The Russian Government Meets at the White House in Moscow

The **Government of the Russian Federation** (the Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister) convenes in the **White House (Белый дом)** on the **Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment** in **Moscow**.

The Building

• Original: Built 1965–1981 as **Comecon headquarters** (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, the Eastern Bloc's answer to OECD).
• Architects: Mikhail Posokhin, Gennady Sirota. Monumental late-Soviet modernism.
• 1991: Became seat of the **RSFSR Council of Ministers** (Boris Yeltsin).
• August 1991: Yeltsin famously stood atop it during the coup attempt.
• 1993: Shelled by tanks during constitutional crisis (Yeltsin vs. Parliament).
• Post-1993: Restored; houses **Government of Russia** (PM + ministries). The **State Duma** (lower house) meets next door (Okhotny Ryad). **Federation Council** (upper house) meets on Bolshaya Dmitrovka.

Not to Be Confused With

• The Kremlin: President's residence (Senate Palace), security council, ceremonial functions.
• White House (USA): President's residence + office. Russia's White House = **PM's office + Cabinet**.

Address & Access

10 Krasnopresnenskaya Naberezhnaya, Moscow 123995. Not open to public tours. Nearby metro: **Krasnopresnenskaya** (Circle Line) or **Ulitsa 1905 Goda** (Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya).