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Ceremony for presenting letters of credence

Vladimir Putin received the letters of credence from newly appointed ambassadors of foreign nations. The ceremony took place in the St Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

January 15, 2026
16:30
The Kremlin, Moscow
36 photos
  • Before the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Aide to the President Yury Ushakov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Alenka Suhadolnik (Republic of Slovenia) at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Mohamed Abukar Zubeyr (Federal Republic of Somalia) at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Shobini Kaushala Gunasekera (Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka), Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Aide to the President Yury Ushakov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Nicolas Louis Marie Olivier de Rivière (French Republic) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Stephan Sylvain Sambou (Republic of Senegal) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Joseph Nzabamwita (Republic of Rwanda) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Daniel Kostoval (Czech Republic) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Sidati Cheikh Ould Ahmed Aisha (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Mawlawi Gul Hassan Hassan (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Toufik Djouama (People's Democratic Republic of Algeria) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Sara Feronha Martins (Portuguese Republic) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Nazrul Islam (People's Republic of Bangladesh) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Sérgio Rodrigues dos Santos (Federative Republic of Brazil) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Heidi Olufsen (Kingdom of Norway) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Anna Christina Thérése Johannesson (Kingdom of Sweden) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Hamdy Shaaban Abdelhalim Mohammed (Arab Republic of Egypt) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Jorge Ignacio Zorro Sánchez (Republic of Colombia) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Sami Mohammed Al-Sadhan (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Koma Steem Jehu-Appiah (Republic of Ghana) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Monica Ndiliawike Nashandi (Republic of Namibia) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Gerhard Sailler (Republic of Austria) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Enrique Orta González (Republic of Cuba) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Faisal Niaz Tirmizi (Islamic Republic of Pakistan) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Lee Sok-bae (Republic of Korea) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Manuel Augusto De Cossío Klüver (Republic of Peru) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, TASS
  • With María del Rosario Portell Casanova (Oriental Republic of Uruguay) at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, TASS
  • With Bashir Saleh Azzam (Republic of Lebanon) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • With Abdul-Karim Hashim Mostafa (Republic of Iraq) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, TASS
  • With Stefano Beltrame (Italian Republic) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, TASS
  • With Abdul Raheem Abdul Latheef (Republic of Maldives) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, TASS
  • At the ceremony to present diplomatic credentials. Photo: Sergei Bobylev, RIA Novosti

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Publication date: January 15, 2026, 16:30

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/79011

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