Relationship dossier
Barbados
Russia
Relationship assessment
Limited practical cooperation, alongside Barbados’s opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Barbados toward Russia
-10Barbados entered a visa-waiver arrangement with Russia and voted in favor of the 2022 UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russia toward Barbados
+10Russia entered a visa-waiver arrangement with Barbados, providing a concrete basis for practical bilateral travel cooperation.
Overall relationship
0The relationship combines a practical travel arrangement with a significant political disagreement over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These features support a mixed assessment; the known bilateral conduct does not indicate a broad partnership or sustained bilateral confrontation.
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
Barbados and Russia have a limited bilateral relationship that includes a visa-waiver arrangement. Barbados supported a 2022 UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, creating a clear point of political disagreement. The available bilateral facts indicate some practical cooperation alongside that disagreement, but do not show a broad or intensive partnership.
Areas of tension
- Barbados’s support for a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Key developments
Russia and Barbados signed a visa-waiver arrangement for citizens of the two countries.
Barbados voted in favor of the UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and practical use of the visa-waiver arrangement are unclear.
- The extent of other direct government cooperation and the effects of Barbados’s position on Ukraine policy are unclear.