Military Police (Russia)

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Main Directorate of the Military Police Главное управление военной полиции Минобороны РФ
Official emblem of Military Police of Russia
Small emblem of Military Police of Russia
Common name	Voennaya politsiya
Abbreviation	VP
Agency overview
Formed	1 December, 2011
Preceding agency	Commandant's Service
Employees	6,500 active personnel
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Russia
General nature	Military police
Operational structure
Overseen by	Ministry of Defence
Agency executive	Colonel General Sergey Kuralenko [ru], Commander
Parent agency	Armed Forces
Notables
Significant operations	Russian military intervention in Syria 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Military Police of Russia (Russian: Военная полиция России, Voennaya politsiya or VP) is the uniformed law enforcement branch of the Russian Armed Forces, which is known by the official name of Main Directorate of the Military Police (Главное управление военной полиции Минобороны РФ), and it is operated by the Russian Ministry of Defence.

The Chief of Military Police is ex officio the First Deputy Minister of Defence. The current Chief of Military Police is Colonel General Sergey Kuralenko who replaced Lieutenant General Vladimir Ivanovsky since February 2020.