Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)


The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation 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.

List of heads of Foreign Affairs

Overseas schools

The ministry operates a network of overseas schools for children of Russian diplomats.

First Deputy Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation