Relationship dossier
Mexico
Russia
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation, including vaccine procurement, alongside disagreement over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Mexico toward Russia
+10Mexico authorized Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in February 2021 and procured doses. In March 2022, Mexico voted for a United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while declining to join sanctions against Russia.
Russia toward Mexico
+20Russia supplied Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine doses to Mexico under a procurement arrangement. The extent of other Russian government cooperation with Mexico is unclear.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes practical cooperation in vaccine supply but has limited strategic depth. Mexico’s support for a United Nations resolution condemning the invasion of Ukraine contrasts with its decision not to join sanctions, leaving the bilateral relationship neither a close partnership nor a sustained 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
Mexico and Russia have maintained practical bilateral engagement, including cooperation on COVID-19 vaccines, but their relationship has limited strategic depth and diverged sharply over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mexico supported a 2022 United Nations resolution condemning the invasion, while continuing to refrain from joining Western sanctions. Vaccine procurement provided a concrete area of cooperation, though the breadth of other bilateral arrangements is unclear.
Areas of tension
- Mexico’s support for United Nations condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine contrasts with Russia’s position on the war.
Key developments
Mexico authorized Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.
Mexico voted for a United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond vaccine procurement are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing government-to-government cooperation after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is uncertain.