The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of India is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of India. The ambassador and his staff work at large in the

Embassy of Russia This is a list of diplomatic missions of Russia. These missions are subordinate to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Russian Federation has one of the largest networks of embassies and consulates of any country. Russia has significant ...

in New Delhi. There are consulates-general in Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai. The post of Russian Ambassador to India is currently held by , incumbent since 12 January 2022.

History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the Dominion of India were formally established with the opening of embassies on 13 April 1947. The first ambassador, , was appointed on 23 October 1947, and presented his credentials on 1 January 1948. With the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

in 1991, the Soviet ambassador, , continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1996.

List of representatives (1947 – present)

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Dominion of India (1947 – 1950)

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Republic of India (1950 – 1991)

Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Republic of India (1991 – present)

References

{{Lists of ambassadors of Russia

Ambassadors of Russia to India An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...