Yevgeny Matveyevich Samoteykin (); 18 October 1928 – 20 July 2014) was a Soviet Russian diplomat. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was the Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Australia and to a lesser-degree, Nauru, Fiji and Vanuatu. He served from 24 April 1983 until 22 August 1990. He was also the Ambassador to Papua New Guinea from 1986 until 1990.