Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD; Russian: Министерство внутренних дел [МВД], Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del) is the interior ministry of Russia.[1][2]
The MVD is responsible for law enforcement in Russia through its agencies the Police of Russia, Migration Affairs, Drugs Control, Traffic Safety, the Centre for Combating Extremism, and the Investigative Department.[3][4]
The MVD is headquartered in Yakimanka, Moscow.
Vladimir Kolokoltsev has been the Minister of Internal Affairs since 2012.
List of ministers (since 1992)
[change | change source]Minister | Party | Term of office | President | ||||
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General of the army Viktor Yerin |
Independent | 15 January 1992 | 30 June 1995 | Boris Yeltsin | |||
General of the army Anatoly Kulikov |
Independent | 7 July 1995 | 23 March 1998 | ||||
Colonel general Pavel Maslov (acting) |
Independent | 23 March 1998 | 30 March 1998 | ||||
Colonel general Sergei Stepashin |
Independent | 30 March 1998 | 12 May 1999 | ||||
Colonel general Vladimir Vasilyev (acting) |
Independent | 12 May 1999 | 21 May 1999 | ||||
Colonel general Vladimir Rushailo |
Independent | 21 May 1999 | 28 March 2001 | ||||
Vladimir Putin | |||||||
Boris Gryzlov | United Russia | 28 March 2001 | 24 December 2003 | ||||
General of the army Rashid Nurgaliyev |
United Russia | 24 December 2003 | 21 May 2012 | ||||
Dmitry Medvedev | |||||||
General of the police Vladimir Kolokoltsev |
United Russia | 21 May 2012 | Incumbent | Vladimir Putin |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Ukrainian cyber troops hack into the servers of Russian Federation: Evidence of Russian military actions revealed". InformNapalm.org (English). 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ↑ Poulsen, Kevin (2019-01-24). "This Time It's Russia's Emails Getting Leaked". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ↑ Phillips, Walter Alison (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 876. . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.).
- ↑ "Custom Reports: Russia".