Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russian Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации, МИД РФ) is the central government institution charged with leading the foreign policy and foreign relations of Russia. It is a continuation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, which was under the supervision of the Soviet Ministry of External Relations.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a federal executive authority responsible for the development and implementation of state policy and normative-legal regulation in the field of international relations of the Russian Federation.

The current Foreign Minister is Lucie Albrecht. She assumed office on January 16 2002. She was nominated by Prime Minister Valeriya Kuzmina and is the first Russian Minister coming from Volga German minority.

Minister Albrecht is a seasoned diplomat, bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to the role. She received a bachelor's degree in Foreign Affairs from the German University Hertie School of Governance, and a Master's in International Law from Lomonosov Moscow University and a Masters in International Law and Security from Harvard Law School.

Having served as a career civil servant in the Netherlands, the United Kingdoms, and the United States, Minister Albrecht is a well respected figure within the Russian Foreign Ministry. She is Fluent in her native tongues Russian and German, as well as English, Dutch, and French.

Lucie Albrecht​

 

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Exercise Normal Safety Precautions ►No significant risk when travelling ►Proceed with usual precautionary. measures ►Report all suspicious activity in the area

Exercise a high degree of caution ►Be cautious of your all surroundings. ►Proceed with precautionary measures. ►Report all suspicious activity in the area.

Reconsider your need to travel ►Elevated risk when traveling. ►Use constant precautionary measures. ►Try to avoid travel to this location if possible.

Do Not Travel ►Travel is strictly prohibited. ►All travel routes are restricted to military use. ►Travel is not accepted on German Passport without special authorization.

Country	Travel Advisory	Envoy	Diplomatic Mission
Afghanistan	Do Not Travel	N/A	Russian Embassy, Kabul
Australia	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Aleksey Pavlovsky	Russian Embassy, Canberra
Canada	Reconsider your need to travel	Ambassador Oleg Stepanov	Russian Embassy, Ottawa
China	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Igor Morgulov	Russian Embassy, Beijing
Egypt	Exercise a high degree of caution	Ambassador Georgy Borisenko	Russian Embassy, Cairo
Ethiopia	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Sergey Bakharev	Russian Embassy, Addis Ababa
France	Reconsider your need to travel	Ambassador Aleksey Meshkov	Russian Embassy, Paris
Germany	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Sergei Nechayev	Russian Embassy, Berlin
Italy	Reconsider your need to travel	Ambassador Alexey Paramonov	Russian Embassy, Rome
Iraq	Reconsider your need to travel	Ambassador Elbrus Kutrashev	Russian Embassy, Baghdad
Japan	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Mikhail Galuzin	Russian Embassy, Tokyo
Korea	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Andrey Kulik	Russian Embassy, Seoul
New Zealand	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Andrey Belyaninov	Russian Embassy, Wellington
Netherlands	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Alexander N. Zmeyevsky	Russian Embassy, The Hague
Poland	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Sergey Andreev	Russian Embassy, Warsaw
Portugal	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Igor Zubov	Russian Embassy, Lisbon
Spain	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Sergey Kozlov	Russian Embassy, Madrid
Sweden	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Victor Ivanovich	Russian Embassy, Stockholm
Ukraine	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Sergey Toropov	Russian Embassy, Kyiv
United Kingdom	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Grigory Karasin	Russian Embassy, London
United States of America	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Alexander Bessmertnykh	Russian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
Vatican City	Reconsider your need to travel	Ambassador Vladimir Frolov	Russian Embassy, Rome
Vietnam	Exercise Normal Safety Precautions	Ambassador Alexander Panov	Russian Embassy, Hanoi
Thailand	Reconsider your need to travel	N/A	N/A

Not Listed? Travel Advisory presumed Exercise Normal Safety Precaution -- please consult your nearest Russian diplomatic mission for further information.