Ambassador of theRussian Federation toBrunei Darussalam
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent Mikhail Baranov [ru] since 17 January 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Bandar Seri Begawan
Style	His Excellency The Honourable
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Bandar Seri Begawan
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Website	Embassy of Russia in Brunei Darussalam

Theambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Brunei Darussalam is the official representative of thepresident and thegovernment of the Russian Federation to thesultan and thegovernment of Brunei.^[1][2][3][4]

The ambassador and his staff work at large in theEmbassy of Russia inBandar Seri Begawan.^[5] The post of Russian ambassador to Brunei is currently held byMikhail Baranov [ru], incumbent since 17 January 2023.^[6]

In 1987,Soviet General SecretaryMikhail Gorbachev called for the establishment ofdiplomatic relations withBrunei.^[7] Although theSoviet ambassador to Singapore attempted to establish relations with Brunei in 1988, the Sultanate was unprepared to establish relations with theCommunist state at the time. On 1 October 1991, Brunei established relations with the Soviet Union,^[8][9] and Soviet relations with the Sultanate were initially handled via theSoviet embassy inKuala Lumpur,Malaysia.^[10] The first ambassadors to Brunei werenon-resident ambassadors, accredited to Brunei in addition to their posts asambassadors of Russia to Malaysia. The first ambassador accredited solely to Brunei wasViktor Seleznyov [ru], appointed on 31 July 2009.

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