Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas welcomed Trotsky warmly and even arranged for a special train to bring him to Mexico City from the port of Tampico.

[1] In 1978, during an official visit by Mexican President José López Portillo to the Soviet Union, Mexico, on the behalf of Latin America and the Soviet Union, signed the Treaty of Tlatelolco which prohibits "testing, use, manufacture, production or acquisition by any means whatsoever of any nuclear weapons" in Latin America and the Caribbean.

[6] After the end of the Soviet Union in December 1991, Mexico continued to maintain diplomatic relations with the new Russian Federation as its successor state.

[8] In 2014, during the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, Mexico called for both sides seek dialogue and a peaceful resolution to the matter.

[9] In February 2020, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov paid a visit to Mexico and met with his counterpart Marcelo Ebrard.

[12] On 1 March 2022, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that Mexico would not be participating in any economic sanctions against Russia and criticized the overseas censorship of Russian state media.

[18] Mexico's main exports to Russia include: parts and accessories of motor vehicles, telephones and mobile phones, medical instruments and alcohol.

Russian exports to Mexico include: products of iron or non-alloy steel, unwrought aluminum, minerals and wheat.

[18] Russian multinational companies such as Gazprom, Kaspersky Lab, Lukoil and Power Machines (among others) operate in Mexico.

[19] Mexican multinational companies such as Binbit, Cemex, Gruma, Grupo Omnilife, KidZania and Mabe (among others) operate in Russia.