Editing Foreign relations of Russia (section)

=== Americas ===
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|{{flag|Argentina}}||<!--Date started-->1885-10-22
|See [[Argentina–Russia relations]]
* Argentina has an [[Embassy of Argentina in Moscow|embassy in Moscow]].
* Russia has an embassy in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.argentina.mid.ru/ |title=Russian embassy in Buenos Aires |access-date=7 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707092406/http://www.argentina.mid.ru/ |archive-date=7 July 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110220171428/http://www.mrecic.gov.ar/portal/seree/ditra/ru.html List of Treaties ruling the relations Argentina and Russia (Argentine Foreign Ministry)] {{in lang|es}}
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|{{flag|Barbados}}||<!--Date started-->1993-01-29||
The [[Russia|Russian Federation]] and [[Barbados]] established formal diplomatic relations on 29 January 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://polpred.com/?cnt=17&sector=21 |title=Экономика Барбадоса |publisher=Polpred.com |access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/russia-and-barbados-to-strengthen-diplomatic-ties/|title=Russia and Barbados To Strengthen Diplomatic Ties|date=14 February 2014}}</ref> In 2018 both nations celebrated 25 years of diplomatic ties and pledged closer collaboration.<ref>[http://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/3054676 Press release on the exchange of congratulatory messages between the foreign ministers of Russia and Barbados on the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations], 2 February 201817:34</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/politics/988322|title=Russia ready to develop cooperation with Barbados|website=TASS}}</ref><ref>[https://www.investbarbados.org/newsmain.php?view=Barbados%20and%20Russia%20Explore%20Areas%20of%20Cooperation Barbados and Russia Explore Areas of Cooperation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308103834/https://www.investbarbados.org/newsmain.php?view=Barbados%20and%20Russia%20Explore%20Areas%20of%20Cooperation |date=8 March 2018}}, Invest Barbados, 30 October 2014</ref> The two nations also discussed cultural exchanges and Russia working with Barbados' light oil and gas industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tradeteam.bb/news/russia-willing-to-assist-caribbean-with-oil-and-gas-exploration-read-more-h/ |title=Russia willing to assist Caribbean with oil and gas exploration |access-date=2 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315200015/http://tradeteam.bb/news/russia-willing-to-assist-caribbean-with-oil-and-gas-exploration-read-more-h/ |archive-date=15 March 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.caribjournal.com/2012/02/13/russia-barbados-talk-cultural-ties/|title=Russia, Barbados Talk Cultural Ties|date=13 February 2012|website=Caribbean Journal}}</ref> And possible scholarships to Russian schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/scholarship-opportunity-in-russia/|title=Scholarship Opportunity In Russia|first=Deirdre|last=Gittens|date=7 February 2017}}</ref> In 2022 the Russian Foreign Minister met his counterpart in Barbados to discuss current relations and explored a future agenda with the nation including among other things the conclusion of a visa waiver agreement between both nations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Forde-Craigg |first1=Sheena |date=8 February 2022 |title=Russian Envoy Keen On Bilateral Relations With Barbados |url=https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/russian-envoy-keen-on-bilateral-relations-with-barbados/ |department= |publisher=Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS) |publication-date=8 February 2022 |agency= |access-date=15 February 2022 |url-access= |quote=}}</ref>

*Russia is represented in [[Barbados]], through its embassy in [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[Guyana]].<ref>[https://guyana.mid.ru/en/countries/rossiya_barbados/ Barbados–Russia relations], Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana</ref>
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|{{flag|Bolivia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Bolivia–Russia relations]]

With Bolivia the focus on relations with Russia is mainly economic, as opposed to political and strategic, as an agreement to invest in Bolivia's [[natural gas]] fields shows. It is seen to "help Latin America...[as it] expands Latin America's economic opportunities, diversifies its relationships...that's healthy."<ref>[http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-11-14-voa17.cfm Voice of America]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

2008 saw, as a first step to re-establish ties with Russia, the Bolivian government had plans to purchase a small batch of helicopters. Ambassador Leonid Golubev told The Associated Press that he would like to see Russia's ties to Bolivia one day "approach the level" of its growing partnership with [[Venezuela]].<ref name="elpais.com">{{Cite news | url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Bolivia/proyecta/comprar/armamento/ruso/varios/millones/dolares/elpepuint/20090522elpepuint_10/Tes |title = Bolivia proyecta comprar armamento ruso por varios millones de dólares|newspaper = El País|date = 22 May 2009}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/03/ap/latinamerica/main4499593.shtml|title=Latin America|date=3 October 2008|publisher=CBS|access-date=14 May 2009}}{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In 2009 amid improving relations between the two countries Bolivia and Russia signed various agreements pertaining to energy and military ties, mining activities and [[illegal drug]] eradication.
<ref name="elpais.com" /><ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7894176.stm | work=BBC News | title=Russia to aid Bolivia drugs fight | date=17 February 2009 | access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>
* Bolivia has an embassy in Moscow.
* Russia has an embassy in [[La Paz]].
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|{{flag|Brazil}}||<!--Date started-->  3 October 1828||See [[Brazil–Russia relations]]
[[File:Vladimir Putin with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva-2.jpg|250px|right|upright=1.2]]
Brazil–Russia relations have seen a significant improvement in recent years, characterized by an increasing commercial trade and cooperation in military and technology segments. Today, Brazil shares an important alliance with the [[Russian Federation]], with partnerships in areas such as [[space technology|space]] and [[military technology|military technologies]], and [[telecommunications]].
* Brazil has an embassy in Moscow.
* Russia has an embassy in [[Brasília]] and consulates-general in [[Rio de Janeiro]] and [[São Paulo]].
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|{{Flag|Canada}}||<!--Date started-->1942-06-12||See [[Canada–Russia relations]]

Canada and Russia benefit from extensive cooperation on trade and investment, energy, democratic development and governance, security and counter-terrorism, northern issues, and cultural and academic exchanges.
* Canada has an embassy in Moscow.
* Russia has an embassy in [[Ottawa]] and consulates-general in [[Montreal]] and [[Toronto]].
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|{{flag|Chile}}||<!-- start date -->1944-12-11||See [[Chile–Russia relations]]
*Chile has an embassy in Moscow and two honorary consulates in [[Saint Petersburg]] and in [[Vladivostok]].
*Russia has an embassy in [[Santiago]].
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|{{flag|Colombia}}||<!--Date started-->1935||See [[Colombia–Russia relations]]
* Colombia has an embassy in Moscow.
* Russia has an embassy in [[Bogotá]].
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|{{flag|Costa Rica}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Costa Rica–Russia relations]]
Costa Rica has an [[embassy]] in [[Moscow]]. Russia has an embassy in [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.costarica.mid.ru/| title = Embassy of the Russian federation in San José| access-date = 7 March 2018| archive-date = 3 August 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090803052129/http://www.costarica.mid.ru/| url-status = dead}}</ref> Holders of a [[Russian passport]] need a [[Visa (document)|visa]] authorized by Costa Rica, or alternatively Costa Rican authorities will accept Russian nationals with a visa stamp for the European Union, Canada, USA, South Korea, or Japan valid for 90 days after arrival; with a [[Visa (document)#Types|tourist visa]], Russians can stay in Costa Rica for a maximum of 90 days.<ref>{{Timatic|nationality=ru|destination=cr}}</ref> In order to get a tourist visa, the person needs to apply for it in the closest Costa Rican embassy to where the person is living.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} The person must have a [[Passport|valid passport]] and either have an [[invitation letter]] or a [[bank statement]] with enough money to survive the length of the stay in Costa Rica, plus proof of onward travel (ticket to exit Costa Rica & legal ability to travel to the destination stated on the ticket). Holders of a [[Costa rican passport|Costa Rican passport]] also need a visa from Russian authorities.
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|{{flag|Cuba}}|| <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Russia relations]] or [[Cuba–Soviet Union relations]]
[[File:Vladimir Putin and Miguel Díaz-Canel (29-10-2019) 05.jpg|250px|right|upright=1.2]]
Relations between the two countries suffered somewhat during the [[Boris Yeltsin]] administration, as Cuba was forced to look for new major allies, such as China, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Relations improved when [[Vladimir Putin]] was elected as the new Russian President. Putin, and later [[Dmitry Medvedev]], emphasized re-establishing strong relations with old Soviet allies. In 2008, Medvedev visited Havana and [[Raúl Castro]] made a week-long trip to Moscow. In that same year the two governments signed multiple economic agreements and Russia sent tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba. Cuba, meanwhile, gave staunch political support for Russia during the [[2008 South Ossetia war]]. Relations between the two nations are currently at a post-Soviet high, and talks about potentially re-establishing a Russian military presence in Cuba are even beginning to surface.
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|{{flag|Dominica}}||{{dts|1995}}||
Dominica and Russia have established diplomatic relations on 19 May 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/international-relations/dominica-and-russia-celebrate-20-years-of-diplomatic-relations/|title=Dominica and Russia celebrate 20 years of diplomatic relations|work=dominicanewsonline.com|date=20 May 2015|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-date=19 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219220958/http://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/international-relations/dominica-and-russia-celebrate-20-years-of-diplomatic-relations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2018, Dominica appointed a resident ambassador to Russia.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://wicnews.com/caribbean/dominica-appoints-resident-ambassador-russia-322310386/ |title = Dominica appoints resident ambassador to Russia|date = 26 April 2018}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Ecuador}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Ecuador–Russia relations]]
Ecuador has an embassy in Moscow.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://embajada-ecuador.ru/joom/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=115&Itemid=110 |title=Ecuadorian embassy in Moscow |access-date=7 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224181443/http://embajada-ecuador.ru/joom/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=115&Itemid=110 |archive-date=24 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Russia has an embassy in Quito.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecuador.mid.ru/ |title=Russian embassy in Quito |access-date=7 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920122242/http://www.ecuador.mid.ru/ |archive-date=20 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Grenada}}||<!--Date started-->||
During the [[New Jewel Movement]], the Soviet Union tried to make the island of Grenada function as a Soviet base, and also by getting supplies from [[Cuba]]. In October 1983, during the [[U.S. invasion of Grenada]], U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] maintained that [[US Marines]] arrived on the island of Grenada, which was considered a Soviet-Cuban ally that would [[export of revolution|export communist revolution]] throughout the [[Caribbean]]. In November, at a joint hearing of Congressional Subcommittee, it was told that Grenada could be used as a staging area for subversion of the nearby countries, for intersection of shipping lanes, and for the transit of troops and supplies from Cuba to [[Africa]], and from [[Eastern Europe]] and [[Libya]] to [[Central America]]. In December, the [[State Department]] published a preliminary report on Grenada, in which it was claimed as an "Island of Soviet [[Internationalism (politics)|Internationalism]]". When the US Marines landed on the island, they discovered a large amount of documents, which included agreements between the Soviet Government, and the New Jewel Movement, recorded minutes of the Committee meetings, and reports from the Grenadian embassy in [[Moscow]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/pss/2617710|jstor=2617710|title=The Soviet Union and Grenada under the New Jewel Movement|last1=Shearman|first1=Peter|journal=International Affairs|year=1985|volume=61|issue=4|pages=661–673|doi=10.2307/2617710}}</ref> Diplomatic relations between Grenada and the Soviet Union were severed in 1983 by the Governor General of Grenada. Eventually in 2002, Grenada re-established diplomatic relations with the newly formed Russian Federation.<ref>[http://www.rusembassyguyana.org.gy/bilateral/rgren.html Embassy of the Russian Federation in Georgetown, Guyana - Bilateral relations between Grenada and Russia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721084842/http://www.rusembassyguyana.org.gy/bilateral/rgren.html |date=21 July 2011}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Guyana}}||<!--Date started-->17 December 1970||See [[Guyana–Russia relations]]
*Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 December 1970.
*Guyana is represented in Russia by its High Commission in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]].
*Russia is represented in Guyana by its embassy in [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]].
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||<!--Date started-->1 December 1890||See [[Mexico–Russia relations]]

* Mexico has an embassy in Moscow.
* Russia has an embassy in [[Mexico City]].
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|{{flag|Nicaragua}}||<!--Date started-->December 1944||See [[Nicaragua–Russia relations]]
Both countries signed diplomatic missions on 18 October 1979, a few months after the [[Sandinista]] revolution.<ref>{{cite book |title=US foreign policy in world history |author=David Ryan |publisher=Routledge |year=2000 |page=172ff |isbn=0-415-12345-3}}</ref>  President [[Vladimir Putin]] visited Nicaragua on 12 July 2014.
* Nicaragua has an embassy in Moscow.
* Russia has an embassy in [[Managua]].
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|{{flag|Panama}}||21 November 1903<ref>{{cite web|title=Relaciones Diplomáticas de la República de Panamá |page=195 |access-date=16 December 2020 |url=http://www.mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702224721/https://mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |archive-date=2 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Manual de Protocolo y Ceremonial del Estado de la República de Panamá |publisher=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |location=Cuidad de Panamá |year=2017 |page=242 |access-date=16 December 2020 |url=https://mire.gob.pa/images/links/MANUAL-10-7-17-reduced.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515050400/https://mire.gob.pa/images/links/MANUAL-10-7-17-reduced.pdf |archive-date=15 May 2019}}</ref> ||See [[Panama–Russia relations]]
* Panama has an embassy in [[Moscow]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.embapanamarusia.ru/index.php/en/ |title=Embassy of Panama in Moscow (in Spanish) |access-date=7 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307151229/http://www.embapanamarusia.ru/index.php/en/ |archive-date=7 March 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Russia has an embassy in Panama city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.panama.mid.ru/ |title=Embassy of Russia in Panama City (in Russian and Spanish) |access-date=19 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624054357/http://www.panama.mid.ru/ |archive-date=24 June 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Paraguay}}||14 May 1992<!--Date started-->||See [[Paraguay–Russia relations]]
* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 May 1992.
* Paraguay has an embassy in [[Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.embapar.ru/ |title=Paraguayan embassy in Moscow |publisher=Embapar.ru |access-date=22 June 2012}}</ref>
* Russia is represented in Paraguay through its embassy in [[Buenos Aires]] ([[Argentina]]) and an honorary consulate in [[Asunción]].{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
* On 13 September 2007, Russia's acting foreign minister, [[Sergei Lavrov]], declared to soon open a resident embassy in Paraguay's capital.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090601063431/http://www.mre.gov.py/en/ Paraguayan Ministry of Foreign Relations]
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|{{flag|Suriname}}||<!--start date-->||
The nations have begun discussing cooperation in the areas of agriculture, fishing, shipbuilding, education, along with trade. In October 2013, the Surinamese foreign minister, Yldiz Pollack-Beighle visited Moscow for talks on concluding military and joint law enforcement training.<ref>[https://www.commonwealthroundtable.co.uk/commonwealth/americas/caribbean/russia-caricom-new-dawn/ Russia and CARICOM: A New Dawn?], By: Peter Clegg & Veronika Clegg, 17 January 2018, The Commonwealth Round Table</ref>
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|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}||6 June 1974||See [[Russia–Trinidad and Tobago relations]]
Both countries have signed diplomatic missions on 6 June 1974. Russia is represented in Trinidad and Tobago through a non-resident embassy in [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown (Guyana)]].  Both countries have interests with each other since the [[Soviet Union]]. In August 1992, Trinidad recognized Russia as the USSR's successor.  In 2004, [[Sergey Lavrov]] and [[Knowlson Gift]] signed the protocol on the political consultations between the two Ministries.  In April 2005 the [[Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation]] and the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago signed the cooperation agreement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rusembassyguyana.org.gy/bilateral/rt.html |title=Embassy of the Russian Federation in Georgetown about relations with Trinidad and Tobago |access-date=31 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216170725/http://www.rusembassyguyana.org.gy/bilateral/rt.html |archive-date=16 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2004, the Russian [[Cossack]] folk dance had nine concerts in [[Port of Spain]], [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]], [[Couva]], and [[Tobago]].
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|{{flag|United States}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Russia–United States relations]]
[[File:Putin in Switzerland 2021 10.jpg|250px|right|upright=1.2]]
* Russia has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]] and has consulates-general in [[Houston]] and [[New York City]].
* United States has an embassy in Moscow and consulates-general in [[Vladivostok]] and [[Yekaterinburg]].
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|{{flag|Uruguay}}||<!--Start date-->|| See [[Russia–Uruguay relations]]
Russia has an embassy in [[Montevideo]] and Uruguay has an [[Embassy of Uruguay in Moscow|embassy in Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uruguay.mid.ru/ |title=Embassy of the Russian Federation in Montevideo |access-date=7 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716014835/http://www.uruguay.mid.ru/ |archive-date=16 July 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Russia is looking for cooperation with Uruguay in the field of nuclear energy, the Russian ambassador to Latin America said: "Our countries could maintain cooperation in the sphere of nuclear energy although Uruguay's legislation bans the use of nuclear energy". The diplomat said Uruguayan officials had shown interest in a floating nuclear power plant, when the project's presentation took place at the Russian Embassy recently. The first floating plant will have capacity of 70 MW of electricity, and about 300 MW of thermal power. The cost of the first plant is estimated at US$400 million, but could later be reduced to $240 million. This year marks the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and Uruguay.
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|{{flag|Venezuela}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Russia–Venezuela relations]]
* Russia has an embassy in Caracas.
* Venezuela has an embassy in Moscow.
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