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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MFA Russia; russian: Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации, МИД РФ) is the central government institution charged with leading the foreign policy and
foreign relations A state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterally or through m ...
of
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
. It is a continuation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
, which was under the supervision of the Soviet Ministry of External Relations. Sergei Lavrov is the current foreign minister.


Structure of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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. 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, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, the Foreign Ministry College and the Russian Center for International Scientific and Cultural Cooperation. 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.


Functioning of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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 The President of the Russian Federation is the head of the Foreign Ministry. 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.


Minister of Foreign Affairs

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.


Russia's Permanent Mission to the United Nations

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.


List of heads of Foreign Affairs


Overseas schools

The ministry operates a network of overseas schools for children of Russian diplomats.


First Deputy Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation

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Fyodor Shelov-Kovedyayev Fyodor, Fedor (russian: Фёдор) or Feodor is the Russian form of the name " Theodore" meaning “God’s Gift”. Fedora () is the feminine form. Fyodor and Fedor are two English transliterations of the same Russian name. It may refer to: Gi ...
(19 October 1991 – 16 October 1992) *
Pyotr Aven Petr Olegovich Aven (also transliterated Pyotr Aven; russian: Пëтр Олегович Авен; Latvian: Pjotrs Avens; born 16 March 1955) is a Russian oligarch, businessman, economist and politician who also holds Latvian citizenship. Until ...
(11 November 1991 – 22 February 1992) *
Anatoly Adamishin Anatoly Leonidovich Adamishin (russian: link=no, Анатолий Леонидович Адамишин) (born 11 October 1934) is a Russian diplomat, politician and businessman. Adamishin graduated from Moscow State University M. V. Lo ...
(16 October 1992 – 14 November 1994) *
Igor Ivanov Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov (born 23 September 1945) is a Russian politician who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004 under both the Yeltsin and the Putin administrations. Early life Ivanov was born in 1945 in Moscow to a Russian fathe ...
(30 December 1993 – 24 September 1998) *
Boris Pastukhov Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ...
(3 February 1996 – 25 September 1998) * Aleksandr Avdeyev (30 October 1998 – 21 February 2002) *
Vyacheslav Trubnikov Vyacheslav Ivanovich Trubnikov (russian: Вячеслав Иванович Трубников; 25 April 1944 – 18 April 2022) was a Russian journalist, political scientist, intelligence officer, and diplomat. He worked as the Director of Forei ...
(28 June 2000 – 29 July 2004) *
Valery Loshchinin The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name ''Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The S ...
(22 February 2002 – 26 December 2005) *
Eleonora Mitrofanova Eleonora Valentinovna Mitrofanova (russian: Элеонора Валентиновна Митрофанова; born 11 June 1953) is a Russian diplomat. She currently serves as the Ambassador of Russia to Bulgaria, having held the post since 15 Ja ...
(21 May 2003 – 13 August 2004) * Andrei Denisov (8 April 2006 – 22 April 2013)


Current First Deputy Foreign Minister

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Vladimir Titov Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov (russian: Владимир Георгиевич Титов; born 1 January 1947 in Sretensk, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia) is a retired Russian Air Force Colonel and former cosmonaut. He has participated in four spacefli ...
(22 April 2013 – present) :*(relations with European countries)


Deputy Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation

* Boris Kolokolov (24 April 1981 – 21 February 1996) *
Georgy Kunadze Georgy may refer to: *Georgy (given name) *Diminituve for Georgina *Georgy, the protagonist in '' Georgy Girl'' novel, film, and song * ''Georgy'' (musical), a musical from the novel ''Georgy Girl'' See also *Georgi (disambiguation) *Georgiy Georgy ...
(20 March 1991 – 30 December 1993) *
Andrei Kolosovsky Andrei, Andrey or Andrej (in Cyrillic script: Андрэй , Андрей or Андреј) is a form of Andreas/ Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk (–1399), Lithuanian nobleman *An ...
(18 June 1991 – 16 September 1993) * Georgy Mamedov (26 December 1991 – 5 June 2003) *
Boris Pastukhov Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ...
(22 February 1992 – 3 February 1996) * Sergei Lavrov (3 April 1992 – 3 November 1994) *
Vitaly Churkin Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin ( rus, Вита́лий Ива́нович Чу́ркин, p=vʲɪˈtalʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕurkʲɪn; 21 February 1952 – 20 February 2017) was a Russian diplomat and former child actor. Churkin served as Russia ...
(4 June 1992 – 11 November 1994) * Sergei Krylov (8 October 1993 – 20 December 1996) * Aleksandr Panov (30 December 1993 – 15 October 1996) *
Albert Chernyshyov Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Alber ...
(30 December 1993 – 13 June 1996) *
Nikolai Afanasyevsky Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas. It may refer to: People Royalty * Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855 * Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Niko ...
(3 November 1994 – 6 January 1999) *
Viktor Posuvalyuk The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...
(14 November 1994 – 1 August 1999) * Yury Dubinin (20 December 1994 – 13 June 1996) *
Vasily Sidorov Vasily Sergeyevich Sidorov ( rus, Василий Сергеевич Сидоров; 2 January 1945 – 12 April 2020) was a Soviet and Russian diplomat. He served in various diplomatic roles since the 1970s, particularly with the United Nations ...
(9 November 1995 – 28 January 1998) * Yury Zubakov (3 February 1996 – 14 September 1998) * Ivan Kuznetsov (26 February 1996 – 14 April 1997) * Aleksandr Avdeyev (20 December 1996 – 30 October 1998) * Ivan Sergeyev (14 April 1997 – 17 November 2001) * Yury Ushakov (28 January 1998 – 2 March 1999) * Yury Proshin (25 May 1998 – 2 August 1999) *
Vasily Sredin Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy ( Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil''. It may refer to: *Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 *Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince fr ...
(30 October 1998 – 17 October 2001) * Leonid Drachevsky (16 November 1998 – 25 May 1999) *
Yevgeny Gusarov Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include: :''Note: Occasionally, a person may b ...
(6 January 1999 – 7 October 2002) * Sergei Ordzhonikidze (2 March 1999 – 26 February 2002) * Ivan Ivanov (6 July 1999 – 13 September 2001) *
Grigory Berdennikov Grigory, Grigori and Grigoriy are Russian masculine given names. It may refer to watcher angels or more specifically to the egrḗgoroi or Watcher angels. Grigory * Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009), Russian novelist * Grigory Barenblatt (192720 ...
(27 March 1992 – 16 September 1993; 18 October 1999 – 2 April 2001) * Viktor Kalyuzhny (31 May 2000 – 29 July 2004) *
Aleksei Fedotov Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin ...
(7 July 2000 – 11 March 2004) *
Valery Loshchinin The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name ''Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The S ...
(7 April 2001 – 22 February 2002) * Anatoly Safonov (4 October 2001 – 13 August 2004) *
Aleksandr Saltanov Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
(17 October 2001 – 5 May 2011) * Andrei Denisov (28 December 2001 – 12 July 2004) *
Anatoly Potapov Anatoly (russian: Анато́лий, Anatólij , uk, Анато́лій, Anatólij ) is a common Russian and Ukrainian male given name, derived from the Greek name ''Anatolios'', meaning "sunrise." Other common Russian transliterations are Ana ...
(14 January 2002 – 17 February 2004) * Sergei Razov (18 March 2002 – 10 June 2005) *
Yury Fedotov Yury Viktorovich Fedotov (russian: Юрий Викторович Федотов, 14 December 1947 – 16 June 2022) was a Russian diplomat. From 2010 to 2019 he served as executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) ...
(7 June 2002 – 9 June 2005) * Vladimir Chizhov (10 November 2002 – 15 July 2005) * Sergei Kislyak (4 July 2003 – 26 July 2008) *
Doku Zavgayev Doku Gapurovich Zavgayev (russian: Доку Гапурович Завгаев, born 22 December 1940, Beno-Yurt, Chechnya) is a Soviet and Russian statesman and politician. He was the leader of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR and later an ambassador of ...
(17 February – 13 August 2004) * Aleksandr Alekseyev (13 August 2004 – 3 January 2007) * Aleksandr Yakovenko (5 August 2005 – 24 January 2011) *
Vladimir Titov Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov (russian: Владимир Георгиевич Титов; born 1 January 1947 in Sretensk, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia) is a retired Russian Air Force Colonel and former cosmonaut. He has participated in four spacefli ...
(19 October 2005 – 22 April 2013) * Aleksandr Losyukov (23 March 2000 – 2 March 2004; 3 January 2007 – 26 March 2008) *
Aleksei Borodavkin Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin ...
(26 March 2008 – 5 December 2011) *
Aleksei Meshkov Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin ...
(6 September 2001 – 20 January 2004; 25 December 2012 – 23 October 2017) *
Vasily Nebenzya Vasily Alekseyevich Nebenzya ( rus, Василий Алексеевич Небензя; born 26 February, 1962) is a Russian diplomat and the current Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations. His official title is Ambassador Extra ...
(1 June 2013 – 26 July 2017) *
Anatoly Antonov Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov (born 15 May 1955) is a Russian military officer and diplomat who is currently the Ambassador of Russia to the United States, formally replacing Sergey Kislyak on 21 August 2017 by presidential decree. With a rep ...
(29 December 2016 – 21 August 2017) *
Gennady Gatilov Gennady ( rus, Геннадий, p=ɡʲɪˈnadʲɪj), also spelled Gennadi or Gennadiy, is a Russian male name. They are derived from the Greek given name Gennadius. People *Gennady Gladkov, Soviet and Russian composer *Gennady Golovkin, Kazakh bo ...
(24 January 2011 – 31 January 2018) *
Grigory Karasin Grigory Borisovich Karasin (russian: Григорий Борисович Карасин; born 23 August 1949) is a Russian career diplomat who formerly served as a State Secretary and a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia. Career ...
(27 July 1996 – 25 March 2000; 10 June 2005 – 10 September 2019)


Current Deputy Foreign Ministers

* Yevgeny Ivanov (5 October 2017 – present) :* (State-Secretary; relations with CIS countries, relations with other state bodies) * Sergei Ryabkov (15 August 2008 – present) :* (relations with American countries and security and disarmament issues) * Mikhail Bogdanov (12 June 2011 – present) :* (relations with African countries and the Middle East) *
Igor Morgulov Igor Vladimirovich Morgulov (russian: Игорь Владимирович Моргулов; born May 4, 1961) is a Russian diplomat, who is serving as the Russian Ambassador to China since September 2022. Diplomatic career In 1983, he graduated f ...
(22 December 2011 – present) :* (relations with Asian countries) * Oleg Syromolotov (19 March 2015 – present) :* (on countering terrorism) *
Aleksandr Pankin Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
(23 October 2017 – present) :* (relations with European organizations, countries of Western and Southern Europe) *
Aleksandr Grushko Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
(6 September 2005 – 23 October 2012; 22 January 2018 – present) * Sergei Vershinin (27 March 2018 – present) *
Andrei Rudenko Andrei, Andrey or Andrej (in Cyrillic script: Андрэй , Андрей or Андреј) is a form of Andreas/ Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk (–1399), Lithuanian nobleman *An ...
(19 September 2019 – present)


General Directors of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

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Doku Zavgayev Doku Gapurovich Zavgayev (russian: Доку Гапурович Завгаев, born 22 December 1940, Beno-Yurt, Chechnya) is a Soviet and Russian statesman and politician. He was the leader of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR and later an ambassador of ...
(13 August 2004 – 23 September 2009) * Mikhail Vanin (23 September 2009 – 6 April 2012) *
Sergei Mareyev Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of Saint Sergius, or in Russia, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and h ...
(6 April 2012 – 22 August 2015)


Current General Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Sergei Vyazalov Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Rome, Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latins, Latin ''gens'' Gens Sergia, Sergia or Sergii of Roman Kingdom, regal and Roman Republic, republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of S ...
(22 August 2015 – present)


See also

* Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR) *
Foreign relations of Russia The foreign relations of the Russian Federation is the policy arm of the government of Russia which guides its interactions with other nations, their citizens, and foreign organizations. This article covers the foreign policy of the Russian Fed ...
* Russian Foreign Services In connection with the Moscow building that houses the Ministry's main office: *
All-Russia Exhibition Centre Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (russian: Выставка достижений народного хозяйства, ''Vystavka dostizheniy narodnogo khozyaystva'', abbreviated as VDNKh or VDNH, russian: ВДНХ, ) is a perman ...
* Hotel Leningradskaya * Ministry of Heavy Industry of Russia *
Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...
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Palace of Soviets The Palace of the Soviets (russian: Дворец Советов, ''Dvorets Sovetov'') was a project to construct a political convention center in Moscow on the site of the demolished Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The main function of the pa ...
* Academy of Science (Riga) *
Seven Sisters (Moscow) The Seven Sisters (russian: links=no, Сталинские высотки, Stalinskie Vysotki, Stalin's high-rises) are a group of seven skyscrapers in Moscow designed in the Stalinist style. They were built from 1947 to 1953 in an elaborate ...
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Triumph-Palace Triumph Palace (russian: Триу́мф-Пала́с, Romanization of Russian, transliterated as ''Triumf Palas'') is the tallest apartment building in Moscow and all of Europe. It is sometimes called the Eighth Sister because it is similar in app ...
* Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science


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