The ambassador of Russia to Zambia is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Zambia.
The ambassador to Zambia and his staff work at large in the Russian embassy in Lusaka. The current Russian ambassador to Zambia is , incumbent since 7 December 2021.
Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Zambia were established on 24 October 1964, shortly after its declaration of independence from the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. was appointed as ambassador on 4 March 1965. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Zambia recognised the Russian Federation as its successor state on 31 December 1991. The incumbent Soviet ambassador, , continued as ambassador from Russia until 1992.