Alexander Ivanovich Alexeyev (Russian: ????????? ???????? ????????, born Shitov (?????); 1 August 1913 – 1989) was a Soviet intelligence agent who posed first as a journalist and later a diplomat.
His arrival in Havana on 1 October 1959 inaugurated a new era in Soviet-Cuban relations.
Alexeyev was later appointed as the Soviet Ambassador to Cuba, and played a vital role in easing tensions during the Cuban Missile Crisis.