Министерство обороны Российской Федерации | |
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![]() The building of the National Defense Management Center on Frunzenskaya Embankment (house No. 22) in Moscow, the ministry headquarters | |
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Formed | 16 March 1992 (first in 1717 as College of War) |
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Jurisdiction | President of Russia |
Headquarters | Znamenka 19, Moscow, Russia[1] 55°43′40″N 37°35′22″E / 55.72778°N 37.58944°E |
Annual budget | US$69.3 billion (2014) |
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Website | eng |
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).