[2] The ambassador of Russia to Australia is concurrently accredited to Fiji, Nauru, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

The post of Russian Ambassador to Australia is currently held by Aleksey Pavlovsky [ru], incumbent since 3 April 2019.

[3] Contact between Australia and the Russian Empire began in the 1800s with the visit of the Neva to Sydney, then part of the British-administered Colony of New South Wales.

Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Australia were formally established on 10 October 1942.

[4] On 4 April 1954 the ambassador, Nikolai Generalov [ru], was recalled to Moscow in the wake of the Petrov Affair.