[2] The ambassador to Thailand is concurrently appointed as the Russian representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

[4] Relations between the two countries were particularly strong during the later nineteenth century, with Russia supporting Siam's independence in the face of European colonial expansion.

Russia dispatched a naval squadron under Rear-Admiral Avraamy Aslanbegov to represent it at the centennial celebrations of the Chakri dynasty in 1882.

Diplomatic relations were maintained during the brief period of the Russian Provisional Government, but ended after the October Revolution brought the Bolsheviks to power.

[4] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the Thai government recognized the Russian Federation as successor state of the USSR on 28 December 1991, and both countries have continued to exchange ambassadors.