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New Powers That Be

By Alexander Winning

Vladimir Putin
President


Ministries reporting directly to the president
Interior Ministry

Vladimir Kolokoltsev

Foreign Ministry

Sergei Lavrov

  • Federal Agency for CIS Affairs
Justice Ministry

Alexander Konovalov

  • Federal Prison Service (служба исполнения наказаний)
  • Federal Court Marshals Service (служба судебных приставов)
Emergency Situations Ministry

Vladimir Puchkov

Defense Ministry

Anatoly Serdyukov

  • Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation (служба по военно-техническому сотрудничеству)
  • Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (служба по техническому и экспортному контролю)
  • Federal Agency for Special Construction (агентство специального строительства)
  • Federal Agency for Arms Supply, Military Technology and Equipment (агентство по поставкам вооружения, военной, специальной техники и материальных средств)

Federal agencies reporting directly to the president
  • State Courier Service (Государственная фельдъегерская служба)
  • Federal Security Service (Федеральная служба безопасности)
  • Federal Drug Control Service (Федеральная служба по контролю за оборотом наркотиков)
  • Federal Guard Service (Федеральная служба охраны)
  • Federal Financial Monitoring Service (служба по финансовому мониторингу)
  • Office for Special Presidential Programs (Главное управление специальных программ Президента)
  • Department of Presidential Affairs (Управление делами президента РФ)

Dmitry Medvedev
Prime Minister


First Deputy Prime Minister

Igor Shuvalov

Ministries supervised:

  • Finance Ministry,
  • Economic Development Ministry,
  • Far East Development Ministry

Deputy Prime Minister

Dmitry Rogozin

With additional responsibility for the energy and space industries

Ministries supervised:

  • Defense Ministry (also report to Putin),
  • Emergency Situations Ministry (also report to Putin)

Deputy Prime Minister

Olga Golodets

With additional responsibility for priority national projects, demographic politics and tourism

Ministries supervised:

  • Health Ministry,
  • Education and Science Ministry,
  • Labor and Social Services Ministry,
  • Culture Ministry

Deputy Prime Minister

Alexander Khloponin

With responsibility for North Caucasus affairs

Deputy Prime Minister

Vladislav Surkov

With additional responsibility for the public administration and innovation
Cabinet chief of staff

Ministries supervised:

  • Justice Ministry (also reports to Putin),
  • Communications and Press Ministry

Deputy Prime Minister

Arkady Dvorkovich

Ministries supervised:

  • Agriculture Ministry,
  • Industry and Trade Ministry,
  • Energy Ministry,
  • Natural Resources and Environment Ministry,
  • Transportation Ministry

Deputy Prime Minister

Dmitry Kozak

With additional responsibility for preparations for the Sochi Winter Olympics, construction and the housing and utilities sector

Ministries supervised:

  • Sports Ministry,
  • Regional Development Ministry

Ministries reporting to the prime minister
Health Ministry

Veronika Skvortsova

  • Federal Health Inspection Service (служба по надзору в сфере здравоохранения)
  • Federal Biomedical Agency (медико- биологическое агентство)

Far East Development Ministry

Viktor Ishayev

Transportation Ministry

Maxim Sokolov

  • Federal Transportation Inspection Service (служба по надзору в сфере транспорта)
  • Federal Air Transportation Agency (агентство воздушного транспорта)
  • Federal Road Agency (дорожное агентство)
  • Federal Railway Agency (агентство железнодорожного транспорта)
  • Federal Sea and River Transportation Agency (агентство морского и речного транспорта)
Culture Ministry

Vladimir Medinsky

  • Federal Archive Agency (архивное агентство)
  • Federal Tourism Agency (агентство по туризму)

Regional Development Ministry

Oleg Govorun

  • Federal Agency for Construction, Housing and Utilities (агентство по строительству и жилищно-коммунальному хозяйству)

Labor and Social Services Ministry

Maxim Topilin

  • Federal Labor and Employment Service (служба по труду и занятости)

Energy Ministry

Alexander Novak

Education and Science Ministry

Dmitry Livanov

  • Federal Inspection Service for Education and Science (служба по надзору в сфере образования и науки)
  • Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (агентство по делам молодёжи)

Communications and Press Ministry

Nikolai Nikiforov

  • Federal Mass Media Inspection Service (служба по надзору в сфере связи, информационных технологий и массовых коммуникаций)
  • Federal Press and Mass Media Agency (агентство по печати и массовым коммуникациям)
  • Federal Communications Agency (агентство связи)

Finance Ministry

Anton Siluanov

  • Federal Tax Service (налоговая служба)
  • Federal Service for Financial and Budgetary Inspection (служба финансово-бюджетного надзора)
  • Federal Treasury (Федеральное казначейство)

Natural Resources and Environment Ministry

Sergei Donskoi

  • Federal Meteorological Service (служба по гидрометеорологии и мониторингу окружающей среды)
  • Federal Inspection Service for Natural Resources Use (служба по надзору в сфере природопользования)
  • Federal Water Resources Agency (агентство водных ресурсов)
  • Federal Forestry Agency (агентство лесного хозяйства)
  • Federal Subsoil Resource Use Agency (агентство по недропользованию)

Agriculture Ministry

Nikolai Fyodorov

  • Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection Service (служба по ветеринарному и фитосанитарному надзору)
  • Federal Fisheries Agency (агентство по рыболовству)

Open Government liaison holding the rank of minister

Mikhail Abyzov

Industry and Trade Ministry

Denis Manturov

  • Federal Service for Technical Regulations and Measures (агентство по техническому регулированию и метрологии)

Sports Ministry

Vitaly Mutko

Economic Development Ministry

Andrei Belousov

  • Federal Accreditation Service (служба по аккредитации)
  • Federal Service of State Registration, Land Registration and Mapping (служба государственной регистрации, кадастра и картографии)
  • Federal Service for Intellectual Property (служба по интеллектуальной собственности)
  • Federal Reserves Agency (агентство по государственным резервам)
  • Federal Property Management Agency (агентство по управлению федеральным имуществом)


Federal agencies reporting to the prime minister
  • Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (антимонопольная служба)
  • State Statistics Service (служба государственной статистики)
  • Federal Migration Service (миграционная служба)
  • Federal Consumer Protection Service (служба по надзору в сфере защиты прав потребителей и благополучия человека)
  • Federal Service for Defense Contracts (служба по оборонному заказу)
  • Federal Alcohol Regulation Service (служба по регулированию алкогольного рынка)
  • Federal Customs Service (таможенная служба)
  • Federal Tariffs Service (служба по тарифам)
  • Federal Service for Financial Markets (служба по финансовым рынкам)
  • Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Atomic Inspection (служба по экологическому, технологическому и атомному надзору)
  • Federal Space Agency (космическое агентство)
  • Federal Border Development Agency (агентство по обустройству государственной границы)

Photographs by MT, Vedomosti, gud-estate.ru, archives.ru, aksimed.ru, cfo.gov.ru, potential.org.ru, oilgasfield.ru, premier.gov.ru

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