Vyacheslav Ivanovich Trubnikov (Russian: Вячеслав Иванович Трубников; 25 April 1944 – 18 April 2022)[1] was a Russian journalist, political scientist, intelligence officer, and diplomat.

He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1967 and started to work for the First Chief Directorate (Foreign Intelligence) of the KGB.

In January 1992, he became the first deputy of the Director of Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) Yevgeny Primakov.

From June 2000 to July 2004, he worked as a first deputy of Foreign Minister of Russia.

On 29 July 2004, he was appointed by Vladimir Putin to the post of Ambassador of Russia to India.