Authorities

 Russian Federation - Competent Authority (Art. 6)
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Designated Competent Authorities:

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  1. The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
    Categories of public documents for which Apostilles can be issued:
    - documents of federal bodies of executive power, natural and juridical persons, which were notarial evidence;
    - documents of territorial bodies of federal bodies of executive power, bodies of executive power of the subjects of the Russian Federation, notaries, bodies of local government    ; 
  2. The General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation;
  3. The Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation;
  4. The Register Offices of the executive bodies in subjects of the Russian Federation;
  5. The Federal Archives Agency and the authorised bodies for archives of the executive power in subjects of the Russian Federation;
  7. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on official archive documents on military service (employment) in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces of the USSR and the Joint Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), issued in the Russian Federation.

Contact details:

Address: The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
Zhitnaya, 14
MOSCOW
Telephone: +7 499 156 7529
Contact person: Victor Karpov
(language of communication: Russian)
E-mail: -
General website: http://www.minjust.ru

Address: The General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation
125993 MOSCOW, GSP-3
B. Dmitrovka ul., 15a
Telephone: +7 (495) 692 2682
Fax: +7 (495) 692 9600
E-mail: -
General website: http://genproc.gov.ru/

Address: The Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation
117049 MOSCOW
Zhitnaya, 16
Telephone: +7 (495) 667 2221
Fax: -
E-mail: -
General website:

http://eng.mvdrf.ru/


Address:

The Federal Archives Agency 
103132 MOSCOW
Ilyinka ul., 12
Telephone: +7 (495) 206 3531
Fax: +7 (495) 206 5587
E-mail: -
General website: http://www.rusarchives.ru/ 

Address: Executive bodies of constituent entities ("federal subjects") of the Russian Federation
(click here for the current list)
Telephone: -
Fax: -
E-mail: -
General website: http://obrnadzor.gov.ru/ru/about/interaction_with_subjects/

Address: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Znamenka, 19
MOSCOW
Telephone: +7 (495) 696 8436
Fax: +7 (495) 696 0281
E-mail: -
General website: http://www.mil.ru/

Practical Information:

Price: According to sub-paragraph 41 of paragraph 1 of article 333.33 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, the price for the issuance of an Apostille is 300 rubles per document.
Useful Links: http://www.ed.gov.ru/int-coop/tema/adapt/374/ (diplomas and other education documents)

(This page was last updated on 14 November 2011)

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