in 1828 diplomatic ties were formed between Russia and brasil, making brasil be at that time, the only south american country to hold diplomatic connections with Russia - and despite brief periods of interruption in political relations between 1917-1945 and 1947-1961, the two nations celebrated 185 years of diplomatic ties in 2013.

since both nations are parts of high level international organizations such as the BRICS, they are both in the forefront of multilateral negotiations on economics and politics while also keeping a full agenda of bilateral matters, such as commerce, military cooperation and even representations of customs offices in each other's country to avoid problems with local legislation.