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.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs main building
(From right:) Minister Sergei Lavrov with former ministers Yevgeny Primakov and Igor Ivanov.
Russian Post's commemorative stamp of the “Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation” from 2022
Headquarters in Moscow
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was founded on 6 July 1923. It had three names during its existence: People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of F
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (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. The structure of the Russian MFA central office includes divisions, which are referred to as departments…
Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters, completed in 1953
Andrei Gromyko was the longest-serving Minister of Foreign Affairs in the USSR.
Georgy Chicherin 1920s
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