The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Cambodia is the official representative of the president and the government of Russia to the king and the government of Cambodia.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Phnom Penh. The post of Russian ambassador to Cambodia is currently held by , incumbent since 4 May 2020.
Until 1953 Cambodia was under the French rule, gaining independence from France on 9 November 1953. The Soviet Union and Cambodia established diplomatic relations on 13 May 1956. In October 1956 the Soviet Union appointed as its first representative to Cambodia. Anikin served until 1959.
In 1970 the Soviet Union recalled all its diplomats, including the ambassador, from Cambodia and diplomatic relations between the two countries were interrupted. They resumed in April 1979.