Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation

Ministry of Culture of Russia

Министерство культуры Российской Федерации
Ministry Emblem
Agency overview
Formed	2008
Jurisdiction	Government of Russia
Headquarters	Maly Gnezdnikovsky 6/7, Moscow 55°45′44.46″N 37°36′19.53″E / 55.7623500°N 37.6054250°E / 55.7623500; 37.6054250Coordinates: 55°45′44.46″N 37°36′19.53″E / 55.7623500°N 37.6054250°E / 55.7623500; 37.6054250
Annual budget	74.5 billion rouble (FY 2011)
Minister responsible	Vladimir Medinsky
Website	mkrf.ru (in Russian)

The Ministry for Culture of Russia (Russian: Министерство культуры Российской Федерации; Минкультуры России) is a Russian Federal Ministry in the Russian Government that responsible for state policy in Cultural spheres, Art, Cinematography, archives, and inter-nations issues. The responsibilities of the Ministry includes censorship of anti-Russian films.

Formed in May 2, 2008 on basic of the Ministry for Culture and Mass Media (Министерство культуры и массовых коммуникаций Российской Федерации). In the past, the Culture Ministry was operated between 1953-1992, and 1992-2004 (While between March and September 1992 the ministry was known as Ministry for Culture and Tourism (Министерство культуры и туризма Российской Федерации).