The ambassador of Russia to Laos is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Laos.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Russian Embassy in Vientiane. The current Russian ambassador to Laos is , incumbent since 22 October 2025.
History of diplomatic relations
Negotiations over diplomatic relations took place between the Soviet Union and the Kingdom of Laos, newly independent from the French Union in 1953. A nominal agreement to exchange diplomatic representatives was worked out between 23 October 1956 and 26 July 1957, but was ultimately not implemented. A subsequent agreement was concluded on 7 October 1960, during which period the Laotian Civil War was being fought. The incumbent Soviet ambassador to Cambodia, , was dually accredited to Laos from 8 October. By 1962, the embassy in Laos had been prepared, and on 31 August 1962 took over from Abramov as the first ambassador accredited solely to Laos. Representation continued after the Laotian Civil War came to an end in 1975, with the overthrow of the Kingdom of Laos and the establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Laos recognised the Russian Federation as its successor state on 31 December 1991. The incumbent Soviet ambassador, Georgiy Rudov, continued as the Russian ambassador until 1993. Diplomatic representatives have since continued to be exchanged between the two nations.
List of representatives (1960–present) Soviet Union to the Kingdom of Laos (1960–1975) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador8 October 196031 August 1962Concurrently ambassador to CambodiaCredentials presented on 26 October 1960Ambassador31 August 196221 October 1964Credentials presented on 9 November 1962Ambassador21 October 196421 June 1968Credentials presented on 5 November 1964 Ambassador21 June 196814 October 1972Credentials presented on 3 September 1968 Ambassador14 October 19722 December 1975Credentials presented on 4 November 1972
Soviet Union to the Lao People's Democratic Republic (1975–1991) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador2 December 19754 December 1976Ambassador4 December 19769 October 1980Credentials presented on 28 December 1976 Ambassador9 October 19803 October 1986Credentials presented on 16 October 1980Yury MikheyevAmbassador3 October 19869 October 1990Georgiy RudovAmbassador9 October 199025 December 1991
Russian Federation to the Lao People's Democratic Republic (1991–present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesGeorgiy RudovAmbassador25 December 19916 April 1993Ambassador6 April 199330 April 1997Ambassador30 April 199717 June 2002Ambassador17 June 200217 January 2007Ambassador17 January 20073 February 2010 Ambassador3 February 2010 27 June 2014Ambassador27 June 20146 September 2019 Ambassador6 September 2019 22 October 2025Credentials presented on 21 November 2019Ambassador22 October 2025
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