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List of diplomatic missions of Russia

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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.

Russian diplomatic missions

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.[clarification needed]

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.[citation needed]

In February 2022, Micronesia and Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia.

However, despite any obstacles led by West countries and its allies, Russia has been agreed towards new chancery or missions abroad, including Burkina Faso, South Sudan, and Equatorial Guinea agreed in July 2023, and Maldives in March 2024. Several missions in overseas has been inaugurate such as Embassy in Burkina Faso in December 2023, and General Consulate in Maldives in March 2024.

Current missions

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Africa

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
  Algeria Algiers Embassy
Annaba Consulate General
  Angola Luanda Embassy
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  Benin Cotonou Embassy
Countries:
  Botswana Gaborone Embassy
  Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Embassy
  Burundi Bujumbura Embassy
  Cameroon Yaoundé Embassy
Countries:
  Cape Verde Praia Embassy
  Central African Republic Bangui Embassy
  Chad N'Djamena Embassy
  Congo-Brazzaville Brazzaville Embassy
  Congo-Kinshasa Kinshasa Embassy
  Djibouti Djibouti Embassy
Countries:
  Egypt Cairo Embassy
Alexandria Consulate General
  Eritrea Asmara Embassy
  Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy
  Gabon Libreville Embassy
  Ghana Accra Embassy
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  Guinea Conakry Embassy
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  Guinea-Bissau Bissau Embassy
  Ivory Coast Abidjan Embassy
  Kenya Nairobi Embassy
  Libya Tripoli Embassy
Benghazi Consulate General
  Madagascar Antananarivo Embassy
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  Mali Bamako Embassy
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  Mauritania Nouakchott Embassy
  Mauritius Port Louis Embassy
  Mozambique Maputo Embassy
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  Morocco Rabat Embassy
Casablanca Consulate General
  Namibia Windhoek Embassy
  Nigeria Abuja Embassy
Lagos Consulate General
  Rwanda Kigali Embassy
  Senegal Dakar Embassy
  Seychelles Victoria Consular Agency
  South Africa Pretoria Embassy
Countries:
Cape Town Consulate General
  Sudan Khartoum Embassy
  Tanzania Dar es Salaam Embassy
  Tunisia Tunis Embassy
  Uganda Kampala Embassy
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  Zambia Lusaka Embassy
  Zimbabwe Harare Embassy
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Americas

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
  Argentina Buenos Aires Embassy
  Bolivia La Paz Embassy
  Brazil Brasília Embassy
Countries:
Rio de Janeiro Consulate General
São Paulo Consulate General
  Canada Ottawa Embassy
Montreal Consulate General
Toronto Consulate General
  Chile Santiago Embassy
  Colombia Bogotá Embassy
  Costa Rica San José Embassy
  Cuba Havana Embassy
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Santiago de Cuba Consulate General
  Ecuador Quito Embassy
  Guatemala Guatemala City Embassy
  Guyana Georgetown Embassy
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  Jamaica Kingston Embassy
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  Mexico Mexico City Embassy
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  Nicaragua Managua Embassy
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  Panama Panama City Embassy
  Paraguay Asunción Embassy
  Peru Lima Embassy
  United States Washington, D.C. Embassy
International Organizations:
New York Consulate General
Houston Consulate General
  Uruguay Montevideo Embassy
  Venezuela Caracas Embassy

Asia

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
  Abkhazia Sukhumi Embassy
  Afghanistan Kabul Embassy
Mazar-i-Sharif Consulate General
  Armenia Yerevan Embassy
Gyumri Consulate General
  Azerbaijan Baku Embassy
  Bahrain Manama Embassy
  Bangladesh Dhaka Embassy
  Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Embassy
  Cambodia Phnom Penh Embassy
  China Beijing Embassy
Guangzhou Consulate General
Shanghai Consulate General
Shenyang Consulate General
Harbin Consulate General
Hong Kong Consulate General
  Georgia Tbilisi Interests Section in Swiss Embassy
  India New Delhi Embassy
Mumbai Consulate General
Chennai Consulate General
Hyderabad Consulate General
Kolkata Consulate General
  Indonesia Jakarta Embassy
Countries:
  Iran Tehran Embassy
Isfahan Consulate General
Erbil Consulate General
  Iraq Baghdad Embassy
Erbil Consulate General
  Israel Tel Aviv Embassy
Haifa Consulate General
  Japan Tokyo Embassy
Osaka Consulate General
Sapporo Consulate General
Hakodate Consular Office
  Jordan Amman Embassy
  Kazakhstan Astana Embassy
Almaty Consulate General
Oral Consulate
  Kuwait Kuwait City Embassy
  Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Embassy
  Laos Vientiane Embassy
  Lebanon Beirut Embassy
  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Embassy
  Maldives Malé General Consulate
  Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Embassy
Darkhan Consulate General
Erdenet Consulate General
  Myanmar Yangon Embassy
    Nepal Kathmandu Embassy
  North Korea Pyongyang Embassy
Chongjin Consulate General
  Oman Muscat Embassy
  Pakistan Islamabad Embassy
Karachi Consulate General
  Palestine Ramallah Embassy
  Philippines Manila Embassy
Countries:
Cebu City Consular Agency
  Qatar Doha Embassy
  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Embassy
Jeddah Consulate General
  Singapore Singapore Embassy
  South Korea Seoul Embassy
Busan Consulate General
  South Ossetia Tskhinvali Embassy
  Sri Lanka Colombo Embassy
Countries:
 [6][7]
  Syria Damascus Embassy
  Taiwan Taipei Representative Office [8]
  Tajikistan Dushanbe Embassy
Khujand Consulate General
  Thailand Bangkok Embassy [9][10]
Phuket Consulate General
  Turkey Ankara Embassy
Istanbul Consulate General
Antalya Consulate General
Trabzon Consulate General
  Turkmenistan Ashgabat Embassy
Türkmenbaşy Consulate
  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Embassy
Dubai Consulate General
  Uzbekistan Tashkent Embassy
  Vietnam Hanoi Embassy
Danang Consulate General
Ho Chi Minh City Consulate General

Europe

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
  Albania Tirana Embassy
  Austria Vienna Embassy
Salzburg Consulate General
  Belarus Minsk Embassy
Brest Consulate General
  Belgium Brussels Embassy
Antwerp Consulate General
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Embassy
  Bulgaria Sofia Embassy
Rousse Consulate General
Varna Consulate General
  Czech Republic Prague Embassy
Brno Consulate General
Karlovy Vary Consulate General
  Croatia Zagreb Embassy
  Cyprus Nicosia Embassy
  Denmark Copenhagen Embassy
  Estonia Tallinn Embassy
  Finland Helsinki Embassy
Lappeenranta Consular Department
Mariehamn Consulate
  France Paris Embassy
Marseille Consulate General
Countries:
Strasbourg Consulate General
Villefranche-sur-Mer Consular Agency
  Germany Berlin Embassy
Bonn Consulate General
Frankfurt Consulate General
Hamburg Consulate General
Munich Consulate General
  Greece Athens Embassy
Thessaloniki Consulate General
  Holy See Rome
(Vatican City) 		Embassy
Countries:
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  Hungary Budapest Embassy
Debrecen Consulate General
  Iceland Reykjavík Embassy
  Ireland Dublin Embassy
  Italy Rome Embassy
Countries:
Genoa Consulate General
Milan Consulate General
Palermo Consulate General
  Kosovo Pristina Liaison office [11]
  Latvia Riga Embassy
  Lithuania Vilnius Embassy
  Luxembourg Luxembourg Embassy
  Malta Valletta Embassy
  Moldova Chișinău Embassy
Tiraspol Consulate General de facto consulate to Transnistria
  Montenegro Podgorica Embassy
  Netherlands The Hague Embassy
  North Macedonia Skopje Embassy
Bitola Consulate General
  Norway Oslo Embassy
Barentsburg Consulate General
Kirkenes Consulate General
  Poland Warsaw Embassy
Kraków Consulate General
Poznań Consulate General
Gdańsk Consulate General
  Portugal Lisbon Embassy
  Romania Bucharest Embassy
Constanța Consulate General
  Serbia Belgrade Embassy
  Slovakia Bratislava Embassy
  Slovenia Ljubljana Embassy
  Spain Madrid Embassy
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Barcelona Consulate General
  Sweden Stockholm Embassy
Gothenburg Consulate General
   Switzerland Bern Embassy
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International Organizations:
Geneva Consular agency
  United Kingdom London Embassy
Edinburgh Consulate General

Oceania

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
  Australia Canberra Embassy
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Sydney Consulate General
  New Zealand Wellington Embassy
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International organizations

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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

Embassies to open

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Closed missions

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Africa

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Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
  Equatorial Guinea Malabo Embassy 1992 [4]
  Lesotho Maseru Embassy 1992 [4]
  Liberia Monrovia Embassy 1992 [4]
  Niger Niamey Embassy 1992 [4]
  São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé Embassy 1992 [4]
  Sierra Leone Freetown Embassy 1992 [4]
  Somalia Mogadishu Embassy 1992 [4]
  Togo Lomé Embassy 1992 [4]

Americas

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Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
  Suriname Paramaribo Embassy 1995
  United States Seattle Consulate-General 2018 [14]
San Francisco Consulate-General 2017

Asia

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Host country Host city Mission Closing date Ref.
  Ottoman Empire Jerusalem Consulate-General 1914 [15]
  Empire of Japan Kobe Consulate-General 1938 [16]
Otaru Vice-Consulate 1938 [17]

Oceania

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Host country Host city Mission Closing date Ref.
  Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Embassy 1992

Europe

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Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
  Estonia Narva Consulate General 2022 [18]
Tartu Consular Section
  Georgia Tbilisi Embassy 2008
  Latvia Daugavpils Consulate General 2022 [19][20]
Liepāja Consulate General
  Ukraine Kyiv Embassy 2022

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The Russian Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.

References

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  1. ^ Kocho-Williams, Alastair (2020-08-19). ""Embassy without Government": The Council of Ambassadors and the Persistence of Tsarist Diplomacy after the Russian Revolution". Diplomacy & Statecraft. 31 (3): 469–486. doi:10.1080/09592296.2020.1782674. S2CID 221192513.
  2. ^ Kononova, Margarita (2017). "Russian Diplomacy in Emigration: Challenging the October Revolution". Russian International Affairs Council. RIAC Project.
  3. ^ Archives.gov
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Alexandr V. Kozemjakin; Roger E. Kanet (1 March 1995). "Russian policy toward sub-Saharan Africa: Disengagement or cooperation". Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Home - the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana".
  6. ^ Embassy in Sri Lanka is perform representative functions in combination.
  7. ^ Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Мальдивской Республики об учреждении Генерального консульства Российской Федерации в г. Мале. mid.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  8. ^ Moscow-Taipei Coordination Commission on Economic and Cultural Cooperation
  9. ^ Consulate of Russia in Phuket, Thailand
  10. ^ Генеральное консульство России в Пхукете. phuket.mid.ru (in Russian). Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в г. Пхукете. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Ambasadat dhe Misionet Diplomatike në Kosovë - ARKS". 19 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Africa-Russia Summit: Russia to open Embassies in Equatorial Guinea & Burkina Faso". 29 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Russian Embassy to open in South Sudan soon".
  14. ^ "Trump orders expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats, closure of Seattle consulate". CBS News. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  15. ^ Российское генеральное Императорское консульство в Иерусалиме
  16. ^ История Генконсульства в Осаке
  17. ^ Главная страница » Генконсульство » История Генконсульства » г. ОТАРУ
  18. ^ "Estonia expels 14 consular staff of Russia and closes Russia's consulate general in Narva and Tartu office | Välisministeerium". vm.ee. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  19. ^ "Латвия закроет два российских консульства и вышлет 13 дипломатов" (in Russian). RIA. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  20. ^ 16:49, 5 апреля 2022 (5 April 2022). "Латвия закрывает генконсульства России и выдворит их сотрудников" (in Russian). Interfax.ru. Retrieved 16 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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