The Presidential State-Legal Directorate is responsible for the President’s work on matters related to the law. It provides legal support for the Presidential Executive Office’s work and information and reference support for the Presidential Executive Office’s other subdivisions. It provides legal consultation services to the Government Staff, the federal executive bodies of power and the regional authorities.

The Clerical Office provides documentation support to the President of the Russian Federation.

The Presidential Control Directorate oversees and checks that federal laws (in where they concern the President’s powers, including with regard to ensuring human rights and civil liberties), executive orders, instructions and other presidential decisions are enforced by the federal executive bodies of power, the regional authorities, and organisations. It oversees and monitors implementation of instructions by the President and the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office. It oversees the implementation of the Annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, the President’s budget addresses and other programme documents issued by the President. It reports to the President and the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office on the results of checks and proposes measures to prevent and eliminate infringements revealed

The Presidential Speechwriting Office takes part in drafting the Annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly and other presidential programme documents. It drafts speeches and letters of greetings and congratulations from the President, takes part in publishing projects related to the work of the President and the Presidential Executive Office, and provides support for the President’s activities in the areas of education and science.

The Presidential Document Processing Directorate organises information and documentation support for the President and the Executive Office. It manages a common clerical and document processing system for the Presidential Executive Office, organises, coordinates and oversees work within the Executive Office to protect the confidentiality of information considered a state secret, and organises and oversees special document communications channels with the executive bodies in the regions. It is responsible for the formation, conservation, inventory and use of the document archives of the President, the Executive Office, and the presidential consultative bodies, and is also responsible for the formation, management, conservation and use of the Presidential Executive Office’s library resources.

The Presidential Foreign Policy Directorate assists the President in setting the country’s main foreign policy outlines. It helps to draw up general foreign policy strategy and supports the President in exercising his powers to direct the country’s foreign policy. It provides information, analytical and organisational support for the foreign policy and international relations activities of the President and Presidential Executive Office and is responsible for the content of foreign policy events in which the President takes part. It organises cooperation between the President and the Chief of the Presidential Executive Office and the state bodies and officials of foreign countries, foreign political and public figures, and international and foreign organisations.

The Presidential Domestic Policy Directorate provides the information, analytical and organisational support for the exercise of the President’s constitutional powers to set the main outlines of the country’s domestic policy. Within the scope of its mandate it summarises and presents to the President and the Chief of the Presidential Executive Office information on the social and political situation in the country, as well as proposals on state-building, federal relations, local self-government, regional and information policy. It organises cooperation between the head of state and the Federal Assembly, the regional bodies of power, local self-government bodies, political parties, professional and creative unions, business associations, chambers of commerce and industry, public and religious organisations and other civil society groups. It organises cooperation between the President and Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office and the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoys to the federal districts.

The Directorate’s main tasks include supporting the President in exercising his powers related to conducting state policy in the sphere of public service of the Russian Federation, personnel policy and also state policy in combating corruption; overseeing the execution of federal laws, executive orders, resolutions, instructions and directives of the President on issues within the competence of the Directorate; drafting proposals for the President on issues of civil service reform and development, personnel policy and combating corruption in public authorities, other state bodies, local governments and organisations, as well as settling conflicts of interest; assisting the President, within the limits of its authority, in determining the main areas of reforming and developing the civil service, personnel policy and in implementing state policy in the sphere of combating corruption, as well as in ensuring the coordinated functioning and interaction of state authorities, other state bodies, local governments and organisations concerning these issues; supporting the activities of the Presidential Commission for Civil Service and Management Personnel Pool, the Presidential Commission for Screening Candidates for Federal Judges and Terminating Their Powers, the Presidential Commission on Personnel Policy at Certain Federal Government Agencies, the Presidential Council for Countering Corruption and the Presidium of this Council, and the Commission for Supervising Compliance with the Requirements for Professional Conduct by Federal Employees from the Presidential Executive Office and Settling Conflicts of Interest, as well as ensuring, within its competence, the activities of other advisory and consultative bodies under the President; ensuring interaction of the President and the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office with the presidential plenipotentiary envoys to the federal districts on matters within the purview of the Directorate; and providing HR and organisational support for the activities of the Presidential Executive Office.

The key tasks of the Directorate include contributing, within its competence, to providing information, analytical and organisational support to enable the President to exercise his constitutional authority in terms of defining key areas of domestic policy; monitoring and analysing social processes in the Russian Federation; organising and ensuring interaction between the President and representatives of the expert community; preparing, within its competence, summarising and submitting to the President and the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office materials on the social and political situation in the country and forecasting the development of social and political trends; participating, within its competence, in drafting and submitting proposals to the President and the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office dealing with political planning; supporting, within its competence, events attended by the President.

The Presidential Directorate for National Maritime Policy supports the President’s effort to draft the national maritime policy of Russia and develops proposals concerning the implementation of the policy, ensuring Russia’s national interests in the World Ocean, development of its maritime capabilities, maritime activities, and shipbuilding. The body participates in the implementation of these proposals at the instructions of the President or the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office. It also provides research, analytics and planning support to the activities of the Maritime Board.

The key tasks of the Directorate include providing information, analytical and organisational support to enable the President to exercise his constitutional authority in dealing with the operation of and interactions between public administration bodies; taking part in drafting proposals, within its mandate and purview, to articulate the main domestic and foreign policy vectors for the Russian Federation, as well as the socioeconomic development agenda for the country; within its mandate and purview, drafting, summarising and submitting to the President and the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office materials for devising state policy for the socioeconomic development of regions and municipal entities, delineating overlapping mandates of the federal, regional executive bodies and local government institutions; drafting proposals to define state policy priorities in physical fitness and sports, as well as initiatives to fulfil these policies, promoting physical fitness and sports as part of human development efforts, and creating conditions to enable Russian citizens to live a healthy lifestyle; providing for the work of the State Council and its working bodies, as well as the Presidential Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport; providing information and analytical support for the President’s trips to the regions, as well as accompanying events attended by the President, within its mandate; contributing to reviewing state and municipal governance practices, and drafting assessment guidelines and proposals to improve them.

The Directorate’s main tasks are to ensure, within the limits of its authority, the formation and implementation of state policy by the President in the humanitarian sphere, including in culture and historical enlightenment. The Directorate prepares and submits proposals to the President on strengthening the spiritual and moral foundations of the Russian society, preserving traditional values and historical and cultural heritage, as well as on international cultural and humanitarian cooperation.

The key functions of the Directorate are to analyse and forecast public processes in the Russian Federation and the world related to cultural policy and historical enlightenment, prepare relevant information and analytical materials, reports to the President and the Head of the Presidential Executive Office, as well as proposals on the implementation of cultural, educational and enlightenment programmes.

Head of the Presidential Directorate for State Humanitarian Policy – Vladimir Bocharnikov.

The Directorate’s key tasks include rendering support to the President, within its competence, in exercising his powers related to developing and implementing state policy in the sphere of defence industry; assisting the President in ensuring coordinated functioning and interaction between federal government bodies, other federal authorities, public authorities of the Russian Federation regions and organisations in the sphere of defence industry; preparing and submitting proposals to the President on issues related to policy-making in the defence industry sector, including raising the efficiency of defence industry organisations and enterprises, the development and implementation of the state armament programme and state defence order, carrying out technological modernisation of defence industry enterprises, improving mechanisms for supplying weapons, military and special equipment for the needs of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, other troops, military formations and bodies, adopting modern technologies in the defence industry sector, strengthening workforce capacity of such organisations, as well as participation in implementing such proposals on the President’s instruction; participation in drafting proposals to the President on improving mobilisation readiness of defence industry organisations and their mobilisation training; participation, together with the Office of the Security Council of the Russian Federation and the Presidential Foreign Policy Directorate, in drafting proposals to the President on improving the Russian Federation’s military-technical cooperation with foreign countries; providing information, analytical and organisational support to the Commission for Military Technology Cooperation with Foreign States.

The Presidential State Decorations Directorate provides support for the President’s activities in matters related to awarding state decorations and honorary titles, the Presidential Certificate of Merit and Presidential Letters of Gratitude; the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces Certificate and the Commander-in-Chief Letter of Commendation; oversees within its competence the execution of federal laws and Presidential executive orders and directives on matters related to state decorations and heraldry; drafts proposals for the President on the implementation of the consolidated policy in the sphere of state decorations and heraldry.

The Presidential Directorate for Interregional Relations and Cultural Contacts with Foreign Countries provides support for the President’s activities in developing international relations of the Russian Federation. The Directorate’s main objectives are to develop and implement projects in the field of interregional and cultural ties with foreign countries aimed at providing assistance to the President in implementing foreign policy; to provide information and analytical support for the President of the Russian Federation and the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office on issues of interregional and cultural relations with foreign countries in the area of its competence.

Supports the President in exercising his constitutional powers to set the main guidelines in national science and education policy; provides the organisational support for the work of the Presidential Council for Science, Technology and Education; drafts and submits to the President and the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office material on developing and implementing national science and education policy, including with regard to the financing of scientific research and programmes to develop science and education centres.

The Presidential Directorate for Protection of Citizens’ Constitutional Rights supports the President in exercising his constitutional rights on matters concerning Russian Federation citizenship, granting political asylum, state migration policy, and issuing pardons.

The Directorate’s main tasks include drafting within their competence and submitting to the President and the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office materials and proposals on ways to strengthen the spiritual and moral foundations of Russian society, improving the patriotic education of young people, developing and implementing public projects in this sphere, and ensuring communication between the President and public associations and other civil society organisations.

The Directorate’s key tasks include the support of the President in exercising his constitutional powers as regards state information policy as well as drafting proposals for the President on issues of state information policy and participating in the implementation of said proposals on the President’s instructions; analysing media positions and public opinion on issues of implementing state policy in various areas and promptly briefing the President on these matters; developing information support strategy for socially important decisions by the President, as well as participating in its implementation on the President’s instructions; coordinating information activities of federal government bodies and federal executive authorities with the aim of providing objective information to the media on the state policy being conducted in various fields; coordinating information support for major international events in the Russian Federation and abroad, including preparing and holding the XXII Olympic Winter Games and the XI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014 in Sochi.

The main tasks of the Directorate for Cross-Border Cooperation include ancillary support for the President’s activity concerning cross-border cooperation on the European track; coordination of federal executive bodies, executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local self-government bodies, public associations and organisations on any matters related to the Directorate’s jurisdiction; information and analytical support for the activities of the President and the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office related to the Directorate’s jurisdiction.

Presidential Directorate for Correspondence from Citizens and Organisations examines oral and written correspondence addressed to the President of Russia and the Presidential Executive Office by Russian and foreign citizens and stateless persons. It carries out information and reference work related to citizens’ correspondence, analyses citizens’ correspondence addressed to the President and draws up the appropriate reports. It provides the information, analytical and methodological support for the Presidential Executive Office’s work with citizens’ correspondence.

The Directorate’s main objectives are to support the state policies of the President of the Russian Federation in application of information technology and development of e-democracy, prepare suggestions to the President of the Russian Federation on using information technology and developing e-democracy in state and municipal administrations, and participate in the implementation of such suggestions following the President of the Russian Federation’s instructions.

The Presidential Press and Information Office supports the President in exercising his constitutional powers in the area of state information policy. It drafts proposals for the President on matters concerning state information policy and formation of Russia’s information space, and takes part in their implementation. It informs the mass media about the President’s activities, decrees and instructions, speeches, statements, meetings and other events in which he takes part. It keeps the President up to date on media reactions and responses to his decisions and statements. It organises information support for state, official and other visits, official meetings, talks, working trips by the President and other events in which the President takes part in Russia and abroad. It organises interaction between the President and the mass media.

The Presidential Protocol Office is responsible for protocol during visits abroad and trips to the regions of Russia by the President and his wife. It takes care of protocol matters for events involving the President and his wife during visits to the Russian Federation by representatives of foreign countries and international organisations. It organises protocol for mass and other events involving the President or held on the instructions of the President or the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office.

The Presidential Experts’ Directorate provides expert and analytical support to the President in the exercise of his constitutional powers. It prepares expert evaluations, analytical reports and other expert and analytical materials required by the President and the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office. It is responsible for expert and analysis work on financing the activities of the President and the Presidential Executive Office.

Chief of the Presidential Experts’ Directorate – Denis Agafonov.