[2][3][4][5] The post of Russian Ambassador to France is currently held by Aleksey Meshkov [ru], incumbent since 23 October 2017.

[8] France responded by sending its first ambassador to Russia, Jacques de Campredon, in September 1721.

[citation needed] Relations between the two countries were severed in 1733 with the start of the War of the Polish Succession and resumed in 1738.

The War of the Third Coalition in 1805 led to the disruption of diplomatic relations once again, which were not restored until the signing of the Treaty of Paris on November 20, 1815.

Relations were reestablished on October 23, 1944, with the Soviet recognition of the new Provisional Government of the French Republic.