UK Ambassador to the Russian Federation Британский Посол в России | |
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since 2023 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Reports to | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
Residence | Moscow |
Appointer | Charles III |
Inaugural holder | The Lord St Helens First Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to Russia The Lord Bloomfield First Ambassador to Russia |
Formation | 1801 Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1844 Ambassadors |
Website | British Embassy - Moscow |
The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Russia (Russian: Британский Посол в России) is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Russian Federation and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Russia. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Russian Federation.
Between 1844 and 1860 the status of the head of mission in Saint Petersburg was reduced from Ambassador to Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. The capital of Russia, and later of the Soviet Union (from 1922 to 1991), moved to Moscow in 1918.