The ambassador of Russia to Ghana is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Ghana.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Russian embassy in Accra. The current Russian ambassador to Ghana is , incumbent since 17 May 2021. The ambassador to Ghana has dual accreditation as the non-resident ambassador to Liberia since 1999.
Formal diplomatic relations between Ghana and the Soviet Union were established on 14 January 1958. The Soviet embassy in Accra opened in 1959, with the Ghanaian embassy in Moscow opening in 1960. was appointed as the first ambassador on 24 April 1959. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ghana recognised the Russian Federation as its successor state. The incumbent Soviet ambassador, , continued as ambassador from Russia until 1997.
Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Liberia were established on 11 January 1956, though the embassy in Monrovia was not opened until 1972. Relations were briefly severed between July 1985, and 1986, with the Soviet embassy reopening in 1987. It was again closed in 1990, and the embassy staff evacuated, due to the outbreak of the First Liberian Civil War. The exchange of representatives was re-established in 1999, with the incumbent ambassador to Ghana, , given dual accreditation as the non-resident ambassador to Liberia, a practice which has since continued.