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

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at Via Gaeta, 5- 00185, Rome. There are consulates general in Milan,

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

, and Genoa, and honorary consulates in Florence, Udine, Ancona,

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

, Verona, Naples,

Messina Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in ...

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...

and

Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...

. The post of Russian Ambassador to Italy is currently held by , incumbent since 6 May 2013. The Russian ambassador to Italy is concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of Russia to San Marino.

History of diplomatic relations

The first relations between Russia and the predecessor states of modern Italy were established in the late 16th century. In 1862, Russia recognized the Kingdom of Italy and started to send its representatives. In 1876, the missions of the two countries in Saint Petersburg and Rome were transformed into embassies. After the

February Revolution The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and somet ...

, Italy recognized the Russian Provisional Government, and later the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, '' de facto'' from 1921, and '' de jure'' from 1924. Diplomatic relations were interrupted on 22 June 1941 by the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union. On October 5, 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ambassador Razov declared at '' Porta a Porta'' that Russia will evaluate to use

nuclear weapons A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion. Both bomb ...

if its borders were put under military Attack.

List of representatives (1862 - present)

Representatives of the Russian Empire to the Kingdom of Italy (1862 – 1917)

Representatives of the Russian Provisional Government to the Kingdom of Italy (1917)

Representatives of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Kingdom of Italy (1921 - 1923)

Representatives of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Kingdom of Italy (1923 - 1946)

Representatives of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Republic of Italy (1946 - 1991)

Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Italy (1991 - present)

References

External links

Representatives of the Russian Empire

List of ambassadors of the Soviet Union in Italy (1924 - 1941)

List of Soviet ambassadors in Italy (1944 - 1991)

Embassy of Russia in Rome, Italy
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