Ambassador of theRussian Federation to theState of Libya
سفارة روسيا الاتحادية لدى دولة ليبيا
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent Aydar Aganin since 29 December 2022
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Tripoli
Style	His Excellency The Honourable
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Tripoli
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Website	Embassy of Russia in Libya

Theambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Libya is the official representative of thepresident and thegovernment of the Russian Federation to thepresident and thegovernment of Libya.

The ambassador and his staff work at large in theEmbassy of Russia inTripoli.^[1] The post of Russian ambassador to Libya is currently held byAydar Aganin, incumbent since 29 December 2022.^[2]

TheSoviet Union established diplomatic relations with theKingdom of Libya on 4 September 1955.^[3] The first ambassador,Nikolai Generalov [ru], was appointed on 15 December 1955.^[4] Following the1969 Libyan revolution, which overthrew the king and broughtMuammar Gaddafi to power on 1 September 1969, the Soviet Union recognised theLibyan Arab Republic on 4 September.^[3] Relations were maintained through several changes of name, to the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in 1977, and the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in 1986. Following thedissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Libya recognised the Russian Federation as itssuccessor state, and the incumbent Soviet ambassador,Veniamin Popov [ru], continued in post as the Russian ambassador until 1992.^[4]

Russia maintained a diplomatic presence during theLibyan civil war which broke out in 2011, butthe subsequent outbreak of factional violence made the security situation untenable. The Russian embassy was attacked on 2 October 2013, and the following day all of its staff were evacuated toTunis.^[5] The ambassador,Ivan Molotkov [ru], remained nominally in post until 2018, but thereafter diplomatic affairs were handled through the Russian embassy in Tunis, with a temporarychargé d'affaires heading up the mission between 2018 and 2023. With the stabilising of the security situation by the early 2020s, Russia reopened its embassy in Tripoli in August 2023, withAydar Aganin appointed as the new ambassador on 29 December 2022.^[6] Plans were also announced to reopen theconsulate inBenghazi, but have been delayed until an agreement can be reached with theGovernment of National Stability, which controls eastern Libya.^[7]

• Ambassadors of Russia to Libya
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• Lists of ambassadors to Libya

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