Monaco–Russia relations

Monaco–Russia relations

Monaco	Russia

Monaco–Russia relations (Russian: Российско-монакские отношения, French: Relations entre Monaco et la Russie) is the bilateral relationship between the Principality of Monaco and the Russian Federation.

Relations between the two countries date back to the reigns of Prince Charles III of Monaco and Tsar Alexander II of the Russian Empire. During this period the two nations signed numerous treaties and agreements, including the extradition of criminals, mutual legal assistance, recognition of the civil status of people and for medical aid. After the establishment of the Order of Saint-Charles in Monaco in 1858, Tsar Alexander II became the first member of a royal family to be bestowed the Monegasque award. In 1877, Charles III appointed Chevalier Jean Plancher as the Monegasque Consul in Saint Petersburg.

Following the Russian Revolution of 1917 relations between the two states were suspended. Prior to the admittance of Monaco into the United Nations in 1993, the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union was not a priority, however the two states maintained contacts via the Soviet Embassy in Paris and the Embassy of France in Moscow.

Monaco and the Russian Federation established consular relations in July 1996. In 2002, Prince Rainier III appointed Nikolai Orlov as Monaco's honorary consulate in Saint Petersburg, and Albert II travelled to the city to open the honorary consulate on 31 July 2003. On 13 April 2006, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree directing the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to begin negotiations with their Monegasque counterparts with a view to establishing full diplomatic relations between the two states. Diplomatic relations between the two states were established on 11 July 2006 after the exchange of notes between the Russian and Monegasque embassies in Paris. On 16 March 2007, Aleksandr Avdeyev was appointed as Russian Ambassador to Monaco, in concurrence with his posting as Ambassador of Russia to France. Diplomatic relations between the two states were established on 10 April 2007.

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