page_title: North Macedonia–Russia relations
section_title: History of relations
hierarchical_section_title: North Macedonia–Russia relations / History of relations
caption_attribution_description: The russian consulate and the austrian library in the center of Bitola
context_page_description: North Macedonia–Russia relations are bilateral relations between the Republic of North Macedonia and the Russian Federation. North Macedonia has an embassy in Moscow and a consulate in St. Petersburg, while Russia has an embassy in Skopje and consulates in Bitola and Ohrid. Chargé d'Affaires of North Macedonia in Moscow is Olivera Čauševska-Dimovska, while the Russian ambassador in Skopje is Sergey Bazdnikin.
context_section_description: Russia recognized North Macedonia as an independent state on August 4, 1992, about one year after the then Republic of Macedonia's declaration of independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Russian Federation by that move became the first major power in the world to recognize the country under its former constitutional name Republic of Macedonia, The establishment of full diplomatic relations between the two states took place on 31 January 1994.
  Over 40 agreements were signed by the Republic of North Macedonia and the Russian Federation in the first 15 years of their bilateral relations, among them the important Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation in 1998.
caption: The Russian consulate in Bitola.
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