# List of serving heads of state and government that have visited Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

A number of foreign leaders have visited Russia during the after its invasion of Ukraine, meeting with the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and other officials, and visiting areas around the country. This list only includes heads of state and government that visited Russia while serving as the head of state or government.

## List

| State | Head of state and/or government | Date(s) of visit(s) | Details of visit(s) |
| Algeria | Abdelmadjid Tebboune | 13-15 July 2023 | State Visit to Russia. |
| Algeria | Aymen Benabderrahmane | 27-28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 19-20 April 2022 | State Visit |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 16 May 2022 | CSTO Summit. |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 6-9 September 2022 | |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 7 October 2022 | Informal CIS Summit. |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 31 October 2022 | |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 23 November 2022 | CSTO Summit. |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 26-27 December 2022 | Working Visit. |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 9 May 2023 | 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 24-25 May 2023 | State Visit. |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 7-9 June 2023 | State Visit. |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 25-26 December 2023 | CIS and Eurasian Economic Union Summit. |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 8 May 2024 | Working Visit. |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 8 October 2024 | CIS Summit. |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Austria | Karl Nehammer | 11 April 2022 | Nehammer became the first European leader to visit Russia during the invasion, he visited Ukraine two days earlier. |
| Azerbaijan | Ilham Aliyev | 7 October 2022 | Informal CIS Summit. |
| Azerbaijan | Ilham Aliyev | 31 October-1 November 2022 | Working Visit. |
| Azerbaijan | Ilham Aliyev | 26 December 2022 | Working Visit. |
| Azerbaijan | Ilham Aliyev | 25 May 2023 | Working Visit. |
| Azerbaijan | Ilham Aliyev | 26 December 2023 | CIS Summit. |
| Azerbaijan | Ilham Aliyev | 22 April 2024 | Working Visit. |
| Azerbaijan | Ilham Aliyev | 8 October 2024 | CIS Summit. |
| Azerbaijan | Ilham Aliyev | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Bahrain | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | 22-23 May 2024 | State Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 11 March 2022 | Working Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 12 April 2022 | Working Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 16 May 2022 | CSTO Summit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 23 May 2022 | Working Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 15-18 June 2022 | Attended the 2022 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 24-25 June 2022 | Working Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 26 September 2022 | Working Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 7 October 2022 | Informal CIS Summit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 23 November 2022 | CSTO Summit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 26-27 December 2022 | Working Visit and CIS Summit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 17 February 2023 | Working Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 5-6 April 2023 | Working Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 9 May 2023 | 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 24-25 May 2023 | Working Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 9 June 2023 | Working Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 23 July 2023 | Working Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 15 September 2023 | Working Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 25-26 December 2023 | CIS Summit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 28-29 January 2024 | Working Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 21 February 2024 | Working Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 11-12 April 2024 | Working Visit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 8–9 May 2024 | 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 8-9 October 2024 | Working Visit and CIS Summit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 25-26 December 2024 | CIS and Eurasian Economic Union Summit. |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | 13 March 2025 | State Visit. |
| Bolivia | Luis Arce | 5-8 June 2024 | Attended the 2004 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. |
| Bolivia | Luis Arce | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Burkina Faso | Ibrahim Traoré | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Burundi | Évariste Ndayishimiye | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Cameroon | Paul Biya | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Central African Republic | Faustin-Archange Touadéra | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Central African Republic | Faustin-Archange Touadéra | 16 January 2025 | State Visit. |
| Chad | Mahamat Déby | 24 January 2024 | State Visit. |
| China | Xi Jinping | 20-22 March 2023 | |
| China | Xi Jinping | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Comoros | Azali Assoumani | 17 June 2023 | Attended as part of an African Union Peace Delegation. |
| Comoros | Azali Assoumani | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Congo | Denis Sassou Nguesso | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Congo | Denis Sassou Nguesso | 27 June 2024 | State Visit. |
| Congo | Denis Sassou Nguesso | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Cuba | Miguel Díaz-Canel | 22 November 2022 | |
| Cuba | Miguel Díaz-Canel | 8–9 May 2024 | 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Egypt | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | 15-18 June 2022 | Attended the 2022 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. |
| Egypt | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Egypt | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Equatorial Guinea | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | 2 November 2023 | Working Visit. |
| Equatorial Guinea | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | 26 September 2024 | State Visit to Russia. |
| Eritrea | Isaias Afwerki | 31 May-1 June 2023 | State Visit |
| Eritrea | Isaias Afwerki | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Ethiopia | Abiy Ahmed Ali | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Ethiopia | Abiy Ahmed Ali | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Guinea-Bissau | Umaro Sissoco Embaló | 25 October 2022 | State Visit. |
| Guinea-Bissau | Umaro Sissoco Embaló | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Guinea-Bissau | Umaro Sissoco Embaló | 9 May 2024 | 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Guinea-Bissau | Umaro Sissoco Embaló | 26 February 2025 | State Visit. |
| Hungary | Viktor Orbán | 3 September 2022 | Death and funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev |
| Hungary | Viktor Orbán | 5 July 2024 | |
| India | Narendra Modi | 8–9 July 2024 | |
| India | Narendra Modi | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Indonesia | Joko Widodo | 29-30 June 2022 | Widodo visited Ukraine the preceding day. |
| Indonesia | Prabowo Subianto | 31 July 2024 | First Visit to Russia as the President-Elect. |
| Iran | Ebrahim Raisi | 7 December 2023 | State Visit to Russia to discuss the Middle East conflict. |
| Iran | Masoud Pezeshkian | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Iran | Masoud Pezeshkian | 17 January 2025 | State Visit to sign strategic partnership agreement. |
| Iraq | Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani | 10–12 October 2023 | State Visit to discuss the Middle East Conflict |
| Israel | Naftali Bennett | 5 March 2022 | First Israeli leader to visit Russia during the invasion. Bennet tried to mediate an end to the war. |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 16 May 2022 | CSTO Summit. |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 17 June 2022 | Attended the 2022 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 19 August 2022 | Working Visit. |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 7 October 2022 | Informal CIS Summit. |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 28 November 2022 | Working Visit. |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 26 December 2022 | CIS Summit. |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 9 May 2023 | 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 25 May 2023 | Working Visit to the Eurasian Economic Council. |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 7 October 2023 | Working Visit. |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 25-26 December 2023 | Working Visit. |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 21 February 2024 | Working Visit. |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 8–9 May 2024 | 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 8 October 2024 | CIS Summit. |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 25-26 December 2024 | CIS and Eurasian Economic Union Summit. |
| Kyrgyzstan | Sadyr Japarov | 16 May 2022 | Working Visit and CSTO Summit. |
| Kyrgyzstan | Sadyr Japarov | 26 December 2022 | CIS Summit. |
| Kyrgyzstan | Sadyr Japarov | 9 May 2023 | 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Kyrgyzstan | Sadyr Japarov | 25 May 2023 | Working Visit. |
| Kyrgyzstan | Sadyr Japarov | 23 November 2023 | CSTO Summit. |
| Kyrgyzstan | Sadyr Japarov | 25-28 December 2023 | CIS Summit. |
| Kyrgyzstan | Sadyr Japarov | 21 February 2024 | Working Visit. |
| Kyrgyzstan | Sadyr Japarov | 9 May 2024 | 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Kyrgyzstan | Sadyr Japarov | 8 October 2024 | CIS Summit. |
| Kyrgyzstan | Sadyr Japarov | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Kyrgyzstan | Sadyr Japarov | 25-26 December 2024 | CIS and Eurasian Economic Union Summit. |
| Laos | Thongloun Sisoulith | 9 May 2024 | 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Laos | Thongloun Sisoulith | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Libya | Mohamed al-Menfi | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Malaysia | Anwar Ibrahim | 4-5 September 2024 | Attended the Eastern Economic Forum |
| Mali | Assimi Goïta | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Mauritania | Mohamed Ould Bilal | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Mauritania | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Mongolia | Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene | 7 September 2022 | Eastern Economic Forum. |
| Morocco | Aziz Akhannouch | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Mozambique | Filipe Nyusi | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Myanmar | Min Aung Hlaing | 7 September 2022 | |
| Myanmar | Min Aung Hlaing | 4 Narch 2025 | State Visit. |
| North Korea | Kim Jong Un | 12-17 September 2023 | |
| Pakistan | Imran Khan | 23-25 February 2022 | First World Leader to visit Russia at the beginning of Ukraine crisis. |
| Palestine | Mahmoud Abbas | 12-14 August 2024 | State Visit to Russia |
| Palestine | Mahmoud Abbas | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Senegal | Macky Sall | 3 June 2022 | Working Visit. |
| Senegal | Macky Sall | 17 June 2023 | Attended as part of an African Union peace delegation. |
| Senegal | Macky Sall | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Slovakia | Robert Fico | 22 December 2024 | Working Visit. |
| South Africa | Cyril Ramaphosa | 17 June 2023 | Attended as part of an African Peace Mission. |
| South Africa | Cyril Ramaphosa | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| South Africa | Cyril Ramaphosa | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| South Sudan | Salva Kiir | 28 September 2023 | Working Visit. |
| Syria | Bashar al-Assad | 14-15 March 2023 | |
| Syria | Bashar al-Assad | 24-25 July 2024 | Working Visit |
| Syria | Bashar al-Assad | 28 November 2024 | Working Visit |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | 16 May 2022 | CSTO Summit. |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | 7 October 2022 | Informal CIS Summit. |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | 23 November 2022 | CSTO Summit. |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | 26 December 2022 | Working Visit and CIS Summit. |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | 9 May 2023 | 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | 21-22 November 2023 | Working Visit. |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | 25-25 December 2023 | CIS Summit. |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | 21 February 2024 | Working Visit. |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | 9 May 2024 | 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | 8 October 2024 | CIS Summit. |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | 24-25 December 2024 | Working Visit and Informal CIS Summit. |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | 17 March 2025 | Working Visit. |
| Tanzania | Kassim Majaliwa | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Turkey | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 5 August 2022 | |
| Turkey | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 4 September 2023 | |
| Turkey | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Turkmenistan | Serdar Berdimuhamedow | 10 June 2022 | State Visit. |
| Turkmenistan | Serdar Berdimuhamedow | 7 October 2022 | Informal CIS Summit. |
| Turkmenistan | Serdar Berdimuhamedow | 26-27 December 2022 | CIS Summit. |
| Turkmenistan | Serdar Berdimuhamedow | 9 May 2023 | 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Turkmenistan | Serdar Berdimuhamedow | 26 December 2023 | CIS Summit. |
| Turkmenistan | Serdar Berdimuhamedow | 9 May 2024 | 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Turkmenistan | Serdar Berdimuhamedow | 8 October 2024 | CIS Summit. |
| Turkmenistan | Serdar Berdimuhamedow | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Turkmenistan | Serdar Berdimuhamedow | 25 December 2024 | Informal CIS Summit. |
| Uganda | Yoweri Museveni | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| United Arab Emirates | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 11 October 2022 | State Visit. |
| United Arab Emirates | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 16 June 2023 | Met with Putin at the sidelines of the 2023 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. |
| United Arab Emirates | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 20–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| United Nations | António Guterres | 25-26 April 2022 | Met with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| United Nations | António Guterres | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Uzbekistan | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | 7 October 2022 | Informal CIS Summit. |
| Uzbekistan | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | 26–27 December 2022 | CIS Summit. |
| Uzbekistan | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | 9 May 2023 | 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Uzbekistan | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | 5-7 October 2023 | |
| Uzbekistan | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | 25-26 December 2023 | CIS Summit. |
| Uzbekistan | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | 21 February 2024 | Working Visit. |
| Uzbekistan | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | 9 May 2024 | 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade |
| Uzbekistan | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | 8 October 2024 | CIS Summit. |
| Uzbekistan | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Uzbekistan | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | 25 December 2024 | Informal CIS Summit. |
| Venezuela | Nicolás Maduro | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Vietnam | Phạm Minh Chính | 22–24 October 2024 | 2024 BRICS summit |
| Zambia | Hakainde Hichilema | 17 June 2023 | Attended as part of an African Union Peace delegation. |
| Zimbabwe | Emmerson Mnangagwa | 27–28 July 2023 | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
| Zimbabwe | Emmerson Mnangagwa | 5-8 June 2024 | Attended the 2004 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. |