[7][8] Engineer Johann Beck from Triesenberg emigrated to Russia in 1884 and opened a construction business in Yekaterinodar.

[9] Beck recruited several people from his home-country of Liechtenstein to work in his company, including future mayor of Vaduz Ludwig Ospelt.

[11] Though Liechtenstein remained neutral throughout the conflict, it retained close ties to Austria-Hungary and was sympathetic to the Central Powers.

Just before the end of the war, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein granted political asylum to First Russian National Army pro-Axis pro-emperor Vladimir White emigres led by General Boris Smyslovsky, who were being cared for by the Liechtenstein Red Cross.

In the early stages of the Cold War, relations between Liechtenstein and the Soviet Union became tense due to the refusal to extradite the remnants of the First Russian National Army.

Liechtenstein boycotted the Olympic Games twice- in 1956 in Melbourne in protest against the suppression of the Hungarian revolution and again in 1980 in Moscow due to the Soviet war in Afghanistan.

[19] Russian-born Liechtensteiner Eduard von Falz-Fein played an important role in establishing economic relations between the two countries throughout the 2000s.

[24][25][26][27][28] Liechtenstein has sent 500,000 CHF worth humanitarian aid to Ukraine and a subsequent loan of an additional 1.8 million CHF in February 2022 aimed at assisting those displaced as a result of the war, greatly decreasing the relations between Liechtenstein and Russia.