List of diplomatic missions 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 interests in Eastern Europe, the Near East and especially in the former states of the Soviet Union. It also has extensive ties to countries in the developing world, a legacy of Cold War diplomatic efforts to extend the Soviet Union's influence in Africa and Asia which are now more important for commercial reasons.
Russia established several consulates in the United States and Canada to cater to Russian immigrants. In 1917, the Tsarist government vanished, with a number of consuls who maintained tsarist loyalties establishing the "Council of Ambassadors" (Russian: Совещания послов), through which they worked as embassies without a government.[1][2] Among these were consuls in seven U.S. cities and three Canadian cities, receiving financing from the U.S. government. The consuls stopped their services in the late 1920s; the U.S. government seized the records of the consulates. The seizure started a long dispute. The National Archives and Records Administration received the documents in 1949. In 1980 the U.S. government loaned the documents of the Canadian consulates to the Library and Archives Canada. On 31 January 1990 the U.S. returned the documents to the Soviet Union and kept the microfilms as evidence.[3]
After 1992, due to financial reasons,[4] embassies in Freetown (Sierra Leone), Monrovia (Liberia), Maseru (Lesotho), Mogadishu (Somalia), Niamey (Niger), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), and Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) were closed. In 1995 the embassy in Paramaribo (Suriname) also suspended operations.
The Russian Federation has no diplomatic relations with Bhutan and Solomon Islands. Since Georgia and Russia severed diplomatic relations in 2008, the Swiss embassy in Tbilisi hosts a Russian interests section.
In February 2022, Micronesia and Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia.
Russia reached agreements to open or reopen diplomatic missions in Burkina Faso, South Sudan, and Equatorial Guinea in July 2023, and Maldives in March 2024. The embassy in Burkina Faso was opened in December 2023, and the General Consulate in Maldives in March 2024.
Current missions
Africa
- Embassy in Cairo
- Embassy in Asmara
- Embassy in Dar es Salaam
- Embassy in Libreville
- Embassy in Pretoria
- Embassy in Lusaka
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Americas
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina | Buenos Aires | Embassy | [12] | |
 Bolivia | La Paz | Embassy | [13] | |
 Brazil | Brasília | Embassy | Countries: | [14] |
| Rio de Janeiro | Consulate General | |||
| São Paulo | Consulate General | |||
 Canada | Ottawa | Embassy | [15] | |
| Montreal | Consulate General | |||
| Toronto | Consulate General | |||
 Chile | Santiago | Embassy | [16] | |
 Colombia | Bogotá | Embassy | [17] | |
 Costa Rica | San José | Embassy | [18] | |
 Cuba | Havana | Embassy | Countries: | [19] |
| Santiago de Cuba | Consulate General | |||
 Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | Embassy | [20] | |
 Ecuador | Quito | Embassy | [21] | |
 Guatemala | Guatemala City | Embassy | [22] | |
 Guyana | Georgetown | Embassy | [23] | |
 Jamaica | Kingston | Embassy | [24] | |
 Mexico | Mexico City | Embassy | Countries: | [25] |
 Nicaragua | Managua | Embassy | Countries: | [26] |
 Panama | Panama City | Embassy | [27] | |
 Paraguay | Asunción | Embassy | [28] | |
 Peru | Lima | Embassy | [29] | |
 United States | Washington, D.C. | Embassy | ||
| Houston | Consulate General | |||
| New York | Consulate General | |||
 Uruguay | Montevideo | Embassy | [30] | |
 Venezuela | Caracas | Embassy | [31] |
- Embassy in Buenos Aires
- Embassy in Havana
- Embassy in Mexico City
- Embassy in Ottawa
- Consulate General in Montreal
- Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro
- Embassy in Santiago
- Embassy in Washington, D.C.
- Consulate General in New York City
- Embassy in Montevideo
Asia
- Embassy in Kabul
- Embassy in Yerevan
- Embassy in Beijing
- Consulate General in Shanghai
- Embassy in New Delhi
- Embassy in Tel Aviv
- Embassy in Tokyo
- Consulate General in Niigata
- Consulate General in Sapporo
- Consular Office in Hakodate
- Embassy in Astana
- Embassy in Seoul
- Embassy in Pyongyang
- Consulate General in Karachi
- Embassy in Singapore
- Embassy in Ulaanbaatar
- Embassy in Ankara
- Consulate General in Istanbul
- Embassy in Ashgabat
- Consulate General in Da Nang
- Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City
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Europe
- Embassy in Belgrade
- Embassy in Berlin
- Embassy in Bern
- Embassy in Brussels
- Embassy in Bucharest
- Embassy in Budapest
- Embassy in Canberra
- Embassy in Chişinău
- Embassy in Copenhagen
- Embassy in The Hague
- Embassy in Helsinki
- Embassy in Lisbon
- Embassy in London
- Consulate General in Edinburgh
- Embassy in Madrid
- Consulate General in Barcelona
- Embassy in Minsk
- Embassy in Oslo
- Embassy in Paris
- Consulate General in Strasbourg
- Embassy in Prague
- Embassy in Reykjavík
- Embassy in Riga
- Embassy in Rome
- Embassy in Sarajevo
- Embassy in Skopje
- Embassy in Sofia
- Embassy in Stockholm
- Embassy in Sukhumi
- Embassy in Tallinn
- Embassy in Tirana
Embassy in Valletta- Embassy in Vienna
- Embassy in Vilnius
- Embassy in Warsaw
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Oceania
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia | Canberra | Embassy | ||
| Sydney | Consulate General | |||
 New Zealand | Wellington | Embassy |
- Embassy in Wellington
International organizations
| Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific | Bangkok | Thailand | Permanent Mission | ||
 European Union | Brussels | Belgium | Permanent Mission | ||
| Council of Europe | Strasbourg | France | Permanent Mission | ||
| Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | The Hague | Netherlands | Permanent Mission | ||
 Commonwealth of Independent States | Brussels | Belgium | Delegation | ||
 United Nations | New York City | United States | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: | |
| Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | |||
| Vienna | Austria | Permanent Mission | |||
 UNESCO | Paris | France | Permanent Mission |
- Permanent Mission to the European Union in Brussels
- Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva
- Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City
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Missions to open
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
 Comoros | Moroni | Embassy | [42] |
 Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | Embassy | [43] |
 Gambia | Banjul | Embassy | [42] |
 Liberia | Monrovia | Embassy | [42] |
 South Sudan | Juba | Embassy | [44] |
 Togo | Lome | Embassy | [42] |
 Uzbekistan | Samarkand | Consulate General | [45] |
Closed missions
Africa
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | Embassy[b] | 1992 | [4] |
 Lesotho | Maseru | Embassy[c] | 1992 | [4] |
| Liberia | Monrovia | Embassy[d] | 1992 | [4] |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | Embassy[e] | 1992 | [4] |
 Sierra Leone | Freetown | Embassy[f] | 1992 | [4] |
 Somali Democratic Republic | Mogadishu | Embassy[g] | 1992 | [4] |
| Togo | Lomé | Embassy[h] | 1992 | [4] |
Americas
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Suriname | Paramaribo | Embassy[i] | 1995 | |
| United States | Chicago | Consulate General | ca. 1933 | [46] |
| Honolulu | Consulate General | [3] | ||
| Philadelphia | Consulate General | [3] | ||
| Portland | Consulate General | 1901 | [3] | |
| San Francisco | Consulate General | 2017 | [47] | |
| Seattle | Consulate General | 2018 | [48] |
Asia
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Closing date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ottoman Empire | Jerusalem | Consulate General[j] | 1914 | [49] |
 Emirate of Bukhara | Kogon | Political agency[k] | 1917 | [50] |
 Empire of Japan | Kobe | Consulate General | 1938 | [51] |
| Otaru | Vice Consulate | 1938 | [52] |
Oceania
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Closing date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | Embassy | 1992 |
Europe
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bulgaria | Ruse | Consulate General | 2022 | [53] |
 Estonia | Narva | Consulate General | 2022 | [54] |
| Tartu | Consular Section | |||
 Georgia | Tbilisi | Embassy[l] | 2008 | [55] |
 Germany | Frankfurt | Consulate General | 2024 | [56] |
| Hamburg | Consulate General | |||
| Leipzig | Consulate General | |||
| Munich | Consulate General | |||
 Latvia | Daugavpils | Consulate General | 2022 | [57][58] |
| Liepāja | Consulate General | |||
 Ukraine | Kyiv | Embassy | 2022 | |
 Poland | Kraków | Consulate General | 2025 | [59] |
| Poznań | Consulate General | 2024 | [60] |
See also
Notes
- ^The Russian Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory.
- ^Resident in Yaounde, Cameroon
- ^Resident in Pretoria, South Africa
- ^Resident in Accra, Ghana
- ^Resident in Luanda, Angola
- ^Resident in Conakry, Guinea
- ^Resident in Djibouti City, Djibouti
- ^Resident in Cotonou, Benin
- ^Resident in Brasilia, Brazil
- ^Continues as an embassy in Tel Aviv, and a consulate-general in Haifa, Israel.
- ^Continues as an embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
- ^Continues as an interest section, protected by Switzerland.
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