List of ambassadors of Russia to Ireland

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Ireland
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent Yuri Filatov [ru] since 26 July 2017
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Dublin
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Dublin
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Website	Embassy of Russia in Ireland

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Ireland is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Ireland.

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Dublin.[1] The post of Russian Ambassador to Ireland is currently held by Yuri Filatov [ru], incumbent since 26 July 2017.[2]

History of diplomatic relations

Main article: Ireland–Russia relations

Diplomatic relations between Ireland and the Soviet Union were established on 29 September 1973, with the publishing of a joint communiqué on the exchange of diplomatic missions.[3] Both countries began to exchange ambassadors from 1973 onwards.[4] With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ireland recognised the Russian Federation as its successor state. The incumbent Soviet ambassador, Nikolai Kozyrev, continued to serve as representative of Russia until 1998.[4]

List of representatives (1973 – present)

Representatives of the Soviet Union to Ireland (1973 – 1991)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Anatoly Kaplin [ru]	Ambassador	26 March 1974	3 August 1979	Presentation of credentials on 14 June 1974
Aleksei Nesterenko [ru]	Ambassador	31 March 1980	11 November 1986	Presentation of credentials on 11 June 1980
Gennady Uranov [ru]	Ambassador	11 November 1986	18 March 1991
German Gventsadze [ru]	Ambassador	18 March 1991	16 October 1991
Nikolai Kozyrev	Ambassador	16 October 1991	25 December 1991

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

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Nikolai Kozyrev	Ambassador	25 December 1991	6 April 1998
Yevgeny Mikhailov [ru]	Ambassador	6 April 1998	29 December 2001
Vladimir Rakhmanin	Ambassador	29 December 2001	20 October 2006
Mikhail Timoshkin [ru]	Ambassador	20 October 2006	22 May 2011
Sergei Petrovich [ru]	Chargé d'affaires	22 May 2011	20 February 2012
Maksim Peshkov [ru]	Ambassador	20 February 2012	26 July 2017
Yuri Filatov [ru]	Ambassador	26 July 2017

References

1. "Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ireland". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
2. "Yury Anatoliyevich Filatov Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Ireland". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
3. "Двусторонние российско-ирландские отношения" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
4. "Посольство СССР в Ирландии" (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Retrieved 13 September 2021.