List Of Ambassadors Of Russia To Malta
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The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Malta is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Malta. 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 the town of
San Ġwann San Ġwann is a town in the Central Region of Malta, with a population of 14,244 as of 2021. Previous to its separate administration the town used to form part of two separate localities being Birkirkara and St. Julian's. Places and monuments ...
, close to the capital of Valletta. The post of Russian Ambassador to Malta is currently held by , incumbent since 29 October 2021.


History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Malta were established on 19 July 1967. Diplomatic relations were initially handled by the Soviet ambassador to the United Kingdom, who held concurrent accreditation as the ambassador to Malta. The first such ambassador was
Mikhail Smirnovsky Mikhail Nikolayevich Smirnovsky was a Soviet diplomat and a specialist in Soviet relations with English-speaking countries. He was first secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Washington DC in 1953, and served a second time in Washington as the minis ...
, who was appointed ambassador to Malta on 30 October 1967, and who presented his letter of credence on 10 November 1967. The
State of Malta The State of Malta ( mt, Stat ta’ Malta), commonly known as Malta, was the predecessor to the modern-day Republic of Malta. It existed between 21 September 1964 and 13 December 1974. The Crown Colony of Malta became independent under the Malt ...
had declared independence in 1964, though it continued to be a
Commonwealth realm A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state in the Commonwealth of Nations whose monarch and head of state is shared among the other realms. Each realm functions as an independent state, equal with the other realms and nations of the Commonwealt ...
until 1974, when it became an independent republic, while remaining within the Commonwealth. Relations continued to be through the Soviet embassy in London until the opening of an embassy in Malta on 1 July 1981. The first Soviet ambassador to be solely accredited to Malta was , appointed on 22 October 1981. 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 government of Malta recognized the Russian Federation in December 1991. The Soviet ambassador, was replaced by Valentina Matviyenko as ambassador for Russia, and continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1994.


List of representatives (1967 – present)


Representatives of the Soviet Union to the State of Malta (1967 – 1974)


Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Republic of Malta (1974 – 1991)


Representatives of the Russian Federation to Malta (1991 – present)


References

{{Foreign relations of Russia Malta Russia