Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Russian Federation
Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации; Ministerstvo inostrannykh del Rossiiskoi Federatsii
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Agency overview
Formed	1549 (original); 25 December 1991 (current form)
Preceding agencies	Collegium of Foreign Affairs; Ministry of External Relations (1991);
Jurisdiction	President of Russia
Headquarters	32/34 Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square, Moscow; 55°44′46″N 37°35′3″E / 55.74611°N 37.58417°E
Minister responsible	Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Deputy Ministers responsible	Sergei Butin, First Deputy Minister; Yevgeny Ivanov; Aleksandr Pankin; Alexander Grushko; Sergei Vershinin; Andrei Rudenko; Mikhail Galuzin; Sergey Ryabkov;
Agency executives	Alexey Ostrovsky, Director-General; Yevgeny Ivanov, State Secretary ;
Child agency	Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation;
Website	www.mid.ru Building details
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building
General information
Construction started	1948
Completed	1953
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MFA Russia; Russian: Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации, МИД России, romanized: Ministerstvo inostrannykh del Rossiiskoi Federatsii. MID Rossii) is the central government institution charged with leading the foreign policy and foreign relations of Russia.

It is a continuation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, which was under the supervision of the Soviet Ministry of External Relations. Sergei Lavrov is the current foreign minister.