Ambassador

His Excellency Mr. Aleksei Novikov

Born on 13 August 1960.

Graduated from the Moscow State Institute for International Relations in 1987.

Speaks Russian, English, Hindi, Urdu and Serbian.

Joined the diplomatic service in 1987. Worked in the Embassy of the USSR in Nepal (1987-1992) and the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in New York (1994-1999, 2002-2007). 

2010-2015 – Consul General of the Russian Federation in Mumbai, India;

2015-2019 – Deputy Director, Department of Human Resources, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation;

Since 2019 – Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Nepal.

Presented his credentials to the President of Nepal on August 12, 2019.

Diplomatic rank: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 1^st class.

Married, with a son and daughter.