It advises the president, and hence the Russian state, on heraldic matters.
Its duties includes the overseeing of the use of official symbols, and preventing their use by non-authorised sources.
It helps local and regional governments devise coats of arms.
[1] It runs, and has authority over, the State Heraldic Register of the Russian Federation.
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