол Российской Федерации в Республике Бенин" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 8 December 2025.
3. "Посольство СССР в Того" (in Russian). knowbysight.info. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
4. "Российско-тоголезские отношения". benin.mid.ru. Retrieved 8 December 2025.