Security Council of Russia


The Security Council of the Russian Federation '; Sovet bezopasnosti Rossiiyskoiy Federatsii is a constitutional body of the Russian President that works out the President's decisions on national security affairs. 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

The Security Council of the RSFSR was legally set up in April 1991 along with the post of the President of the RSFSR. The 1993 Constitution of Russia refers to the SCRF in Article 83, which stipulates 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. The SCRF comprises its chairman, the Secretary of the SCRF, its full members, and members, as appointed by the president. Under the law, the Secretary of the SCRF is appointed by the president and reports directly to him.
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.
The Presidential Decree of 6 May 2011 enacted the Statute of the SCRF as well as a host of other statutes pertaining to the structure and composition of the SCRF.
It has been argued that the coordinating role defined for the Security Council in the National Security Strategy to 2020, published in May 2009, represents a strengthening of the Council's influence and importance within Russian governance under its new Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.
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. On the same day president Putin appointed Dmitry Medvedev as Deputy Chairman of the Security Council.

Composition

As of 13 February 2020:
Chairman of the Security Council — Vladimir Putin as the President of Russia
;Permanent members
NamePost
Dmitry MedvedevDeputy Chairman of the Security Council
Mikhail MishustinChairman of the Government
Anton VainoHead of the Presidential Administration
Valentina MatviyenkoChairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly
Vyacheslav VolodinChairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly
Sergei ShoiguMinister for Defence
Sergei LavrovMinister for Foreign Affairs
Vladimir KolokoltsevMinister for Internal Affairs
Aleksandr BortnikovDirector of the Federal Security Service
Sergei NaryshkinDirector of the Foreign Intelligence Service
Viktor ZolotovDirector of the Federal National Guard Troops Service
Dmitry KochnevDirector of the Federal Protective Service
Nikolai PatrushevSecretary of the Security Council

;Non-permanent members
NamePost
Yevgeny ZinichevMinister of the Russian Federation for Affairs of Civil Defence, Emergency Situations and the Liquidation of Consequences of Natural Disasters
Konstantin ChuichenkoMinister for Justice
Anton SiluanovMinister for Finance
Aleksandr KozlovMinister of the Russian Federation for Development of the Far East and Arctic
Valery GerasimovChief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and First Deputy Minister for Defence
Igor KrasnovProsecutor General
Sergei SobyaninMayor of Moscow
Aleksandr BeglovGovernor of Saint Petersburg
Igor ShchyogolevPlenipotentiary Representative of the President to the Central Federal District
Aleksandr GutsanPlenipotentiary Representative of the President to the Northwestern Federal District
Vladimir UstinovPlenipotentiary Representative of the President to the Southern Federal District
Yury ChaikaPlenipotentiary Representative of the President to the North Caucasian Federal District
Igor KomarovPlenipotentiary Representative of the President to the Volga Federal District
Nikolai TsukanovPlenipotentiary Representative of the President to the Ural Federal District
Sergei MenyailoPlenipotentiary Representative of the President to the Siberian Federal District
Yury TrutnevPlenipotentiary Representative of the President to the Far Eastern Federal District and Deputy Chairman of the Government
Yury AveryanovFirst Deputy Secretary of the Security Council
Rashid NurgaliyevDeputy Secretary of the Security Council
Mikhail PopovDeputy Secretary of the Security Council
Sergei VakhrukovDeputy Secretary of the Security Council
Aleksandr GrebenkinDeputy Secretary of the Security Council
Oleg KhramovDeputy Secretary of the Security Council
Yury KokovDeputy Secretary of the Security Council
Aleksandr VenediktovDeputy Secretary of the Security Council
Aleksei PavlovAssistant to the Secretary of the Security Council
Nail MukhitovAssistant to the Secretary of the Security Council
Aleksandr AbelinAssistant to the Secretary of the Security Council
Oleg OsipovAssistant to the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council
Sergei SobolevAssistant to the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council
Mikhail TrinogaAssistant to the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council

Secretaries of the Security Council