| Ambassador of India to Russia | |
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Incumbent since 2024Vinay Kumar | |
| Seat | Moscow,Russia |
| Inaugural holder | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
| Formation | 1947 (1947) |
The following people have served asambassadors ofIndia toRussia and its predecessor state, theSoviet Union:[1]
| Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Notes |
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| Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |  | 1947 | 1949 | First Woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953) |
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |  | 1949 | 1952 | 2ndPresident of India (1962–1967) |
| Kumara Padma Sivasankara Menon | 1952 | 1961 | ||
| Subimal Dutt | 1961 | 1962 | ||
| T. N. Kaul | 1962 | 1966 | ||
| Kewal Singh | 1966 | 1968 | ||
| Durga Prasad Dhar | 1969 | 1971 | ||
| K. S. Shelvankar | 1971 | 1975 | ||
| Durga Prasad Dhar | 1975 | 1975 | ||
| Inder Kumar Gujral |  | 1976 | 1980 | 12thPrime Minister of India (1997–1998) |
| V. K. Ahuja | 1980 | 1983 | ||
| Saiyid Nurul Hasan |  | 1983 | 1986 | Governor of severalIndian states |
| T. N. Kaul | 1986 | 1989 | ||
| A. S. Gonsalves | 1989 | 1992 |
| Name | Image | Entered office | Left office | Notes |
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| Ronen Sen | .jpg) | 1992 | 1998 | LaterHigh Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom andAmbassador of India to the United States. |
| Satinder Kumar Lambah | 1998 | 2001 | ||
| K. Raghunath | 2001 | 2004 | ||
| Kanwal Sibal |  | 2004 | 2007 | 24thForeign Secretary of India (2001-02) |
| Prabhat Prakash Shukla | 2007 | 2011 | ||
| Ajai Malhotra |  | 2011 | 2013 | |
| P. S. Raghavan | 2014 | 2016 | ||
| Pankaj Saran | .jpg) | 2016 | 2018 | DeputyNational Security Advisor (2018-2022) |
| D. Bala Venkatesh Varma |  | 2018 | 2021 | |
| Pavan Kapoor |  | 2021 | 2024 | DeputyNational Security Advisor (2024-Incumbent) |
| Vinay Kumar |  | 2024 | Incumbent |
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