Federal Customs Service of Russia

Federal Customs Service of the Russian Government Федеральная таможенная служба
Flag of the Federal Customs Service, 1994
Agency overview
Formed	1994
Preceding agency	USSR Customs Committee
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	RUS
Operations jurisdiction	RUS
Governing body	Government of Russia
General nature	• Federal law enforcement
Headquarters	Novozavodskaya Ul. 11/5, Moscow, Russia
Elected officer responsible	Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia
Agency executive	Vladimir Bulavin [1], Director
Parent agency	Government of Russia
Website
http://www.customs.ru

The Federal Customs Service of Russia (Russian: Федеральная таможенная служба Российской Федерации, Federalnaya tamozhennaya sluzhba Rossiskoy Federatsii; abbreviated ФТС России, FTS Rossii) is a Russian government service regulating customs.

Since May 12, 2006, it has been led by Andrey Belyaninov and under direct authority of the Government of Russia. Until 2006, the Federal Customs Service of Russia was under the responsibility of the Ministry for Economic Development.

History

The Customs Services in Russia were formed in 1865, as The Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance.

In 1917 the Soviet Customs Service was operated as The Main Directorate for Customs Control as part of the MKTP - The People's Commissariat for Trade and Industry.

In 1991, The Soviet Customs was replaced with The State Customs Committee (GTK) under the Ministry for Economic Development and in 2006 the GTK was renamed to current name.

Heads of Customs of Russia

Uniform inspector of the Federal Customs Service

See also

References

External links

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