List of ambassadors of Russia to Burkina Faso

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Burkina Faso is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Burkina Faso.[1][2]

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Burkina Faso
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent Vladimir Baykov since 18 January 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Abidjan
Style	His Excellency The Honourable
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Abidjan
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Website	Embassy of Russia in Ivory Coast

The Russian ambassador to Burkina Faso is a non-resident ambassador, who holds the post of ambassador to Ivory Coast, where he and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Abidjan.[3] The post of Russian Ambassador to Burkina Faso is currently held by Vladimir Baykov, incumbent since 18 January 2016.[4]

History of diplomatic relations

Main article: Burkina Faso–Russia relations

The formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and what was then the Republic of Upper Volta were established on 18 February 1967. The country was renamed Burkina Faso on 4 August 1984. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the incumbent Soviet ambassador continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1992, when the embassy in Ouagadougou was closed.[1][5] With the closing of the embassy, relations were carried out through the Russian embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with the ambassador to Ivory Coast dually accredited to Burkina Faso.

List of representatives (1967 – present)

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Republic of Upper Volta (1967 – 1984)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Yakov Lazarev	Ambassador	9 September 1967	29 March 1974
Vadim Tikunov	Ambassador	29 March 1974	28 August 1978
Arkady Kazansky	Ambassador	4 October 1978	8 August 1981
Yevgeny Melnikov	Ambassador	8 August 1981	4 August 1984

Representatives of the Soviet Union to Burkina Faso (1984 – 1991)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Yevgeny Melnikov	Ambassador	4 August 1984	9 September 1985
Feliks Bogdanov	Ambassador	9 September 1985	21 August 1987
Yevgeny Korendyasov	Ambassador	21 August 1987	25 December 1991

Representatives of the Russian Federation to Burkina Faso (1991 – present)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Yevgeny Korendyasov	Ambassador	25 December 1991	2 November 1992
Mikhail Mayorov	Ambassador	2 November 1992	26 June 1995	Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast
Georgy Chernovol	Ambassador	26 June 1995	29 March 2000	Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast
Aleksandr Trofimov	Ambassador	29 March 2000	8 June 2006	Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast
Oleg Kovalchuk	Ambassador	8 June 2006	29 October 2010	Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast
Viktor Rogov	Ambassador	11 February 2011	18 January 2016	Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast
Vladimir Baykov	Ambassador	18 January 2016		Concurrently ambassador to Ivory Coast

References

1. "Archived copy" Посольство СССР в Верхней Вольте, с 4.8.1984 - Буркина-Фасо (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2009-11-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. ПОСЛЫ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ В СТРАНАХ АФРИКАНСКОГО РЕГИОНА (in Russian). Worldwide Historical Project. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
3. "Посольство Российской Федерации в Республике Кот д'Ивуар и Буркина Фасо". cotedivoire.mid.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 9 October 2019.
4. "Байков Владимир Анатольевич Чрезвычайный и Полномочный Посол Российской Федерации в Республике Кот д'Ивуар и Буркина Фасо" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 9 October 2019.
5. "Российско-буркинийские отношения" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 9 October 2019.