Relationship dossier
Argentina
Russia
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation persists alongside Argentina’s sharp political divergence from Russia over Ukraine.
Argentina toward Russia
+5Argentina pursued nuclear-energy cooperation with Russia and accepted Russian Sputnik V vaccine deliveries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Argentina later condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and, under President Javier Milei, adopted a more explicitly pro-Western foreign policy.
Russia toward Argentina
+20Russia and Argentina established a strategic partnership and pursued cooperation on nuclear energy. Russia also supplied Sputnik V vaccines to Argentina during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship has a foundation of strategic and practical cooperation, including nuclear-energy ties and Russian vaccine deliveries. Political divergence over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, alongside Argentina’s foreign-policy shift under Milei, complicates that partnership.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Argentina and Russia have maintained substantive cooperation, including a strategic partnership and cooperation on nuclear energy and COVID-19 vaccines. Relations have also been affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Argentina condemned the invasion, while the Milei government adopted a more openly pro-Western foreign policy. The relationship therefore combines practical cooperation with significant political divergence.
Areas of tension
- Argentina’s condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its subsequent pro-Western foreign-policy orientation.
Key developments
Argentina and Russia established a strategic partnership and signed agreements including cooperation on peaceful nuclear energy.
Argentina received Russian Sputnik V vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Argentina condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which earlier bilateral agreements remain active under Argentina’s changed foreign policy is unclear.
- The scope of current bilateral trade and government cooperation is unclear.