The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Togolese Republic is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Togo.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Cotonou. The post of Russian ambassador to Togo is currently held by , incumbent since 4 September 2017. Since 1992, the Russian ambassador to Togo is a non-resident ambassador who has dual accreditation as the ambassador to Benin.
Diplomatic relations at the mission level between the Soviet Union and Togo were first established on 1 May 1960. The first ambassador, Dzhabar Rasulov, was appointed on 15 June 1960. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviet ambassador, , continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1992. In 1992, the embassy in Lomé was closed as part of cost-saving measures, and the incumbent ambassador to Benin, , was appointed concurrently as ambassador to Togo, a practice that has since continued.