[2] The post of Russian Ambassador to Slovakia is currently held by Igor Bratchikov [ru], incumbent since 23 October 2020.

[3] Diplomatic exchanges between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia began with the formal establishment of relations on 5 June 1922.

With the repudiation of communism, the country officially became the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic in 1990.

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, a new ambassador, Aleksandr Lebedev [ru], was appointed as representative of the Russian Federation.

[5] He continued as ambassador until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and its separation into the states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.