[2] A strategy to "explore the Far East via India and the Philippines to establish trade links" was suggested to Peter the Great by the Siberia Governor Fydor I. Semyonov in 1722.

[3] In 1813, Russian Emperor Alexander III supported a plan created by Peter Dobell on trade and development with Southeast Asian states.

Russia finally decided to establish its first diplomatic mission in Southeast Asia in 1817 - a Consulate General in Manila.

However, a compromise was reached with Petr Valsilievich Dobel being allowed to stay and act in Manila as an unofficial representative of Russia in the Philippines.

[2] The Soviet Union rose to power and replaced the Russian Empire after the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War and contacts between Soviet Russia and the Philippines were maintained through Comintern, Profintern and the Communist Party of the United States (since the Philippines was then a colony of the United States).

[5] It was through Professor Rye that Secretary Melchor and Major Almonte were able to pave way for an endorsement to Indira Gandhi for a dialogue with Moscow.

At the time, the Philippines had been considered the United States' strongest ally in Southeast Asia and a reliable partner during the Cold War.

Many Overseas Filipino Workers in Russia has professional training but most of them work in the household service sector as cleaners, cooks, drivers and nannies.

"[11] Due to a sharp increase in the number of Filipino nationals sought to work in private homes throughout Russia, the Philippine Government has deemed it necessary to impose new requirements on the direct hiring of Filipino housekeepers and nannies in Russia in order to secure their well-being through placement in qualified households as well as ensure the engagement of only competent staff.

The Philippine Department of Agriculture is planning trade mission to Moscow in order to investigate the untapped, unexplored Russian market.

"The planning of the trade mission was primarily prompted by the efforts of the DA to find new markets for its coconut products in the face of very low prices of coco oil in the world market… [T]he Philippines is interested in importing fertilizers, wheat and modern farm machinery from Russia, while Russia is interested in importing coconut products, bananas and seafood."

[19]) Also, Philippine "[m]ilitary observers might be deployed to Russia next year to determine what kind of training exercises Filipino troops can participate in.

[24] On a later date, he also mentioned Russia as a finalist for submarine-procurement for its Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines,[25] specifically the advanced version (Project 636 Varshavyanka) "considered to be the most noiseless from among Russian conventional subs" and "are furnished with modern radar and communications systems, the sonar, 533mm torpedoes and Kalibr cruise missiles", as opposed to the original, Soviet-era (Project 877 Paltus) edition.

"[29] On 3–7 January 2017, two Russian Navy ships – the Udaloy-class destroyer Admiral Tributs and the Boris Chilikin-class fleet oiler Boris Butoma of the Russian Pacific Fleet – docked at the Manila South Harbor for a goodwill tour aimed at bolstering Philippines–Russia relations, especially in security.

[36][37] The PH Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has agreed with the Russian space agency Roscosmos, "to proceed with negotiations of an intergovernmental framework agreement on space cooperation that will include use of Russian rockets to launch Philippine payloads such as micro- and nano-satellites as well as the establishment of a receiving station for the Global Navigation Satellite System" (GLONASS), Russia's alternative to American Global Positioning System (GPS).

[38] With Manila's upcoming creation of a unified Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA), more cooperation with Moscow's Roscosmos is planned.

Duterte fails to veto SBN 1983 within 30days of presentation by Congress (which was on 9 July 2019), Philippine Space Act will become law on 8 August 2019.