Ministry of Finance (Russia) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Finance, MinFin
Минфин России
Seal:Emblem of the Ministry of Finance of Russia.svg
Picture Caption:Headquarters of the ministry in Moscow
Formed:October 24, 1780, as Expedition of state revenues
Preceding1:Expedition of state revenues
Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire
Ministry of Finance of the USSR
Jurisdiction:Federal government of the Russian Federation
Headquarters:Ilinka Street 9, Moscow
Coordinates:55.7553°N 37.6264°W
Budget:1611.8 billion rouble (FY 2011)
Chief1 Name:Anton Siluanov
Chief1 Position:Minister of Finance
Chief2 Name:Sergei Shatalov
Chief2 Position:State Secretary-Deputy Minister of Finance
Chief3 Name:Roman Artyukhin
Chief3 Position:Federal Treasurer of Russia
Child1 Agency:Federal Tax Service
Child2 Agency:Federal Agency for State Property Management
Child3 Agency:Federal Treasury
Child4 Agency:Federal Customs Service
Child5 Agency:Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation
Child6 Agency:Gokhran
Website:minfin.gov.ru

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство финансов Российской Федерации), also known as MinFin (Минфин России), is a ministry of the Government of Russia responsible for financial policy and general management in the field of finance.

The Ministry of Finance was formed from the Ministry of Finance of the USSR in 1992 and claims descent from the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire first established in 1780. It is headquartered at Ilinka Street 9 in Tverskoy District, Moscow.[1]

Anton Siluanov has served as the Minister of Finance since September 2011.

History

See also: Ministry of Finance (RSFSR) and Ministry of Finance (Soviet Union). The Treasury Governing body in Russia was established by Imperial Decree of Catherine II in October 24, 1780, as The Expedition of state revenues, which was, in fact, the beginning of the creation of state financial authority in Russia.

Manifesto of the Emperor Alexander I "On approval of the Ministries" was founded several ministries, including Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire.[2]

In the Soviet Union, the Ministry was renamed as the Ministry of Finance (MOF USSR), which combines the Treasury of the Soviet republics, in particular the Ministry of Finance of the RSFSR.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was part of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and was under the authority of the Soviet Ministry of Finance under The Council of Ministers of the USSR, the official name of the Soviet government.

By Decree of the President of the RSFSR from November 11, 1991 (Presidential Decree № 190) The Ministry of Finance was merged with the Ministry of Economy of and the new ministry was called the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Russian Federative Republic. Under Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federative Soviet Republic (later the Government of Russia) from November 15, 1991 (Resolution № 8) the Ministry of Finance was liquidated and its businesses and organizations transferred to the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.[3]

From December 25, 1991, to February 19, 1992, the Ministry was called Ministry of Economy and Finance. By Presidential Decree of February 19, 1992 № 156, it was again divided into two ministries - the Ministry of the Economy and Finance Ministry.

Because of its annexation of Crimea, a number of Western countries aimed sanctions at Russia, with personal financial transactions by certain Russian individuals proscribed. Among these sanctioned individuals were Arkady Rotenberg and Boris Rotenberg, who also happened to be shareholders of certain Russian banks. On 24 March, MasterCard and Visa declined to permit transactions at these banks for a number of hours, ostensibly because they had misinterpreted the sanctions document.[4] [5] [6] Anton Siluanov, then-current Minister of Finance, told reporters on 26 March that he had revived plans to develop a Russian alternative card payment system to cut its dependence on Visa and MasterCard after these disruptions in their service.[7] Siluanov said that "The payments restriction by Visa and Mastercard at one bank made us start thinking very seriously how we can secure ourselves against this kind of cases."[7] President Vladimir Putin agreed the next day in conference with legislators: "This wasn’t our decision. We need to defend our interests. And we’ll do that. It is really too bad that certain companies have decided on [...] restrictions.[8] I think this will simply cause them to lose certain segments of the market - a very profitable market."[9] [10]

Structure

Departments

Subordinate authorities

List of finance ministers

See also: List of finance ministers of Russia.

Further reading

English

Russian

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://minfin.gov.ru/en/ Home page
  2. http://www.ibdarb.ru/history/ History of Russian banking
  3. Officially, between November 11, 1991, and February 19, 1992, the ministry was named Ministry of Economy and Finance the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (Russian Federation)
  4. Web site: Visa and MasterCard resume service at two Russian banks. Alanna. Petroff. March 24, 2014. CNNMoney.
  5. Web site: Visa, MasterCard and banks act on U.S. sanctions. Alanna. Petroff. March 21, 2014. CNNMoney.
  6. Web site: Declined: Visa, MasterCard Freeze Out Targeted Russian Banks. Scott. Neuman. March 21, 2014. NPR.
  7. Web site: "Russia renews plan for domestic alternative to Visa, Mastercard" 26 Mar 2014. Reuters.
  8. Web site: Аудиторская компания Москвы - «Факультет социальных программ». fspaudit.ru.
  9. Web site: Putin 'sanctions' Visa, Master Card. March 27, 2014. www.euractiv.com.
  10. News: Putin touts Russian proxy for Visa-MasterCard after sanctions. www.bloomberg.com.