NationMaster - Encyclopedia: FSB (Russia)

The FSB (ФСБ) is a state security organization in Russia, and is the domestic successor organization to the KGB. Its name is an acronym from the Russian Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Росси́йской Федера́ции) (Federal'naya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti Rossiyskoi Federatsii). It is usually simply called the FSB in English-language sources. Its headquarters are located in Moscow. Image File history File links Gerb_fsb. ... Image File history File links Gerb_fsb. ... The KGB emblem and motto: The sword and the shield KGB (transliteration of ÐšÐ“Ð‘) is the Russian-language abbreviation for Committee for State Security, (Russian: ; Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area - City 1,081 kmÂ² Population - City (2005) - Density 10,415,400 8537. ...

1 Overview
2 Restructuring
3 Heads of the FSB or equivalent
4 Recent Developments
5 Trivia
6 See also
7 Geographical relationship
8 References
9 External links
10 Further reading

Overview

The FSB played a major role in Chechnya but it had to fight organized crime, terrorism, drug smuggling and corruption across the whole Federation as well. Capital Grozny Area - total - % water Ranked 80th - 15,300 kmÂ² - negligible Population - Total - Density Ranked 49th - est. ... Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... These lollipops were found to contain heroin when inspected by the US DEA The illegal drug trade is a global black market activity consisting of production, distribution, packaging and sale of illegal psychoactive substances. ...

Anti-Putin critics have accused the FSB of involvement in the 1999 Russian apartment bombings following the arrest of three of the organisation's operatives who had planted a large bomb at the basement of an apartment complex in the town of Ryazan. The FSB allegedly declared that the incident was a training exercise forty-eight hours later. The original chemical test was declared inaccurate due to contamination of the analysis apparatus from a previous test. This is widely believed to have been a fumbled attempt by the FSB to blow up the apartment block. It has been speculated by these critics that the motive was to build up support in Chechnya, and called into question who had been responsible for the other Russian apartment bombings. The Russian apartment bombings were a series of bombings in Russia that killed nearly 300 people and led the country into the Second Chechen War. ... The Russian apartment bombings were a series of bombings in Russia that killed nearly 300 people and led the country into the Second Chechen War. ...

Former Russian member of the FSB, Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned on November 1, 2006, and later died on November 23, 2006 in the UK. The former critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin said he felt ill after meeting two Russians at a hotel. Large quantities of the radioactive isotope polonium-210 was reportedly found in his urine by British health experts on November 24th. ^[1] Litvinenko, now a British citizen, co-authored a book in 2002 entitled "Blowing up Russia: Terror from Within". in which he alleged FSB agents coordinated apartment block bombings in Russia that killed more than 300 people in 1999. Meanwhile FSB officials blamed the bombings on Chechen rebels. When poisoned he was in the midst of investigating the killing of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, also a vocal critic of Putin, who was gunned down at her Moscow flat on October 7, 2006. Alexander Litvinenko, May 2002 AP/Alistair Fuller Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (Russian: ; December 4, 1962[1] or August 30, 1962[2] â€“ November 23, 2006) was a Russian Security Service agent and later a Russian dissident. ... Polonium-210 is the most readily available isotope of Polonium. ... Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya (Russian: ; 30 August 1958 â€“ 7 October 2006) was a U.S.-born[1] Russian journalist and human rights activist well known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and the Putin administration. ...

On June 20, 1996, Yeltsin fired the Director, Mikhail Ivanovich Barsukov and appointed Nikolay Dmitrevich Kovalev, to Acting Director and later to Director of the FSB. Russian president Vladimir Putin was head of the FSB from July 1998 to August 1999. June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (b. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) became President of Russia on December 31, 1999, succeeding Boris Yeltsin. ...

In September 1998, the FSB staff had received only half of their salaries and the distribution of meal allowances had stopped at the beginning of the year.^{[citation needed]} The total number of FSB employees at the end of 1997 was 80,000.^{[citation needed]}

On July 28, 2006 the FSB presented a list of 17 organizations, recognized as terrorist by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, to Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper, that published the list on that day. It was available previously, but only on individual requests. ^[2]^[3] Commenting the list, Yuri Sapunov, head of anti-terrorism at the FSB, named three main criteria necessary for organizations to be listed. ^[4] July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (Russian: ) is the final instance in administrative law, civil law and criminal law cases. ... Rossiyskaya Gazeta is a Russian government daily newspaper. ...

Restructuring

1995: incorporating KGB successor

Following the attempted coup of 1991 against Mikhail Gorbachev, the KGB was dismantled and formally ceased to exist after November 1991.^[5] Its successor, the FSK (Federalnaya Sluzhba Kontrrazvedki (Федера́льная Слу́жба Контрразве́дки), Federal Counterintelligence Service) was reorganized into the FSB by the Federal Law of April 3, 1995, "On the Organs of the Federal Security Service in the Russian Federation", making the new FSB a more powerful organization. During the Soviet Coup of 1991, also known as the August Putsch, Vodka Putsch or August Coup, a group of hardliners within the Soviet Communist party briefly deposed Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and attempted to take control of the country. ... Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov ( , Mihail SergeeviÄ GorbaÄÃ«v, IPA: , commonly written as Mikhail Gorbachev; born March 2, 1931) was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. ... The KGB emblem and motto: The sword and the shield KGB (transliteration of ÐšÐ“Ð‘) is the Russian-language abbreviation for Committee for State Security, (Russian: ; Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article should belong in one or more categories. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

This law described the FSB role in the regions:

Clarified the FSB role in the Armed Forces
Gave the FSB director ministerial status and the rank of army general
Allowed it to conduct intelligence work and to protect Russian citizens and enterprises abroad
Obliged the FSB to inform the president and the prime minister about national threats
Gave the FSB powers of detention and the right to enter any premises or property "if there is sufficient evidence to suppose that a crime is being been perpetrated there" without a warrant
Permitted the FSB to set up special units, carrying firearms, and to train security personnel in private companies
Established the control structures over the FSB.

The FSB reforms were rounded out by Edict 633, signed by Boris Yeltsin on June 23, 1995. The edict made the tasks of the FSB more specific, giving the FSB substantial rights to conduct cryptographic work, and described the powers of the FSB director. The number of deputy directors was increased to 8: 2 first deputies, 5 deputies responsible for departments and directorates and 1 deputy director heading the Moscow City and Moscow regional directorate. Yeltsin appointed Colonel-General Mikhail Ivanovich Barsukov as the new director of the FSB. Yeltsin redirects here. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area - City 1,081 kmÂ² Population - City (2005) - Density 10,415,400 8537. ... Moscow Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) officially established on January 14, 1929. ...

1997

In May 1997, the FSB was reorganized again following a political power struggle. The FSB structure was changed into five departments and six directorates: 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Counterintelligence Department
Anti terrorist Department
Analysis, Forecasts and Strategic Planning Department
Personnel and Management Department
Operational Support Department
Directorate of Analysis and Suppression of the Activity of Criminal Organizations
Investigation Directorate
Operational-Search Directorate
Operational-Technical Measures Directorate
Internal Security Directorate
Administration Directorate
Prison
Scientific-Technical centre

The FSB was not to recruit civilian personnel and the number of places offered by the FSB Academy was cut back.

2004

In mid-2004, the FSB was restructured by order of President Putin, as follows:

Director: General Nikolai Patrushev
Press/Public Relations Service:
Executive Directorate:
First Deputy Director - Border Service: Viktor Pronichev
First Deputy Director: Sergei Smirnov
Deputy Director: Vyacheslav Ushakov
Deputy Director: Vladimir Anisimov
Investigation Directorate: Yuri Anisimov
Military Counter Intelligence Directorate: Aleksandr Bezverkhny
FSB Border Service: Viktor Pronichev
Counter Intelligence Service: Oleg Syromolotov
Service For The Protection Of The Constitutional System & The Fight Against Terror: Aleksandr Bragin
Economic Security Service: Aleksandr Bortnikov
Organizational & Personnel Service: Yevgeniy Lovyrev
Analysis, Forecasting & Strategic Planning Service: Viktor Komogorov
Control Service: Aleksandr Zhdankov
Science & Technology Service: Nikolai Klimashin
- FSB Academy:
- National Cryptology Academy:

Heads of the FSB or equivalent

Viktor Pavlovich Barannikov January 1992 - July 1993
Nikolai Mikhailovich Golushko July 1993 - February 1994
Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin February 1994 - June 1995
Mikhail Ivanovich Barsukov July 1995 - June 1996
Nikolai Dmitrievich Kovalev July 1996 - July 1998
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin July 1998 - August 1999
Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev since August 1999

Viktor Pavlovich Barannikov (born 1940), was the Soviet interior minister in 1991 and Soviet security minister 1991-1993. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Categories: Stub | 1952 births | Russian Prime Ministers | Russian politicians ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин in Cyrillic lettering) (born October 7, 1952) has been the President of Russia since the year 2000. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev (ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°Ð¹ ÐŸÐ»Ð°Ñ‚Ð¾Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐŸÐ°Ñ‚Ñ€ÑƒÑˆÐµÐ²) (born July 11, 1951) is the director of the Russian FSB, the successor organization of the KGB. He became director of the FSB in 1999. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ...

Recent Developments

On November 23 2006, Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in London, using radioactive polonium-210. The FSB has been widely suspected of involvement, as Litvinenko had previously published a book accusing the FSB of bombing apartments in Chechnya. Alexander Litvinenko, May 2002 AP/Alistair Fuller Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (Russian: ; December 4, 1962[1] or August 30, 1962[2] â€“ November 23, 2006) was a Russian Security Service agent and later a Russian dissident. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Capital Grozny Area - total - % water Ranked 80th - 15,300 kmÂ² - negligible Population - Total - Density Ranked 49th - est. ...

Trivia

In the beginning of 2006 the Italian news agency ANSA reported the publication on the FSB website of an offer, open to Russian citizens working as spies for a foreign country, to work as double agents. ANSA may refer to: Alliance of Norwegian Students Abroad Italian news agency ANSA [1] This is a disambiguation page â€” a list of articles associated with the same title. ... A double agent pretends to spy on a target organization on behalf of a controlling organization, but in fact is loyal to the target organization. ...

Geographical relationship

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West: N/A	FSB (Russia)	East: N/A
	South:People's Armed Police - People's Republic of China, Hong Kong Police, Macau Security Force

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References

^ "Radioactive substance found in ex-spy's body", CTV, November 24, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-24. (in English)
^ "17 particularly dangerous", Rossiyskaya Gazeta, July 28, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-08-13. (in Russian)
^ "‘Terror’ list out; Russia tags two Kuwaiti groups", Arab Times, August 13, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-08-13.
^ "Russia names 'terrorist' groups", BBC News, July 28, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-08-13.
^ But see N. Gevorkian, The KGB: "They still need us", 49 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 36 (1993)).

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External links

Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, official homepage in Russian
Poison pins, rocks and fake logs: the secret arsenal of a long, silent war by Jeremy Page, The Times, March 02, 2006
Slaves of KGB. 20th Century. The religion of betrayal (Рабы ГБ. XX век. Религия предательства), Moscow, 1999.

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