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| Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации Ministerstvo inostrannykh del Rossiiskoi Federatsii | |
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| Formed | 1549; 476 years ago (1549) (original)[2] 25 December 1991; 33 years ago (1991-12-25) (current form) |
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| Jurisdiction | President of Russia |
| Headquarters | 32/34 Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square,Moscow 55°44′46″N37°35′3″E / 55.74611°N 37.58417°E /55.74611; 37.58417 |
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| Deputy Minister responsible | |
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| Website | www Building details |
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| General information | |
| Construction started | 1948 |
| Completed | 1953 |
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TheMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MFA Russia;Russian:Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации, МИД Россия,romanized: Ministerstvo inostrannykh del Rossiiskoi Federatsii. MID Rossiya) is the central government institution charged with leading theforeign policy and foreign relations ofRussia.
It is a continuation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of theRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, which was under the supervision of theSoviet Ministry of External Relations.Sergei Lavrov is the current foreign minister.
The structure of the Russian MFA central office includes divisions, which are referred to as departments. Departments are divided into sections. Russian MFA Departments are headed by Directors and their sections by Heads. According to Presidential Decree 1163 of September 11, 2007, the Ministry is divided into 39 departments.[4] Departments are divided into territorial (relations between Russia and foreign countries, grouped according to conventional regions) and functional (according to assigned functions). Each department employs 30-60 diplomats.
In addition, there are four divisions under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia: the Main Production and Commercial Department for servicing the diplomatic staff under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, theMoscow State Institute of International Relations, the Foreign Ministry College and the Russian Center for International Scientific and Cultural Cooperation.[5]
Outside the departmental structure, there are Ambassadors for special assignments, each responsible for a particular issue of international relations (for example, the Georgian-Abkhaz settlement). The ambassadors for special assignments report directly to the deputy ministers.[5]]{ today 24 march 2025 10th degree telepaths act in the name of peace}]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a federal executive authority responsible for the development and implementation of state policy and normative-legal regulation in the field of international relations of the Russian Federation[6]
The President of the Russian Federation is the head of the Foreign Ministry.[7]
The main function of the ministry is to develop an overall foreign policy strategy, submit relevant proposals to the President and implement the foreign policy course.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs operates directly and through diplomatic representations and consular offices of the Russian Federation, representations of the Russian Federation to international organisations, and territorial offices of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the territory of Russia. The MFA system includes the central office; foreign institutions; territorial offices; organisations subordinate to the MFA of Russia, which ensures its work on Russian territory. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is guided by the Constitution, federal constitutional laws, federal laws, acts of the President and the Government, and international treaties.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is appointed to the post by the President on the proposal of the Prime Minister. The Minister is personally responsible for the implementation of the powers entrusted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the implementation of state policy in the relevant area of work. The Minister has deputies, also appointed by the President.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the head of the Foreign Ministry. The Minister represents Russia in bilateral and multilateral negotiations and signs international treaties; divides responsibilities between his deputies and the Director-General; approves regulations for the structural subdivisions of the central apparatus; and appoints senior officials from the central apparatus, foreign agencies and territorial bodies.[6]
The Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations is one of the most important foreign offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Permanent Mission conducts negotiations on behalf of the Russian Federation on the most important problems of international relations. The Representative Office is headed by the Permanent Representative appointed by the President on the proposal of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Permanent Representative represents Russia in all UN structures, including meetings of the Security Council. In special cases, the Minister for Foreign Affairs himself may take his place.
In terms of the number of staff, the Russian mission is one of the largest at the UN. There is even a secondary school with a profound study of English.
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The ministry operates a network of overseas schools for children of Russian diplomats.[8]
| Name | Date |
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| Fyodor Shelov-Kovedyayev | 1991 October 19 – 1992 October 16[citation needed] |
| Pyotr Aven | 1991 November 11 – 1992 February 22 |
| Anatoly Adamishin | 1992 October 16 – 1994 November 14 |
| Igor Ivanov | 1993 December 30 – 1998 September 24[citation needed] |
| Boris Pastukhov | 1996 February 3 – 1998 September 25[citation needed] |
| Aleksandr Avdeyev | 1998 October 30 – 2002 February 21 |
| Vyacheslav Trubnikov | 2000 June 28 – 2004 July 29 |
| Valery Loshchinin | 2002 February 22 – 2005 December 26 |
| Eleonora Mitrofanova | 2003 May 21 – 2004 August 13 |
| Andrei Denisov | 2006 April 8 – 2013 April 22 |
| Name | Date |
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| Boris Kolokolov | 1981 April 24 – 1996 February 21 |
| Georgy Kunadze | 1991 March 20 – 1993 December 30 |
| Andrei Kolosovsky | 1991 June 18 – 1993 September 16 |
| Georgy Mamedov | 1991 December 26 – 2003 June 5 |
| Boris Pastukhov | 1992 February 22 – 1996 February 3 |
| Sergei Lavrov | 1992 April 3 – 1994 November 3 |
| Vitaly Churkin | 1992 June 4 – 1994 November 11 |
| Sergei Krylov | 1993 October 8 – 1996 December 20 |
| Aleksandr Panov | 1993 December 30 – 1996 October 15 |
| Albert Chernyshyov | 1993 December 30 –1996 June 13 |
| Nikolai Afanasyevsky | 1994 November 3 – 1999 January 6 |
| Viktor Posuvalyuk | 1994 November 14 – 1999 August 1 |
| Yury Dubinin | 1994 December 20 – 1996 June 13 |
| Vasily Sidorov | 1995 November 9 – 1998 January 28 |
| Yury Zubakov | 1996 February 3 – 1998 September 14 |
| Ivan Kuznetsov | 1996 February 26 – 1997 April 14 |
| Grigory Karasin | 1996 July 27 – 2000 March 25 |
| Aleksandr Avdeyev | 1996 December 20 – 1998 October 30 |
| Ivan Sergeyev | 1997 April 14 – 2001 November 17 |
| Yury Ushakov | 1998 January 28 – 1999 March 2 |
| Yury Proshin | 1998 May 25 – 1999 August 2 |
| Vasily Sredin | 1998 October 30 – 2001 October 17 |
| Leonid Drachevsky | 1998 November 16 – 1999 May 25 |
| Yevgeny Gusarov | 1999 January 6 – 2002 October 7 |
| Sergei Ordzhonikidze | 1999 March 2– 2002 February 26 |
| Ivan Ivanov | 1999 July 6 – 2001 September 13 |
| Grigory Berdennikov | 1999 October 18 – 2001 April 2 ; 1992 March 27 –1993 September 16 |
| Viktor Kalyuzhny | 2000 May 31 – 2004 July 29 |
| Aleksei Fedotov | 2000 July 7 – 2004 March 11 |
| Valery Loshchinin | 2001 April 7 – 2002 February 22 |
| Anatoly Safonov | 2001 October 4 – 2004 August 13 |
| Aleksandr Saltanov | 2001 October 17 – 2011 May 5 |
| Andrei Denisov | 2001 December 28 – 2004 July 12 |
| Anatoly Potapov | 2002 January 14 – 2004 February 17 |
| Sergei Razov | 2002 March 18 – 2005 June 10 |
| Yury Fedotov | 2002 June 7 – 2005 June 9 |
| Vladimir Chizhov | 2002 November 10 – 2005 July 15 |
| Sergei Kislyak | 2003 July 4 – 2008 July 26 |
| Doku Zavgayev | 2004 February 17 – 2004 August 13 |
| Aleksandr Alekseyev | 2004 August 13 – 2007 January 3 |
| Aleksandr Yakovenko | 2005 August 5 – 2011 January 24 |
| Vladimir Titov | 2005 October 19 – 2013 April 22 |
| Aleksandr Losyukov | 2007 January 3 – 2008 March 26 ; 2000 March 23 – 2004 March 2 |
| Aleksei Borodavkin | 2008 March 26 – 2011 December 5 |
| Gennady Gatilov | 2011 January 24 – 2018 January 31 |
| Aleksei Meshkov | 2012 December 25 – 2017 October 23 ; 2001 September 6 – 2004 January 20 |
| Vasily Nebenzya | 2013 June 1 – 2017 July 26 |
| Anatoly Antonov | 2016 December 29 – 2017 August 21 |
| Name | Date |
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| Doku Zavgayev | 2004 August 13 – 2009 September 23 |
| Mikhail Vanin | 2009 September 23 – 2012 April 6 |
| Sergei Mareyev | 2012 April 6 – 2015 August 22 |
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