List of ambassadors of Russia to Kuwait

{{Infobox official post

| post = Ambassador

| body = the Russian Federation to the State of Kuwait

| image =

| incumbent = {{ill|Vladimir Zheltov|ru|Желтов, Владимир Филиппович}}

| insignia = MID emblem.png

| incumbentsince = 10 March 2023

| department = Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Russia in Kuwait City

| style = His Excellency
The Honourable

| reports_to = Minister of Foreign Affairs

| seat = Kuwait City

| appointer = President of Russia

| termlength = At the pleasure of the president

| website = [https://kuwait.mid.ru/ru/ Embassy of Russia in Kuwait]

| insigniacaption = Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry

| unofficial_names =

| native_name =

| residence =

}}

The ambassador of Russia to Kuwait is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the emir and the government of Kuwait.

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Russian embassy in Kuwait City.{{cite web|url=https://kuwait.mid.ru/ru/|title=Посольство Российской Федерации в Кувейте| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)|accessdate=19 May 2025|language=Russian}} The current Russian ambassador to Kuwait is {{ill|Vladimir Zheltov|ru|Желтов, Владимир Филиппович}}, incumbent since 10 March 2023.{{cite web|url=https://kuwait.mid.ru/ru/embassy/ambassador/|title=Посол| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)|accessdate=19 May 2025|language=Russian}}

History of diplomatic relations

Formal diplomatic relations between Kuwait and the Soviet Union were established on 11 March 1963.{{Cite book|last=Ginsburgs|first=George|author2=Slusser, Robert M.|title=A Calendar of Soviet Treaties, 1958–1973|publisher=BRILL|year=1981|pages=211|isbn=90-286-0609-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3X4nnE7eKjEC&pg=PA211|access-date=2009-07-03}}{{cite web|url=http://www.knowbysight.info/6_MID/00297.asp|title= Посольство СССР в Кувейте| publisher=knowbysight.info|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180818084047/http://www.knowbysight.info/6_MID/00297.asp|accessdate=17 May 2025|archive-date= 18 August 2018|language=Russian}} The first ambassador, {{ill|Mikhail Cherkasov|ru|Черкасов, Михаил Фролович}}, was appointed on 27 June 1963. Exchange of ambassadors continued throughout the rest of the existence of the Soviet Union. The Soviet embassy in Kuwait was evacuated for a time following the August 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces, though diplomatic relations continued.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8JgWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6155,3807015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715141815/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8JgWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_BMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6155,3807015|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 July 2012|title=Soviet Union withdraws from embassy in Iraq|date=25 August 1990|work=Wilmington Morning Star|pages=5A|access-date=2009-07-08}} With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kuwait recognised the Russian Federation as its successor state on 28 December 1991.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ns-rasia.nsf/1083b7937ae580ae432569e7004199c2/d0ccb58c8a3beb7143256dd3002c1bca?OpenDocument|script-title=ru:Российско-кувейтские отношения|date=12 March 2009|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)|access-date=3 July 2009 |language=ru}}