The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Ireland is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Ireland.

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Dublin.

[1] The post of Russian Ambassador to Ireland is currently held by Yuri Filatov [ru], incumbent since 26 July 2017.

[4] With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ireland recognised the Russian Federation as its successor state.

The incumbent Soviet ambassador, Nikolai Kozyrev, continued to serve as representative of Russia until 1998.