List of diplomatic missions of Russia

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Russian diplomatic missions

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 its influence in Asia and Africa 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. Consuls in seven U.S. cities and three Canadian cities maintained tsarist loyalties and received 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.[1]

After 1992, due to financial reasons, embassies in Maseru (Lesotho), Niamey (Niger), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), and Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) were closed. In 1995, the embassy in Paramaribo (Suriname), also suspended operations.

Since Georgia and Russia severed diplomatic relations in 2008, the Swiss embassy hosts a Russian interests section in Georgia.[2]

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Europe [edit]

Embassy of Russia in Belgrade
Embassy of Russia in Tirana, Albania
Embassy of Russia in Berlin
Embassy of Russia in Budapest
Embassy of Russia in Copenhagen
Embassy of Russia in Helsinki
Embassy of Russia in Kiev
Embassy of Russia in Chişinău
Embassy of Russia in London
Embassy of Russia in Madrid
Embassy of Russia in Yerevan, Armenia
Embassy of Russia in Prague
Embassy of Russia in Stockholm
Embassy of Russia in Sukhumi
Embassy of Russia in Tallinn
Embassy of Russia in Vilnius
Embassy of Russia in Warsaw

North America [edit]

Embassy of Russia in Havana
Embassy of Russia in Ottawa
Embassy of Russia in Washington DC
Consulate General of Russia in Montreal
Consulate General of Russia in New York City
Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco

South America [edit]

Africa [edit]

Embassy of Russia in Asmara
Embassy of Russia in Dar es Salaam
Embassy of Russia in Lusaka

Asia [edit]

Embassy of Russia in Kabul, Afghanistan
Russian Consulate-General in Istanbul
Embassy of Russia in Singapore
Consulate General of Russia in Danang
Russian Consulate-General in Hakodate.
Consulate General of Russia in Sapporo
Consulate General of Russia in Shanghai
Consulate General of Russia in Ho Chi Minh City

Oceania [edit]

Embassy of Russia in Canberra
Consulate General of Russia in Sydney
Embassy of Russia in Wellington

Multilateral organisations [edit]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Archives.gov
  2. ^ "Swiss Embassy in Georgia could open Russian office in Jan." Novosti. 17 December 2008.
  3. ^ Brudirect.com

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