The Federal Customs Service of Russia (, ''Federalnaya tamozhennaya sluzhba Rossiskoy Federatsii''; abbreviated , ''FTS Rossii'') is a Russian government service regulating

customs Customs is an authority or Government agency, agency in a country responsible for collecting tariffs and for controlling International trade, the flow of goods, including animals, transports, personal effects, and hazardous items, into and out ...

. It is part of Russia's

Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...

History

The

Customs Customs is an authority or Government agency, agency in a country responsible for collecting tariffs and for controlling International trade, the flow of goods, including animals, transports, personal effects, and hazardous items, into and out ...

Services in

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

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. On January 15, 2016, a presidential

ukase In Imperial Russia, a ukase () or ukaz ( ) was a proclamation of the tsar, government, or a religious leadership (e.g., Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' or the Most Holy Synod) that had the force of law. " Edict" and " decree" are adequate trans ...

placed the Federal Customs Service under the control of the

Heads of Customs of Russia

State Customs Committee

* Mikhail Vanin (1999 - 2004)

Federal Customs Service

* Aleksander Zherikhov (2004 - 2006) *

Andrey Belyaninov Andrey Yuryevich Belyaninov (in , born July 14, 1957) is a Russian businessman and government official. He is a Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank since 2017. Belyaninov graduated from Moscow Plekhanov Academy of National Economy and holds ...

(2006 - 2016) *

Vladimir Bulavin Vladimir Ivanovich Bulavin (; born 11 February 1953) is a Russia military and security official, the Head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia, Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation (2016-2023). Biography Bulavin was born Lipets ...

(2016 - 2023) * Ruslan Davydov (acting, 2023 - 2024) * Valery Pikalyov (since 2024)

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International agencies comparable to FTS

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Serious Organized Crime Agency
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Bundesgrenzschutz Bundesgrenzschutz (; abbreviation: BGS; ) is the former name of the German ''Bundespolizei'' (Federal Police). Established on 16 March 1951 as a subordinate agency of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the BGS originally was primarily focu ...

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