The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation[a] (FSB) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union 's KGB; its immediate …

6 days ago · Federal Security Service (FSB), Russian internal security and counterintelligence service created in 1994 as one of the successor agencies of the Soviet-era KGB. It is …

Alexander Litvinenko was an officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and its predecessor, the KGB, until he left the service and fled the country in late 2000. In 1998, …

During the First Chechen War, Litvinenko planted several FSB agents in Chechnya. Although he was often called a "Russian spy" by western press, throughout his career he was not an …

The Federal Security Service (FSB) is a federal executive body with the authority to implement government policy in the national security of the Russian Federation, counterterrorism, the …

Oct 9, 2024 · The FSB is a federal agency within the executive branch of the Russian government responsible for internal security and counterintelligence. In practice, this means ensuring the …

Dec 20, 1996 · In the years since the fall of the Soviet Union, the FSB slowly took on the responsibilities of a number of agencies. More recently, it absorbed FAPSI, the Russian …

Nov 24, 2022 · Russia was preparing to attack Japan in the summer of 2021, months before President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an email featuring a letter …

Mar 23, 2022 · The FSB, known as the Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti in Russian, was one of a number of intelligence agencies formed after the break-up of the Soviet Union in the early …

Aug 4, 2024 · The FSB is Russia’s primary domestic security agency, primarily tasked with counterintelligence, internal and border security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance. Although …