Security Council structure

The Security Council is formed by the President in accordance with the Constitution and the Federal Law “On Security”. The President chairs the Council and appoints its members. The secretary of the Security Council who answers directly to the President oversees the Council’s work and its Office.

Security Council Chairman

Putin
Vladimir

President of the Russian Federation

Permanent members of Security Council

Medvedev
Dmitry

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation

Belousov
Andrei

Defence Minister of the Russian Federation

Bortnikov
Alexander

Director of the Federal Security Service

Ivanov
Sergei

Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport

Kolokoltsev
Vladimir

Interior Minister of the Russian Federation

Lavrov
Sergei

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Matviyenko
Valentina

Chairwoman of the Council of Federation

Mishustin
Mikhail

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

Naryshkin
Sergei

Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service

Patrushev
Nikolai

Aide to the President

Vaino
Anton

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office

Volodin
Vyacheslav

Chairman of the State Duma

Shoigu
Sergei

Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council

Security Council members

Beglov
Alexander

Governor of St Petersburg

Chaika
Yury

Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District

Chuychenko
Konstantin

Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation

Dyumin
Alexei

Aide to the President

Gerasimov
Valery

Chief of the General Staff of Russia’s Armed Forces – First Deputy Minister of Defence

Gutsan
Alexander

Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District

Komarov
Igor

Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District

Krasnikov
Gennady

President of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Krasnov
Igor

Prosecutor General

Linets
Alexander

Head of the Main Directorate for Special Programmes of the President of the Russian Federation

Manturov
Denis

First Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation

Nurgaliyev
Rashid

First Deputy Secretary of the Security Council
First Deputy Secretary of the Security Council

Seryshev
Anatoly

Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Siberian Federal District

Shchegolev
Igor

Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Central Federal District

Siluanov
Anton

Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation

Skvortsova
Veronika

Head of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA)

Sobyanin
Sergei

Moscow Mayor

Trutnev
Yury

Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation – Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District

Ustinov
Vladimir

Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District

Zolotov
Viktor

Director of the Federal Service of National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation – Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation

As of September 30, 2024