Security Council of Russia

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Security Council of the Russian Federation
Совет безопасности Российской Федерации
Emblem of the Russian Security Council
Agency overview
Formed5 March 1992; 32 years ago (1992-03-05)
Preceding agency
JurisdictionRussia
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Agency executives
Websitescrf.gov.ru

The Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF or Sovbez; Russian: Совет безопасности Российской Федерации (СБРФ), romanizedSovet bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii (SBRF)) is a constitutional consultative body of the Russian president that supports the president's decision-making on national security affairs and matters of strategic interest. Composed of Russia's top state officials and heads of defence and security agencies and chaired by the president of Russia, the SCRF acts as a forum for coordinating and integrating national security policy.

History, status, and role[edit]

Meeting place of the Security Council in the Moscow Kremlin's Senate building seen in 2012.
President Medvedev and members at a security council meeting on 8 August 2008.
President Putin and members at a security council meeting on 30 March 2018.

The Security Council of the RSFSR was legally set up by Congress of People's Deputies of Russia[1] [2] [3] [4] in April 1991 along with the post of the President of the RSFSR (the RSFSR at that time operated as one of the constituent republics of the USSR). The 1993 Constitution of Russia refers to the SCRF in Article 83, which stipulates (as one of the president's prerogatives) that the SCRF is formed and headed by the president of Russia, also saying that the status of the SCRF is to be defined by a federal law.

The 2010 Law on Security defines the legal status of the SCRF as a "constitutional consultative body" concerned with elaboration of decisions by the president in the fields of Russia's defence and national security.[5] The SCRF comprises its chairman (the president of Russia), the Secretary of the SCRF, its full members, and members, as appointed by the president.[6] Under the law, the Secretary of the SCRF is appointed by the president and reports directly to him.[7]

Decisions of the SCRF are adopted by its full members and approved by the president, who may issue decrees or orders for the purpose of implementing them.[8]

The Presidential Decree of 6 May 2011 enacted the Statute of the SCRF[9] as well as a host of other statutes pertaining to the structure and composition of the SCRF.[10]

It has been argued[by whom?] that the coordinating role defined for the Security Council in the National Security Strategy to 2020,[11] published in May 2009, represents a strengthening of the council's influence and importance within Russian governance under its new Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.[12]

On 16 January 2020, president Vladimir Putin signed a decree that amended the relevant laws and established a new state office of Deputy Chairman of the Security Council.[13] On the same day, president Putin appointed Dmitry Medvedev as Deputy Chairman of the Security Council.[14]

Composition[edit]

As of 17 March 2023:[15][16]

Permanent members
Name Post
Vladimir Putin Chairman of the Security Council (as president of Russia, ex officio)
Dmitry Medvedev Deputy Chairman of the Security Council
Nikolai Patrushev Secretary of the Security Council
Mikhail Mishustin Chairman of the Government
Anton Vaino Manager of the Presidential Administration
Sergei Ivanov Special Representative of the President on Issues of Environmental Activities, Ecology and Transport
Valentina Matviyenko Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly
Vyacheslav Volodin Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly
Sergei Shoigu Minister for Defence
Sergei Lavrov Minister for Foreign Affairs
Vladimir Kolokoltsev Minister for Internal Affairs
Alexander Bortnikov Director of the Federal Security Service
Sergei Naryshkin Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service
Non-permanent members
Name Post
Rashid Nurgaliyev First Deputy Secretary of the Security Council
Aleksandr Kurenkov Minister of the Russian Federation for Affairs of Civil Defence, Emergency Situations and the Liquidation of Consequences of Natural Disasters
Konstantin Chuichenko Minister for Justice
Anton Siluanov Minister for Finance
Valery Gerasimov Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and First Deputy Minister for Defence
Viktor Zolotov Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops and Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard Forces Command
Igor Krasnov Prosecutor General
Sergei Sobyanin Mayor of Moscow
Aleksandr Beglov Governor of Saint Petersburg
Igor Shchyogolev Plenipotentiary Representative of the President to the Central Federal District
Aleksandr Gutsan Plenipotentiary Representative of the President to the Northwestern Federal District
Vladimir Ustinov Plenipotentiary Representative of the President to the Southern Federal District
Yury Chaika Plenipotentiary Representative of the President to the North Caucasian Federal District
Igor Komarov Plenipotentiary Representative of the President to the Volga Federal District
Vladimir Yakushev Plenipotentiary Representative of the President to the Ural Federal District
Anatoly Seryshev Plenipotentiary Representative of the President to the Siberian Federal District
Yury Trutnev Plenipotentiary Representative of the President to the Far Eastern Federal District and Deputy Chairman of the Government

Deputy Chairmen of the Security Council[edit]

Secretaries of the Security Council[edit]

First Deputy Secretaries of the Security Council[edit]

Deputy Secretaries of the Security Council[edit]

Assistants to the Secretary of the Security Council[edit]

Assistants to the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council[edit]

  • Oleg Osipov (since 13 February 2020)
  • Sergei Sobolev (since 13 February 2020)
  • Mikhail Trinoga (since 13 February 2020)
  • Dmitry Tsvetkov (since 7 July 2020)
  • Aleksei Zaklyazminsky (since 18 January 2021)
  • Mikhail Mikheyev (since 27 June 2022)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Совет Безопасности Российской Федерации".
  2. ^ Постановление Верховного Совета РСФСР от 24 апреля 1991 года № 1099-I «О порядке введения в действие Закона РСФСР „О Президенте РСФСР“»
  3. ^ Закон РСФСР от 24 мая 1991 года № 1326-I «Об изменениях и дополнениях Конституции (основного закона) РСФСР»
  4. ^ "RSFSR law 'On the President of RSFRS' adopted".
  5. ^ "Статья 13. Совет Безопасности \ КонсультантПлюс". www.consultant.ru. Retrieved Jul 10, 2022.
  6. ^ "Статья 15. Состав Совета Безопасности \ КонсультантПлюс". www.consultant.ru. Retrieved Jul 10, 2022.
  7. ^ "Статья 16. Секретарь Совета Безопасности \ КонсультантПлюс". www.consultant.ru. Retrieved Jul 10, 2022.
  8. ^ "Статья 18. Решения Совета Безопасности \ КонсультантПлюс". www.consultant.ru. Retrieved Jul 10, 2022.
  9. ^ "Совет Безопасности Российской Федерации". www.scrf.gov.ru. Retrieved Jul 10, 2022.
  10. ^ "Указ Президента РФ от 06.05.2011 N 590 (ред. от 07.03.2020) "Вопросы Совета Безопасности Российской Федерации" (вместе с "Положением о Межведомственной комиссии Совета Безопасности Российской Федерации по безопасности в экономической и социальной... \ КонсультантПлюс". www.consultant.ru. Retrieved Jul 10, 2022.
  11. ^ "Russia's National Security Strategy to 2020 - Rustrans". rustrans.wikidot.com. Retrieved Jul 10, 2022.
  12. ^ "Review of National Security Strategy to 2020 by Keir Giles, NATO Defense College". Archived from the original on Jul 21, 2011. Retrieved Jul 10, 2022.
  13. ^ "Внесены изменения в некоторые акты Президента Российской Федерации: Глава государства подписал Указ "О внесении изменений в некоторые акты Президента Российской Федерации"". kremlin.ru. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Подписан Указ о Заместителе Председателя Совета Безопасности Российской Федерации: Владимир Путин подписал Указ "О Заместителе Председателя Совета Безопасности Российской Федерации"". kremlin.ru. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Состав ∙ Совет Безопасности ∙ Структура ∙ Президент России". Президент России. Retrieved Jul 10, 2022.
  16. ^ "Совет Безопасности Российской Федерации". www.scrf.gov.ru. Retrieved Jul 10, 2022.
  17. ^ "Совет Безопасности Российской Федерации". www.scrf.gov.ru. Retrieved Jul 10, 2022.

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