Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia
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Formed | 12 April, 1995 |
Preceding agency | KGB |
Employees | around 200,000–300,000 |
Legal personality | Governmental:Government agency |
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Federal agency | Russia |
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Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Lubyanka Square,Moscow, Russia |
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FSB stands for Federal Security Service and is the main security agency of Russia. It was founded in early 1990’s and since then has developed periodically. Today and even in the years to come it would be ranked among the top most efficient intelligence agencies of the world. Major aim of the agency is collecting information. Protecting national interests and taking counter-terrorism steps for enhancing country’s security. With over 250 thousand staff, special agents and squads, the agency’s main office is located in Moscow.
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