Embassy of Russia, New Delhi

Embassy of Russia in New Delhi（Russian: Посольство России в Индии ; Hindi: रूस का दूतावास, नई दिल्ली）is the official diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation in the Republic of India.

Embassy of Russia in New Delhi
Russian: Посольство России в Индии
Hindi: रूस का दूतावास, नई दिल्ली
LocationShantipat, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021, India India
Coordinates28°34′58″N 77°11′01″E
AmbassadorDenis Alipov
Websiteindia.mid.ru/ru

History

The Russian consulate in India was opened in Mumbai in 1900 and moved to Kolkata in 1910.[1]

India's official diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union were established in April 1947, shortly before it declared its independence from Great Britain. As Izvestia reported on April 15, 1947, “as a result of an exchange of letters between the Indian Ambassador to China, Mr. K. P. S. Menon and the Soviet Ambassador to China Apollon Petrov, it was established that the Government of the USSR and the Government of India will publish simultaneously in Moscow and New Delhi the following official statement: “In an effort to preserve and further strengthen the friendly relations existing between the USSR and India, the Government of the USSR and the Government of India have decided to exchange diplomatic representations at the rank of Embassies”.[2]

Initially it was housed in the Travancore House located at Curzon Street, now Kasturba Gandhi Marg. In several years India allocated previously undeveloped land to create a district of Chanakyapuri for diplomatic missions. The Soviet Union was assigned two lots of total acres of 22 acres, and in February 1956 a lease agreement was concluded between the two countries.[3]

A declassified 1985 CIA report states that the Press Section of the Soviet Embassy "is a KGB operation that specializes in fast-breaking disinformation campaigns, principally targeted against the United States." It particular, the efforts of this operation were directed at the implication of the Unites States in the assassination of Indira Gandhi and at linking Jeane Kirkpatrick with an Soviet-invented plan to Balkanize India.[4]

List of ambassadors
This section is an excerpt from List of ambassadors of Russia to India § Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Republic of India (1991 – present).[edit]
Name Title Appointment Credentials Termination Notes
Anatoly Dryukov Ambassador 25 December 1991 1 May 1996
Albert Chernyshyov Ambassador 1 May 1996 11 November 1999
Alexander Kadakin Ambassador 11 November 1999 29 July 2004
Vyacheslav Trubnikov Ambassador 29 July 2004 27 October 2009
Alexander Kadakin Ambassador 27 October 2009 20 November 2009 26 January 2017
Nikolai Kudashev Ambassador 18 August 2017 12 January 2022
Denis Alipov Ambassador 12 January 2022

References
  1. 110 years of Indo-Russian diplomatic ties, May 16th 2012, The New Indian Express
  2. "ИНДИЯ. ДЕЛА ПОСОЛЬСКИЕ" (in Russian). 2010-12-09. Archived from the original on 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  3. Посольство и его история, a Russian Ministry of Foreign relations page
  4. The Soviets in India: Moscow's Major Penetration Program, CIA report declassified December 9, 2011
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