On 27 June 2020, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia concurrently accredited to Belarus, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Relations, the Presidential Secretariat and SriLankan Airlines repatriated by flight UL 1206 a group of Sri Lankan citizens in the Republic of Belarus, who had expressed their desire to return to Sri Lanka in the wake of Covid-19.

Ambassador-Designate of Sri Lanka to Russia Prof. M.D. Lamawansa paid a courtesy call on Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to the Russian Federation H.E. Kamrul Ahsan on June 22, 2020.