Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)

See also: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации
Ministry seal
Russian Foreign Ministry Building on Moscow's Smolenskaya Square.
Agency overview
Formed	1991
Preceding agencies	Ministry of External Relations of the USSR (1991) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR (1946—1991) People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs (1917—1946) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire (1802—1917) Collegium of Foreign Affairs (1717—1802) Posolsky Prikaz (1549—1720)
Jurisdiction	President of Russia
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Minister responsible	Sergey Lavrov
Child agency	Rossotrudnichestvo
Website
www.mid.ru

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации, МИД РФ) is the central government institution charged with leading the foreign affairs of Russia. Its predecessor organisation is the Ministry of External Relations of the USSR. The current Foreign Minister is Sergey Lavrov.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Main article: List of Russian foreign ministers

• Andrey Kozyrev 1991–96
• Yevgeny Primakov 1996–98
• Igor Ivanov 1998–2004
• Sergei Lavrov 2004–

See also

• Foreign relations of Russia

In connection with the Moscow building that houses the Ministry's main office:

• All-Russia Exhibition Centre
• Hotel Leningradskaya
• Ministry of Heavy Industry of Russia
• Moscow State University
• Palace of Soviets
• Academy of Science (Riga)
• Seven Sisters (Moscow)
• Triumph-Palace
• Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science

Official website

• Ministry of Foreign affairs of the Russian Federation
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (Russian)