Diplomatic relations between Burkina Faso and the Soviet Union were established for the first time on February 18, 1967.

[1] In 2000, between Russia and Burkina Faso signed an intergovernmental agreement on visa-free travel for diplomatic and service passports.

In the 2008/2009 academic year, Burkina Faso has been allocated two scholarships for education in Russian universities at the expense of the federal budget, but which were not used.

On July 26, 2007, Burkina Faso's ambassador to Moscow, Xavier Niodogo, handed a copy of credentials to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Alexander V. During the meeting discussed a number of international, including African problems, as well as the development of the bilateral relations between the two nations.

People who demonstrated in favor of the coup did so with Russian flags[2] and were accused by the Government of Ghana of hiring Wagner mercenaries to fight the country's jihadist insurgency.