The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [RuCl2(C13H9N3)-(CO)(2)], consists of four crystallographically independent Ru-II complexes. Each RuII atom is in a distorted octahedral environment coordinated by two carbonyl ligands, two Cl atoms and a chelating 2-(2-pyridyl)-1,8-naphthyridine (pynp) ligand. The carbonyl ligands are cis to each other, while the Cl atoms are trans. Relatively short interatomic distances (2.60-2.67 angstrom) between the uncoordinated N atom of pynp and the C atom of the carbonyl imply a donor-acceptor interaction between the pynp and carbonyl ligands.