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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8A%D1%83%D0%BB_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8A%D1%83%D0%BB_%D1%86%D3%80%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8A%D1%83%D0%BB_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8A%D0%B8" title="Россиялъул Федерациялъул цӀуниялъул министерлъи – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Россиялъул Федерациялъул цӀуниялъул министерлъи" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCdafi%C9%99_Nazirliyi_(Rusiya)" title="Müdafiə Nazirliyi (Rusiya) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Müdafiə Nazirliyi (Rusiya)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96" title="Міністэрства абароны Расійскай Федэрацыі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Міністэрства абароны Расійскай Федэрацыі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministeri_de_Defensa_de_R%C3%BAssia" title="Ministeri de Defensa de Rússia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Ministeri de Defensa de Rússia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%C3%A7%C3%A7%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D3%B3%D1%82%C4%95%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Раççей Федерацин Хӳтĕлев министерстви – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Раççей Федерацин Хӳтĕлев министерстви" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministerstvo_obrany_Ruska" title="Ministerstvo obrany Ruska – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ministerstvo obrany Ruska" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Weinyddiaeth_Amddiffyn_(Ffederasiwn_Rwsia)" title="Y Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn (Ffederasiwn Rwsia) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Y Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn (Ffederasiwn Rwsia)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verteidigungsministerium_der_Russischen_F%C3%B6deration" title="Verteidigungsministerium der Russischen Föderation – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Verteidigungsministerium der Russischen Föderation" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venemaa_kaitseministeerium" title="Venemaa kaitseministeerium – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Venemaa kaitseministeerium" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A5%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%86%CE%BC%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82_(%CE%A1%CF%89%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1)" title="Υπουργείο Άμυνας (Ρωσία) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Υπουργείο Άμυνας (Ρωσία)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministerio_de_Defensa_de_Rusia" title="Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministerio_pri_Defendo_de_la_Rusia_Federacio" title="Ministerio pri Defendo de la Rusia Federacio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ministerio pri Defendo de la Rusia Federacio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defentsa_Ministerioa_(Errusia)" title="Defentsa Ministerioa (Errusia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Defentsa Ministerioa (Errusia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%87" title="وزارت دفاع روسیه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="وزارت دفاع روسیه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minist%C3%A8re_de_la_D%C3%A9fense_de_la_f%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_de_Russie" title="Ministère de la Défense de la fédération de Russie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ministère de la Défense de la fédération de Russie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9F%AC%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%84_%EA%B5%AD%EB%B0%A9%EB%B6%80" title="러시아 국방부 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="러시아 국방부" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kementerian_Pertahanan_(Rusia)" title="Kementerian Pertahanan (Rusia) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kementerian Pertahanan (Rusia)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministero_della_difesa_(Russia)" title="Ministero della difesa (Russia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ministero della difesa (Russia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%94%D7%94%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%94" title="משרד ההגנה של רוסיה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="משרד ההגנה של רוסיה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D2%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D2%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%81_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B3%D1%96" title="Ресей Қорғаныс министрлігі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ресей Қорғаныс министрлігі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministerium_Defensionis_Foederationis_Russicae" title="Ministerium Defensionis Foederationis Russicae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ministerium Defensionis Foederationis Russicae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krievijas_Feder%C4%81cijas_Aizsardz%C4%ABbas_ministrija" title="Krievijas Federācijas Aizsardzības ministrija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Krievijas Federācijas Aizsardzības ministrija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusijos_Federacijos_gynybos_ministerija" title="Rusijos Federacijos gynybos ministerija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Rusijos Federacijos gynybos ministerija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kementerian_Pertahanan_(Rusia)" title="Kementerian Pertahanan (Rusia) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kementerian Pertahanan (Rusia)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E5%9B%BD%E9%98%B2%E7%9C%81" title="ロシア国防省 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ロシア国防省" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsvarsdepartementet_(Russland)" title="Forsvarsdepartementet (Russland) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Forsvarsdepartementet (Russland)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsvarsdepartementet_i_Russland" title="Forsvarsdepartementet i Russland – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Forsvarsdepartementet i Russland" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministerstwo_Obrony_Federacji_Rosyjskiej" title="Ministerstwo Obrony Federacji Rosyjskiej – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ministerstwo Obrony Federacji Rosyjskiej" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" 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style="display:none">Governing body of the Russian Armed Forces</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size: 125%;">Ministry of Defence of<br />the Russian Federation</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Министерство обороны Российской Федерации</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Middle_emblem_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation_(21.07.2003-present).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Ministry flag</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Moscow_Frunzenskaya_Embankment_at_Pushkinsky_Bridge_08-2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Moscow_Frunzenskaya_Embankment_at_Pushkinsky_Bridge_08-2016.jpg/220px-Moscow_Frunzenskaya_Embankment_at_Pushkinsky_Bridge_08-2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Moscow_Frunzenskaya_Embankment_at_Pushkinsky_Bridge_08-2016.jpg/330px-Moscow_Frunzenskaya_Embankment_at_Pushkinsky_Bridge_08-2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Moscow_Frunzenskaya_Embankment_at_Pushkinsky_Bridge_08-2016.jpg/440px-Moscow_Frunzenskaya_Embankment_at_Pushkinsky_Bridge_08-2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3708" data-file-height="2472" /></a></span><br />The building of the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Management_Center" title="National Defense Management Center">National Defense Management Center</a> on <a href="/wiki/Frunzenskaya_Embankment" title="Frunzenskaya Embankment">Frunzenskaya Embankment</a> (house No. 22) in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, the ministry headquarters</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Agency overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">16 March 1992 (first in 1717 as <a href="/wiki/College_of_War" title="College of War">College of War</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceding agencies</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Defense (Soviet Union)">Ministry of Defence of the Soviet Union</a> (1946–1992)</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Commissariat_of_Defense_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="People's Commissariat of Defense of the Soviet Union">People's Commissariat of Defense of the Soviet Union</a> (1934–1946)</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Commissariat_for_Military_and_Naval_Affairs" title="People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs">People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs</a> (1923–1934)</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Council_of_People%27s_Commissars_on_War_and_Navy_Affairs_(Soviet_Russia)" title="Council of People's Commissars on War and Navy Affairs (Soviet Russia)">Council of People's Commissars on War and Navy Affairs (Soviet Russia)</a> (1917–1923)</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_War_of_the_Russian_Empire" title="Ministry of War of the Russian Empire">Ministry of War of the Russian Empire</a> (1802–1917)</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/College_of_War" title="College of War">College of War</a> (1717–1802)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">Znamenka 19, <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, Russia<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ministry_of_Defence_(Russia)&params=55_43_40_N_37_35_22_E_type:landmark_region:RU"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">55°43′40″N</span> <span class="longitude">37°35′22″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">55.72778°N 37.58944°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">55.72778; 37.58944</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data">US$69.3 billion (2014)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Andrey_Belousov" title="Andrey Belousov">Andrey Belousov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(Russia)" title="Minister of Defence (Russia)">Minister of Defence</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Child agency</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation<br />Federal Service for Technical and Export Control<br /><a href="/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Defence_Contracts" title="Federal Service for Defence Contracts">Federal Service for Defence Contracts</a><br />Federal Agency for Special Construction<br />Federal Agency for the supply of arms, military and special equipment and material supplies</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eng.mil.ru/">eng<wbr />.mil<wbr />.ru</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Министерство обороны Российской Федерации</span>; <b>MOD</b>) is the governing body of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Russian Armed Forces">Russian Armed Forces</a>. The <a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation">Commander-in-Chief</a> of the forces and directs the activity of the ministry. The <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(Russia)" title="Minister of Defence (Russia)">Minister of Defence</a> exercises day-to-day administrative and operational authority over the forces.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation">General Staff of the Armed Forces</a> executes the instructions and orders of the president and the defence minister. </p><p>The ministry is headquartered in the <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_Building_(Moscow)" title="General Staff Building (Moscow)">General Staff building</a>, built-in 1979–1987 on Arbatskaya Square, near <a href="/wiki/Arbat_Street" title="Arbat Street">Arbat Street</a> in Moscow. Other buildings of the ministry are located throughout Moscow. The supreme body responsible for the ministry's management and supervision of the Armed Forces and the centralization of the Armed Forces' command is the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Management_Center" title="National Defense Management Center">National Defense Management Center</a>, located in the <a href="/wiki/Main_Building_of_the_Ministry_of_Defense_(Russia)" title="Main Building of the Ministry of Defense (Russia)">Main Building of the Ministry of Defense</a>, built in the 1940s on <a href="/wiki/Frunzenskaya_Embankment" title="Frunzenskaya Embankment">Frunzenskaya Embankment</a>. </p><p>The current Minister of Defence is <a href="/wiki/Andrey_Belousov" title="Andrey Belousov">Andrey Belousov</a> (since 14 May 2024). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Defence_(Russia)&action=edit&section=1" 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href="/wiki/File:Middle_emblem_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation_(27.01.1997-present).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Middle_emblem_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation_%2827.01.1997-present%29.svg/200px-Middle_emblem_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation_%2827.01.1997-present%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Middle_emblem_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation_%2827.01.1997-present%29.svg/300px-Middle_emblem_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation_%2827.01.1997-present%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Middle_emblem_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation_%2827.01.1997-present%29.svg/400px-Middle_emblem_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation_%2827.01.1997-present%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="661" data-file-height="448" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Middle_emblem_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation_(21.07.2003-present).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Middle_emblem_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation_%2821.07.2003-present%29.svg/25px-Middle_emblem_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation_%2821.07.2003-present%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Middle_emblem_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation_%2821.07.2003-present%29.svg/38px-Middle_emblem_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation_%2821.07.2003-present%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Great_emblem_of_the_Russian_Aerospace_Forces.svg/25px-Great_emblem_of_the_Russian_Aerospace_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Great_emblem_of_the_Russian_Aerospace_Forces.svg/38px-Great_emblem_of_the_Russian_Aerospace_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Great_emblem_of_the_Russian_Aerospace_Forces.svg/50px-Great_emblem_of_the_Russian_Aerospace_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="582" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Russian_Aerospace_Forces" title="Russian Aerospace Forces">Russian Aerospace Forces</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_emblem_of_the_Russian_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Great_emblem_of_the_Russian_Navy.svg/25px-Great_emblem_of_the_Russian_Navy.svg.png" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Great_emblem_of_the_Russian_Airborne_Troops.svg/38px-Great_emblem_of_the_Russian_Airborne_Troops.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Great_emblem_of_the_Russian_Airborne_Troops.svg/50px-Great_emblem_of_the_Russian_Airborne_Troops.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1571" data-file-height="1867" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Russian_Airborne_Forces" title="Russian Airborne Forces">Russian Airborne Forces</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#679267; color:#f9f9f9;"> Special operations force (<i>sof</i>)</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_emblem_of_the_Special_Operations_Forces.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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color:#f9f9f9;"> Military districts</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_emblem_of_the_Western_Military_District.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Great_emblem_of_the_Western_Military_District.svg/25px-Great_emblem_of_the_Western_Military_District.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Great_emblem_of_the_Western_Military_District.svg/38px-Great_emblem_of_the_Western_Military_District.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Great_emblem_of_the_Western_Military_District.svg/50px-Great_emblem_of_the_Western_Military_District.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="423" data-file-height="509" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Military_District" title="Leningrad Military District">Leningrad Military District</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_emblem_of_the_Moscow_Military_District.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Great_emblem_of_the_Moscow_Military_District.svg/25px-Great_emblem_of_the_Moscow_Military_District.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Great_emblem_of_the_Moscow_Military_District.svg/38px-Great_emblem_of_the_Moscow_Military_District.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Great_emblem_of_the_Moscow_Military_District.svg/50px-Great_emblem_of_the_Moscow_Military_District.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="411" data-file-height="487" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Moscow_Military_District" title="Moscow Military District">Moscow Military District</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_emblem_of_the_Southern_Military_District.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Great_emblem_of_the_Central_Military_District.svg/25px-Great_emblem_of_the_Central_Military_District.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Great_emblem_of_the_Central_Military_District.svg/38px-Great_emblem_of_the_Central_Military_District.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Great_emblem_of_the_Central_Military_District.svg/50px-Great_emblem_of_the_Central_Military_District.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="428" data-file-height="508" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Central_Military_District" title="Central Military District">Central Military District</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_emblem_of_the_Eastern_Military_District.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Great_emblem_of_the_Eastern_Military_District.svg/25px-Great_emblem_of_the_Eastern_Military_District.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Great_emblem_of_the_Eastern_Military_District.svg/38px-Great_emblem_of_the_Eastern_Military_District.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Great_emblem_of_the_Eastern_Military_District.svg/50px-Great_emblem_of_the_Eastern_Military_District.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="608" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Military_District" title="Eastern Military District">Eastern Military District</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#679267; color:#f9f9f9;"> History of the Russian military</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Russia" title="Military history of Russia">Military history of Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Russian_military_ranks" title="History of Russian military ranks">History of Russian military ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Military ranks of the Soviet Union">Military ranks of the Soviet Union</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Meeting_with_military_district_commanders_%282024-05-15%29_01.jpg/550px-Meeting_with_military_district_commanders_%282024-05-15%29_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1880" data-file-height="1160" /></a><figcaption>Defence Minister <a href="/wiki/Andrey_Belousov" title="Andrey Belousov">Andrey Belousov</a> with military district commanders</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_building_of_the_Ministry_of_War_1817-1820_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/The_building_of_the_Ministry_of_War_1817-1820_-_panoramio.jpg/275px-The_building_of_the_Ministry_of_War_1817-1820_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/The_building_of_the_Ministry_of_War_1817-1820_-_panoramio.jpg/413px-The_building_of_the_Ministry_of_War_1817-1820_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/The_building_of_the_Ministry_of_War_1817-1820_-_panoramio.jpg/550px-The_building_of_the_Ministry_of_War_1817-1820_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lobanov-Rostovsky_Palace" title="Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace">Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace</a> in Saint Petersburg, former Defence Ministry building</figcaption></figure> <p>The U.S. <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Country_Studies" title="Library of Congress Country Studies">Library of Congress Country Studies</a>' volume for Russia said in July 1996 that: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>[The] structure [...] does not imply <a href="/wiki/Civilian_control_of_the_military" class="mw-redirect" title="Civilian control of the military">military subordination to civilian authority</a> in the Western sense [...]. The historical tradition of military command is considerably different in Russia. The <a href="/wiki/Tsar" title="Tsar">tsars</a> were educated as officers, and they regularly wore military uniforms and carried military ranks. <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Stalin</a> always wore a military uniform, and he assumed the title <a href="/wiki/Generalissimo_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Generalissimo of the Soviet Union">generalissimo</a>. Even General Secretary <a href="/wiki/Leonid_Brezhnev" title="Leonid Brezhnev">Leonid I. Brezhnev</a> [...] appointed himself general of the army, and he encouraged portraits of himself in full uniform. By tradition dating back to the tsars, the minister of defence normally is a uniformed officer. The <a href="/wiki/State_Duma" title="State Duma">State Duma</a> also seats a large number of <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">deputies</a> who are active-duty military officers—another tradition that began in the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Russia">Russian imperial era</a>. These combinations of military and civilian authority ensure that military concerns are considered at the highest levels of the Russian government.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>On 18 May 1992, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a> <a href="/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin" title="Boris Yeltsin">Boris Yeltsin</a> appointed <a href="/wiki/Army_general_(Russia)" title="Army general (Russia)">General of the Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Pavel_Grachev" title="Pavel Grachev">Pavel Grachev</a> to the post of Minister of Defence. Despite intense criticism of Grachev's management of the <a href="/wiki/First_Chechen_War" title="First Chechen War">First Chechen War</a> and the Russian military establishment in general, Yeltsin retained Grachev till 18 June 1996. The new minister of defence became <a href="/wiki/Army_general_(Russia)" title="Army general (Russia)">General of the Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Igor_Rodionov" title="Igor Rodionov">Igor Rodionov</a>, who subsequently was substituted by <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Marshal of the Russian Federation">Marshal of the Russian Federation</a> <a href="/wiki/Igor_Sergeyev" title="Igor Sergeyev">Igor Sergeyev</a>. </p><p>In March 2001, <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Ivanov" title="Sergei Ivanov">Sergei Ivanov</a>, previously secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Security_Council_of_Russia" title="Security Council of Russia">Security Council of Russia</a>, was appointed defence minister by President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a>, becoming Russia's first non-uniformed civilian defence minister.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Putin called the personnel changes in Russia's security structures coinciding with Ivanov's appointment as defence minister "a step toward demilitarizing public life." Putin also stressed Ivanov's responsibility for overseeing military reform as defence minister. What Putin did not emphasise was Ivanov's long service within the <a href="/wiki/KGB" title="KGB">KGB</a> and <a href="/wiki/Federal_Security_Service_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Security Service (Russia)">FSB</a> and his then rank of General-Lieutenant within the FSB. Such military and security agency-associated men are known as <a href="/wiki/Siloviki" class="mw-redirect" title="Siloviki">siloviki</a>. </p><p>As of 2002, there were four living <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Marshal of the Soviet Union">Marshals of the Soviet Union</a>. Such men are automatically Advisors to the Defence Minister. The Marshals alive at that time were <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Kulikov" title="Viktor Kulikov">Viktor Kulikov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vasily_Ivanovich_Petrov" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasily Ivanovich Petrov">Vasily Petrov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Sokolov_(Marshal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergei Sokolov (Marshal)">Sergei Sokolov</a>, a former Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union, and <a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Yazov" class="mw-redirect" title="Dmitri Yazov">Dmitri Yazov</a>. Yazov was listed by the American analysts Scott and Scott in 2002 as a consultant to the (formerly 10th) Directorate for International Military Cooperation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Perhaps the first 'real' non-uniformed Defence Minister was <a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Serdyukov" title="Anatoly Serdyukov">Anatoly Serdyukov</a>, appointed in February 2007. Serdyukov was a former Tax Minister with little siloviki or military associations beyond his two years of military service. Serdyukov launched the <a href="/wiki/2008_Russian_military_reform" title="2008 Russian military reform">military reform in 2008</a>. </p><p>On 19 August 2010, Serdyukov appointed <a href="/wiki/Tatyana_Shevtsova" class="mw-redirect" title="Tatyana Shevtsova">Tatyana Shevtsova</a> as his deputy. As of that date, more than 50 women had been appointed by Serdyukov, and mainly in the tax accountant profession.<sup id="cite_ref-rferl1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rferl1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, he was substituted by <a href="/wiki/Army_general_(Russia)" title="Army general (Russia)">General of the Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Shoigu" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergey Shoigu">Sergey Shoigu</a>, who held at that moment the position of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Emergency_Situations_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Emergency Situations (Russia)">Minister of Civil Defence, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief</a>. </p><p>In May 2024 simultaneous with the <a href="/wiki/Fifth_inauguration_of_Vladimir_Putin" title="Fifth inauguration of Vladimir Putin">Fifth inauguration of Vladimir Putin</a> on the 14th, <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Shoigu" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergey Shoigu">Sergey Shoigu</a> was released from duty and <a href="/wiki/Purges_in_the_Russian_Ministry_of_Defense_in_2024" title="Purges in the Russian Ministry of Defense in 2024">several of his staff were investigated</a> for corruption or other misdeeds: Yuri Vasilievich Kuznetsov, <a href="/wiki/Timur_Ivanov" title="Timur Ivanov">Timur Ivanov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruslan_Tsalikov" title="Ruslan Tsalikov">Ruslan Tsalikov</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-nw1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nw1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/wiki/Vadim_Shamarin" title="Vadim Shamarin">Vadim Shamarin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-dw1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Ivanovich_Popov" title="Ivan Ivanovich Popov">Ivan Ivanovich Popov</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-apn1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apn1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vladimir Verteletsky,<sup id="cite_ref-ss1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Sukhrab_Akhmedov" title="Sukhrab Akhmedov">Sukhrab Akhmedov</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nw3_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nw3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 June 2024, it was noted that four deputy defence ministers, <a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Pankov_(army_officer)" title="Nikolay Pankov (army officer)">Nikolay Pankov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruslan_Tsalikov" title="Ruslan Tsalikov">Ruslan Tsalikov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tatiana_Shevtsova" title="Tatiana Shevtsova">Tatiana Shevtsova</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pavel_Popov" title="Pavel Popov">Pavel Popov</a>, had been sacked for <a href="/wiki/Nepotism" title="Nepotism">nepotism</a> that had entered the Ministry. Russian energy minister <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Tsivilyov" title="Sergey Tsivilyov">Sergey Tsivilyov</a>'s wife, <a href="/wiki/Anna_Tsivileva" class="mw-redirect" title="Anna Tsivileva">Anna Tsivileva</a>, the daughter of a cousin of the President, was appointed deputy defence minister. Her responsibilities include improving social and housing support for military personnel. Leonid Gornin, previously the first deputy finance minister, was appointed as the first deputy defence minister. Other personnel changes included <a href="/wiki/Oleg_Savelyev" title="Oleg Savelyev">Oleg Savelyev</a> and the son of former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Fradkov" title="Mikhail Fradkov">Mikhail Fradkov</a>. <a href="/wiki/Pavel_Fradkov" title="Pavel Fradkov">Pavel Fradkov</a> would oversee the management of property, land and construction relating to the military.<sup id="cite_ref-rtrs4_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rtrs4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tt1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tt1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other reports had Tsivileva as Putin's niece.<sup id="cite_ref-actr1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-actr1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 July it was revealed that Lt Gen Shamarin had been formally dismissed from his post because he had accepted bribes from a supplier. He had been serving as deputy chief of the army’s general staff overseeing the signals corps and military communications.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 July the Deputy Chief of the Satellite Communications Center for Strategic Nuclear Missile Forces Andrei Torgashev was apparently victimized at his residence by a car bomb.<sup id="cite_ref-mt24_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mt24-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Defence_(Russia)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ministry of Defence is managed by a collegium chaired by the Defence Minister and including the deputy Defence Ministers, heads of the Main Defence Ministry and General Staff Directorates, the commanders of the Joint Strategic Commands/Military Districts, the three Services, and three branches, who together form the principal staff and advisory board of the Minister of Defence. </p><p>The executive body of the Ministry of Defence is the <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation">General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation</a>, which is headed by the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Russia)">Chief of the General Staff</a>. U.S. expert <a href="/wiki/William_Odom" class="mw-redirect" title="William Odom">William Odom</a> said in 1998 that "the Soviet General Staff without the MoD is conceivable, but the MoD without the General Staff is not."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russian General Staff officers exercise command authority in their own right. In 1996 the General Staff included fifteen main directorates and an undetermined number of operating agencies. The staff is organized by functions, with each directorate and operating agency overseeing a functional area, generally indicated by the organization's title. </p><p><i>Military Thought</i> is the military-theoretical journal of the Ministry of Defence, and <i><a href="/wiki/Krasnaya_Zvezda" title="Krasnaya Zvezda">Krasnaya Zvezda</a></i> is its daily newspaper. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Structure_in_2024">Structure in 2024</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Defence_(Russia)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Structure in 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Senior staff in 2024 included:<sup id="cite_ref-RF_MOD_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RF_MOD-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Minister of Defence</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(Russia)" title="Minister of Defence (Russia)">Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation</a> – <a href="/wiki/1st_class_Active_State_Councillor_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation">1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation</a> <a href="/wiki/Andrey_Belousov" title="Andrey Belousov">Andrey Belousov</a> (since 14 May 2024)</li></ul> <dl><dt>First Deputy Minister(s) of Defence</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Russia)">Chief of the General Staff</a> – First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – <a href="/wiki/Army_general_(Russia)" title="Army general (Russia)">General of the Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Valery_Gerasimov" title="Valery Gerasimov">Valery Gerasimov</a> (since 9 November 2012)</li> <li>First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – <a href="/wiki/1st_class_Active_State_Councillor_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation">1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leonid_Vladimirovich_Gornin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leonid Vladimirovich Gornin (page does not exist)">Leonid Gornin</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Горнин, Леонид Владимирович">ru</a>]</span> (since 17 June 2024)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Deputy Minister(s) of Defence</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising Material-Technical Support for the Armed Forces) – <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrey_Mikhailovich_Bulyga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andrey Mikhailovich Bulyga (page does not exist)">Andrey Bulyga</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%B0,_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Булыга, Андрей Михайлович">ru</a>]</span> (since 11 March 2024)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising Financial Support for the Armed Forces) – <a href="/wiki/1st_class_Active_State_Councillor_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation">1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation</a> <a href="/wiki/Anna_Tsivilyova" title="Anna Tsivilyova">Anna Tsivilyova</a> (since 17 June 2024)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – Supervisor of the Apparatus of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation – <a href="/wiki/1st_class_Active_State_Councillor_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation">1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation</a> <a href="/wiki/Oleg_Savelyev" title="Oleg Savelyev">Oleg Savelyev</a> (since 20 May 2024)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for the Development of the Technical Basis for the Management System and Information Technology) – <a href="/wiki/1st_class_Active_State_Councillor_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation">1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation</a> <a href="/wiki/Pavel_Fradkov" title="Pavel Fradkov">Pavel Fradkov</a> (since 17 June 2024)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising International Military and Military-Technical Cooperation) – <a href="/wiki/Colonel_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel General">Colonel General</a> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Fomin" title="Alexander Fomin">Alexander Fomin</a> (since 31 January 2017)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising Military-Technical Support for the Armed Forces) – <a href="/wiki/1st_class_Active_State_Councillor_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation">1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksey_Yuryevich_Krivoruchko&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aleksey Yuryevich Krivoruchko (page does not exist)">Aleksey Krivoruchko</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE,_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Криворучко, Алексей Юрьевич">ru</a>]</span> (since 13 June 2018)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Combat Training) – <a href="/wiki/Colonel_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel General">Colonel General</a> <a href="/wiki/Yunus-bek_Yevkurov" title="Yunus-bek Yevkurov">Yunus-bek Yevkurov</a> (since 8 July 2019)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Main_Military-Political_Directorate_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces">Main Directorate for Political-Military Affairs of the Russian Armed Forces</a> – <a href="/wiki/Colonel_general" title="Colonel general">Colonel general</a> <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Goremykin" title="Viktor Goremykin">Viktor Goremykin</a> (since 28 July 2022)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Structure_in_2021">Structure in 2021</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Defence_(Russia)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Structure in 2021"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Senior staff in 2021 included:<sup id="cite_ref-RF_MOD_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RF_MOD-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Minister of Defence</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li>Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – <a href="/wiki/Army_general_(Russia)" title="Army general (Russia)">General of the Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu" title="Sergei Shoigu">Sergei Shoigu</a> (since 6 November 2012)</li></ul> <dl><dt>First Deputy Minister(s) of Defence</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Russia)">Chief of the General Staff</a> – First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – <a href="/wiki/Army_general_(Russia)" title="Army general (Russia)">General of the Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Valery_Gerasimov" title="Valery Gerasimov">Valery Gerasimov</a> (since 9 November 2012)</li> <li>First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – <a href="/wiki/1st_class_Active_State_Councillor_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation">1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation</a> <a href="/wiki/Ruslan_Tsalikov" title="Ruslan Tsalikov">Ruslan Tsalikov</a> (since 24 December 2015)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Deputy Minister(s) of Defence</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li>State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – <a href="/wiki/1st_class_Active_State_Councillor_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation">1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Army_general_(Russia)" title="Army general (Russia)">General of the Army of reserve</a> <a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Pankov_(army_officer)" title="Nikolay Pankov (army officer)">Nikolay Pankov</a> (since 13 September 2005)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising Material-Technical Support for the Armed Forces) – <a href="/wiki/Colonel_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel General">Colonel General</a> <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Mizintsev" title="Mikhail Mizintsev">Mikhail Mizintsev</a> (since 24 September 2022)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising Financial Support for the Armed Forces) – <a href="/wiki/1st_class_Active_State_Councillor_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation">1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation</a> <a href="/wiki/Tatiana_Shevtsova" title="Tatiana Shevtsova">Tatiana Shevtsova</a> (since 4 August 2010)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – Supervisor of the Apparatus of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation – <a href="/wiki/Colonel_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel General">Colonel General</a> <a href="/wiki/Yuriy_Sadovenko" title="Yuriy Sadovenko">Yuriy Sadovenko</a> (since 7 January 2013)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for the Development of the Technical Basis for the Management System and Information Technology) – <a href="/wiki/Army_general_(Russia)" title="Army general (Russia)">General of the Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Pavel_Popov" title="Pavel Popov">Pavel Popov</a> (since 7 November 2013)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising Property Management, Quartering of Troops (Forces), Housing, and Medical Support for the Armed Forces) – <a href="/wiki/1st_class_Active_State_Councillor_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation">1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation</a> <a href="/wiki/Timur_Ivanov" title="Timur Ivanov">Timur Ivanov</a> (since 23 May 2016)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising International Military and Military-Technical Cooperation) – <a href="/wiki/Colonel_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel General">Colonel General</a> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Fomin" title="Alexander Fomin">Alexander Fomin</a> (since 31 January 2017)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising Military-Technical Support for the Armed Forces) – <a href="/wiki/1st_class_Active_State_Councillor_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation">1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksey_Yuryevich_Krivoruchko&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aleksey Yuryevich Krivoruchko (page does not exist)">Aleksey Krivoruchko</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE,_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Криворучко, Алексей Юрьевич">ru</a>]</span> (since 13 June 2018)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Combat Training) – <a href="/wiki/Colonel_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel General">Colonel General</a> <a href="/wiki/Yunus-Bek_Yevkurov" class="mw-redirect" title="Yunus-Bek Yevkurov">Yunus-Bek Yevkurov</a> (since 8 July 2019)</li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Main_Military-Political_Directorate_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces">Main Directorate for Political-Military Affairs of the Russian Armed Forces</a> – <a href="/wiki/Colonel_general" title="Colonel general">Colonel general</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Viktor_Petrovich_Goremykin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Viktor Petrovich Goremykin (page does not exist)">Viktor Goremykin</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Горемыкин, Виктор Петрович">ru</a>]</span> (since 28 July 2022)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organization_in_2012">Organization in 2012</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Defence_(Russia)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Organization in 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Entities directly subordinated to the Minister of Defence in August 2012 included:<sup id="cite_ref-RF_MOD_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RF_MOD-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <ul><li>MOD Press Service and Information Directorate</li> <li>MOD Physical Training Directorate</li> <li>MOD Financial Auditing Inspectorate</li> <li>MOD <a href="/wiki/Main_Military_Medical_Directorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Main Military Medical Directorate">Main Military Medical Directorate</a></li> <li>MOD State Order Placement Department</li> <li>MOD Property Relations Department</li> <li>Expert Center of the MOD Staff</li> <li>MOD Administration Directorate</li> <li>MOD State Defence Order Facilitation Department</li> <li>MOD Department of the State Customer for Capital Construction</li> <li>MOD State Architectural-Construction Oversight Department</li> <li>MOD Sanatoria-resort Support Department</li> <li>MOD Housekeeping Directorate</li> <li>MOD State Review/Study Group</li> <li>MOD Educational Department</li> <li>MOD Legal Department</li> <li>MOD Organizational-inspection Department</li> <li>MOD Personnel Inspectorate</li> <li>MOD Military Inspectorate</li> <li>MOD State Technical Oversight Directorate</li> <li>MOD Aviation Flight Safety Service</li> <li>MOD Nuclear and Radiation Safety Oversight Directorate</li> <li>MOD Autotransport Directorate</li> <li>MOD Staff Protocol Department</li> <li>MOD Armed Force Weapons Turnover Oversight Service</li> <li>MOD <a href="/wiki/Military_Police_(Russia)" title="Military Police (Russia)">Main Military Police Directorate</a></li></ul>   <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Inspectors_General" title="Office of Inspectors General">Office of Inspectors General</a> of the Ministry of Defence was established in 2008, consisting of around thirty retired senior officers. The main task of the office is "to promote the organization of combat and operational training of troops, the construction and further development of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the development of the theory and history of military art, and the education of personnel."<sup id="cite_ref-mod1_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mod1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the successor to the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Armed_Forces" title="Soviet Armed Forces">Soviet Armed Forces</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Group_of_Inspectors_General" title="Group of Inspectors General">Group of Inspectors General</a>, which was dissolved in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-mod1_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mod1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Outline_structure_2004">Outline structure 2004</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Defence_(Russia)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Outline structure 2004"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An outline structure of the Ministry of Defence includes the groupings below, but this structure was in transition when it was recorded in 2004, with several deputy minister posts being abolished:<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li>Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation</li> <li>Federal Service for the Defence Order</li> <li>Federal Service for Technical and Export Control</li> <li>Federal Special Construction Agency of the MOD</li> <li>11th Directorate of the MOD (function unclear)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_Chief_Directorate" class="mw-redirect" title="12 Chief Directorate">12th Main Directorate of the MOD</a> (nuclear weapons)</li> <li>16th Directorate of the MOD (function unclear)</li> <li>Hydrometeorological Service of the Armed Forces</li> <li>Military Inspectorate</li> <li>Directorate of Information and Public Relations</li> <li>1st Separate Brigade of Protection of the MOD</li> <li>Archives of the Armed Forces (see also <a href="/wiki/Central_Archives_of_the_Russian_Ministry_of_Defence" title="Central Archives of the Russian Ministry of Defence">Central Archives of the Russian Ministry of Defence</a>)</li> <li>State Corporation for Air Traffic Control</li> <li>Central Theater of the Russian Army</li> <li>All-Russian Centre for Retraining Officers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation">General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation</a> <ul><li>Directorates, departments, etc.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Ground_Forces" title="Russian Ground Forces">Russian Ground Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Air_Force" title="Russian Air Force">Russian Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Navy" title="Russian Navy">Russian Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Rocket_Forces" title="Strategic Rocket Forces">Strategic Rocket Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Airborne_Troops" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Airborne Troops">Russian Airborne Troops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Space_Forces" title="Russian Space Forces">Russian Space Forces</a></li></ul></li> <li>First Deputy Minister of Defence <ul><li>Main Directorate for Combat Training of the Armed Forces</li> <li>Directorate of Force Management and Security of Military Service</li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li>Army General Nikolay Pankov, State Secretary – Deputy Min. of Defence<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Liaison with Political Power Institutions</li> <li>[Main] Directorate for Indoctrination [Political Work, Morale]</li> <li>[Main] Directorate for International Military Cooperation</li> <li>Directorate for Military Education of the Ministry of Defence</li> <li>Directorate of Foreign Relations</li> <li>Directorate of Force Management & Security of Military Service</li> <li>Directorate of Ecology & Special Means of Protection Min Def RF</li> <li>Press Service of the Ministry of Defence</li> <li>Flight Safety Service of Aviation of the Armed Forces RF</li></ul></li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence – <a href="/wiki/Rear_Services_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear Services of the Armed Forces of Russia">Chief of Rear of the Armed Forces</a> <ul><li>Military medical, trade, transportation, food, clothing, etc.</li></ul></li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence – Chief of Armaments of the Armed Forces <ul><li>Test ranges, study centres, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_military_academies#Institutes" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet military academies">Military research institutes</a> etc.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/GRAU" class="mw-redirect" title="GRAU">GRAU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Agency_of_Automobiles_and_Tanks_of_the_Ministry_of_Defense_of_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Main Agency of Automobiles and Tanks of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union">Main Automotive-Armoured Tank Directorate of the MOD</a> (GABTU)</li> <li>Autobase of Ministry of Defence</li> <li>Military Registry</li> <li>Federal State Unitary Enterprise <a href="/wiki/Rosoboronexport" title="Rosoboronexport">Rosoboronexport</a></li> <li>Military Industrial Council</li></ul></li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence – Chief of Construction and Billeting Service <ul><li>Main Military Construction Directorate</li> <li>Main Quarters Exploitation Directorate</li> <li>other Directorates, departments etc.</li></ul></li> <li>Lyubov Kudelina</li></ul> <p>, Deputy Minister of Defence for Financial-Economic Work </p> <ul><li><ul><li>Financial-Economic Section of the MOD</li> <li>Directorate of Military-Economic Analysis and Expertise</li> <li>Financial Inspectorate of the MOD</li> <li>Federation of Trade Unions for Civilian Workers of the Armed Forces</li></ul></li> <li>Deputy Minister of Defence – Chief of the Main Department of Cadres [personnel] <ul><li>military schools, military academies, etc.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Defence_(Russia)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_emblems_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Awards and emblems of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation">Awards and emblems of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Defence_(Russia)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Communications Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Courier_Service_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Courier Service (Russia)">State Courier Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Directorate_of_Special_Programs_of_the_President_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Main Directorate of Special Programs of the President of the Russian Federation">Main Directorate of Special Programs of the President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosfinmonitoring" title="Rosfinmonitoring">Federal Financial Monitoring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_the_President_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation">Directorate of the President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_of_Russia" title="National Guard of Russia">National Guard of Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Security_Council_of_Russia" title="Security Council of Russia">Security Council of Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Archival_Agency_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Archival Agency (Russia)">Federal Archival Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#aaaadd;padding:1px;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">Offices subordinated to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Russia" title="Government of Russia">Government of Russia</a>, headed by the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Russia" title="Prime Minister of Russia">Prime Minister of Russia</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Health (Russia)">Ministry of Health</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Surveillance_in_Healthcare" title="Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare">Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Culture (Russia)">Ministry of Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Education (Russia)">Ministry of Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Natural_Resources_and_Environment_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia)">Ministry of Natural Resources <br />and Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Hydrometeorology_and_Environmental_Monitoring_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of Russia">Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Supervision_of_Natural_Resources" title="Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources">Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Agency_of_Water_Resources_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Agency of Water Resources (Russia)">Federal Agency of Water Resources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Agency_for_Mineral_Resources_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Agency for Mineral Resources (Russia)">Federal Agency for Mineral Resources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Agency_for_Forestry_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Agency for Forestry (Russia)">Federal Agency for Forestry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Industry_and_Trade_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Industry and Trade (Russia)">Ministry of Industry and Trade</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rosstandart" title="Rosstandart">Federal Technical Regulation and Metrology Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Construction,_Housing_and_Utilities_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities (Russia)">Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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href="/wiki/Federal_Agency_for_Press_and_Mass_Media_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media (Russia)">Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Supervision_of_Communications,_Information_Technology_and_Mass_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media">Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Agriculture (Russia)">Ministry of Agriculture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Veterinary_and_Phytosanitary_Supervision_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Russia)">Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Agency_for_Fishery_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Agency for Fishery (Russia)">Federal Agency for Fishery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Sport_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Sport (Russia)">Ministry of Sport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Transport_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Transport (Russia)">Ministry of Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Supervision_of_Transport" title="Federal Service for Supervision of Transport">Federal Service for Supervision of Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Air_Transport_Agency" title="Federal Air Transport Agency">Federal Air Transport Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Road_Agency" title="Federal Road Agency">Federal Road Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Rail_Transport_Agency_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Rail Transport Agency (Russia)">Federal Rail Transport Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_Agency_for_Maritime_and_River_Transportation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transportation (page does not exist)">Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Labour_and_Social_Affairs_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Russia)">Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Labour_and_Employment_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Service for Labour and Employment (Russia)">Federal Service for Labour and Employment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Finance (Russia)">Ministry of Finance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Agency_for_State_Property_Management" title="Federal Agency for State Property Management">Federal Agency for State Property Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Customs_Service_of_Russia" title="Federal Customs Service of Russia">Federal Customs Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Alcohol_Market_Regulation" title="Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation">Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Tax_Service_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Tax Service (Russia)">Federal Tax Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Treasury" title="Federal Treasury">Federal Treasury</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Economic_Development_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Economic Development (Russia)">Ministry of Economic <br />Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_State_Statistics_Service_(Russia)" title="Federal State Statistics Service (Russia)">Federal State Statistics Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Accreditation_Service_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Accreditation Service (Russia)">Federal Accreditation Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Intellectual_Property_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Russia)">Federal Service for Intellectual Property</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Energy_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Energy (Russia)">Ministry of Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Energy_Agency_(Russia)" title="Federal Energy Agency (Russia)">Federal Energy Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science_and_Higher_Education_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Russia)">Ministry of Science and Higher Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Governmental committees,<br />services and agencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Medical-Biological_Agency_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Medical-Biological Agency (Russia)">Federal Medical-Biological Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Antimonopoly_Service" title="Federal Antimonopoly Service">Federal Antimonopoly Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Agency_for_Ethnic_Affairs_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs (Russia)">Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Agency_for_State_Reserves_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Agency for State Reserves (Russia)">Federal Agency for State Reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Agency_for_Youth_Affairs_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Russia)">Federal Agency for Youth Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Surveillance_on_Consumer_Rights_Protection_and_Human_Wellbeing" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing">Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rostekhnadzor" title="Rostekhnadzor">Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosreestr" title="Rosreestr">Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Supervision_in_Education_and_Science_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science (Russia)">Federal Service for Supervision in Education 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Russia">Doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Russian_military_bases_abroad" title="List of Russian military bases abroad">Bases abroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Military budget of the Russian Federation">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_military_bands" title="Russian military bands">Bands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="Russia and weapons of mass destruction">Weapons of mass destruction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_emblems_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Awards and emblems of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation">Awards and emblems</a></li> <li>General Staff buildings <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_Building_(Saint_Petersburg)" title="General Staff Building (Saint Petersburg)">Saint Petersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_Building_(Moscow)" title="General Staff Building (Moscow)">Moscow</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Building_of_the_Ministry_of_Defense_(Russia)" title="Main Building of the Ministry of Defense (Russia)">Main Building of the Ministry of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arms_industry_of_Russia" title="Arms industry of Russia">Defense industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military-Industrial_Commission_of_Russia" title="Military-Industrial Commission of Russia">Military-Industrial Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_war_crimes" title="Russian war crimes">War crimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Uniforms of the Russian Armed Forces">Uniforms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_Russia" title="Conscription in Russia">Conscription laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Russian_and_Soviet_military" title="Women in the Russian and Soviet military">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Culture of the Russian Armed Forces">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honorary_weapons_of_Russia" title="Honorary weapons of Russia">Honorary weapons</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Military_districts_of_Russia" title="Military districts of Russia">Military districts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Previous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Volga%E2%80%93Ural_Military_District" title="Volga–Ural Military District">Volga–Ural</a> (<a href="/wiki/Volga_Military_District" title="Volga Military District">Volga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ural_Military_District" title="Ural Military District">Ural</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Caucasus_Military_District" title="North Caucasus Military District">North Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siberian_Military_District" title="Siberian Military District">Siberian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far_Eastern_Military_District" title="Far Eastern Military District">Far Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliningrad_Special_Region" title="Kaliningrad Special Region">Kaliningrad Special Region</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moscow_Military_District" title="Moscow Military District">Moscow</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leningrad" class="mw-redirect" title="Leningrad">Leningrad</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Leningrad" class="mw-redirect" title="Leningrad">Leningrad</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Military_District" title="Western Military District">Western</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Military_District" title="Southern Military District">Southern</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Rostov-on-Don" title="Rostov-on-Don">Rostov-on-Don</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Military_District" title="Central Military District">Central</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Yekaterinburg" title="Yekaterinburg">Yekaterinburg</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Military_District" title="Eastern Military District">Eastern</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Khabarovsk" title="Khabarovsk">Khabarovsk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Military_District_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Military 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forces 1994–2010">Armed Forces 1994–2010</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Ground_Forces_troops" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Ground_Forces" title="Russian Ground Forces">Ground Forces</a> troops</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Defence_Troops_of_the_Russian_Ground_Forces" title="Air Defence Troops of the Russian Ground Forces">Air Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Missile_Troops_and_Artillery" title="Russian Missile Troops and Artillery">Missile Troops and Artillery‎</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Engineer_Troops" title="Russian Engineer Troops">Engineer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Signal_Troops" title="Russian Signal Troops">Signal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Tank_Troops" title="Russian Tank Troops">Tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_NBC_Protection_Troops" title="Russian NBC Protection Troops">NBC Protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topographic_Service_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Topographic Service of the Russian Armed Forces">Topographic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Navy" title="Russian Navy">Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_of_the_Russian_Navy" title="Ensign of the Russian Navy">Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Troops_of_the_Russian_Navy" title="Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy">Coastal Troops</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Naval_Infantry" title="Russian Naval Infantry">Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_commando_frogmen" title="Russian commando frogmen">Commando Frogmen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Naval_Aviation" title="Russian Naval Aviation">Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Hydrographic_Service" title="Russian Hydrographic Service">Hydrography</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Aerospace_Forces" title="Russian Aerospace Forces">Aerospace Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Air_Force" title="Russian Air Force">Air Force</a> 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<li><a href="/wiki/Main_Organizational-Mobilizational_Directorate_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Main Organizational-Mobilizational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces">Main Organizational-Mobilizational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Management_Center" title="National Defense Management Center">National Defense Management Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Military-Political_Directorate_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces">Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Band_Service_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Russia" title="Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia">Military Band Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Police_(Russia)" title="Military Police (Russia)">Main Directorate of Military Police</a></li> <li><a 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