The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation is, since 2008, the

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n federal ministry responsible for

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. This ministry was created in May 2008 as part of a reorganization by the incoming government of

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Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...

. It is headquartered in

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. The former Ministry of Industry and Energy was turned into the

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, whose present Minister is

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, gaining responsibility for trade policy from the former Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, but losing responsibility for energy policy, which was split off into the new Ministry of Energy. The former Federal Agency for Energy ( Rosenergo) was also merged into the new Ministry of Energy.

Ministers

References

External links

Official Site

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