Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD; Russian: Министерство внутренних дел [МВД], Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del) is the interior ministry of Russia.

The MVD is responsible for law enforcement in Russia through its agencies the Police of Russia, Migration Affairs, Drugs Control, Traffic Safety, the Centre for Combating Extremism, and the Investigative Department.

The MVD is headquartered in Yakimanka, Moscow.

Vladimir Kolokoltsev has been the Minister of Internal Affairs since 2012.

List of ministers (since 1992)

Minister			Party	Term of office		President
		General of the army Viktor Yerin	Independent	15 January 1992	30 June 1995		Boris Yeltsin
		General of the army Anatoly Kulikov	Independent	7 July 1995	23 March 1998
		Colonel general Pavel Maslov (acting)	Independent	23 March 1998	30 March 1998
		Colonel general Sergei Stepashin	Independent	30 March 1998	12 May 1999
		Colonel general Vladimir Vasilyev (acting)	Independent	12 May 1999	21 May 1999
		Colonel general Vladimir Rushailo	Independent	21 May 1999	28 March 2001
							Vladimir Putin
		Boris Gryzlov	United Russia	28 March 2001	24 December 2003
		General of the army Rashid Nurgaliyev	United Russia	24 December 2003	21 May 2012
							Dmitry Medvedev
		General of the police Vladimir Kolokoltsev	United Russia	21 May 2012	Incumbent		Vladimir Putin