Croatia–Russia relations

Croatia–Russia relations
Diplomatic mission
Croatian embassy in Moscow	Russian embassy in Zagreb
Envoy
Tomislav Car; (since January 2019)	Andrey Nesterenko; (since 21 August 2020)

Croatia and Russia established diplomatic relations on 25 May 1992. Croatia has an embassy in Moscow and honorary consulates in Kaliningrad, Novosibirsk, and Sochi. Russia has an embassy in Zagreb and honorary consulates in Pula and Split.

While geographically not close, Croatia and Russia are both Slavic countries and thus share distant language heritage. Both countries are full members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Croatia is a popular tourist destination with Russian travelers in spite of a drastic drop in the numbers after 2014 following the Russo-Ukrainian War that caused political tension between Russia and the European Union, to which Croatia had acceded in 2013.

At the end of 2016, Russian experts were cited as judging Russian–Croatian relations to be "cold" due to conflicting interests and alliances, primarily due to Croatia aligning itself with NATO, the United States, and the European Union in international affairs.

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