The ambassador of Russia to Somalia is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Somalia.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Russian embassy in Djibouti City. The current Russian ambassador to Somalia is , incumbent since 24 April 2019. The Russian ambassador to Somalia is a non-resident ambassador who has dual accreditation as the ambassador to Djibouti.
Formal diplomatic relations between Somalia and the Soviet Union were established in 1960. was appointed as the first ambassador on 25 November 1960. Exchange of ambassadors continued throughout the following years. With the Somali Civil War resulting in a collapse of centralised government, the Soviet embassy was evacuated in 1991. Diplomatic relations remained broken off until being restored with the Federal Government of Somalia in 2013. Since then, the Russian ambassador to Djibouti has had dual accreditation as the non-resident ambassador to Somalia.