On April 3, 2019, Russian President signed a decree appointing Aleksey Pavlovski as new Russian ambassador to Australia. From 2006 to 2011 he was the Deputy Director of the 4th CIS Department and Director from July 4, 2011 to April 2019.

On February 14, 2019, in Moscow, at the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Russian Federation, regular round of consultations was held between Russia and Abkhazia. Aleksey Pavlovski, Director of the 4th CIS Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and Igor Akhba, de facto ambassador of Abkhazia to Russia, participated in the meeting.