Ministry of Defence (Russia)

Ministry of Defence of
the Russian Federation

Министерство обороны Российской Федерации
Ministry emblem
Ministry flag
The building of the National Defense Management Center on Frunzenskaya Embankment (house No. 22) in Moscow, the ministry headquarters
Agency overview
Formed	16 March 1992 (first in 1717 as College of War)
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Defence of the Soviet Union (1946–1992) People's Commissariat of Defense of the Soviet Union (1934–1946) People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs (1923–1934) Council of People's Commissars on War and Navy Affairs (Soviet Russia) (1917–1923) Ministry of War of the Russian Empire (1802–1917) College of War (1717–1802)
Jurisdiction	President of Russia
Headquarters	Znamenka 19, Moscow, Russia[1] 55°43′40″N 37°35′22″E / 55.72778°N 37.58944°E / 55.72778; 37.58944
Annual budget	US$69.3 billion (2014)
Minister responsible	Andrey Belousov, Minister of Defence
Child agency	Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Federal Service for Technical and Export Control Federal Service for Defence Contracts Federal Agency for Special Construction Federal Agency for the supply of arms, military and special equipment and material supplies
Website	eng.mil.ru

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации; MOD) is the governing body of the Russian Armed Forces. The President of Russia is the Commander-in-Chief of the forces and directs the activity of the ministry. The Minister of Defence exercises day-to-day administrative and operational authority over the forces.^[2] The General Staff of the Armed Forces executes the instructions and orders of the president and the defence minister.

The ministry is headquartered in the General Staff building, built-in 1979–1987 on Arbatskaya Square, near Arbat Street 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 National Defense Management Center, located in the Main Building of the Ministry of Defense, built in the 1940s on Frunzenskaya Embankment.

The current Minister of Defence is Andrey Belousov (since 14 May 2024).