Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Russian Federation^[1]
Agency overview
Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации
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Ministry flag
Formed	1549; 475 years ago (1549) (original)^[2] 25 December 1991; 32 years ago (1991-12-25) (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 / 55.74611; 37.58417
Minister responsible	Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Deputy Minister responsible	Vladimir Titov, First Deputy Minister Oleg Syromolotov Mikhail Bogdanov Gennadiy Gatilov Aleksey Meshkov Igor Morgulov Sergey Ryabkov ^[3]
Agency executives	Sergey Vyazalov, Director-General Grigoriy Karasin, State Secretary ^[3]
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 РФ) 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.

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