Federal Security Service

Summary

Federal Security Service is a security agency^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of security_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,975 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Federal Security Service's field of work was counterintelligence^[3].
• Federal Security Service's field of work was internal security^[4].
• Federal Security Service's field of work was security agency^[5].
• Federal Security Service is located in Moscow^[6].
• Federal Security Service is in the country of Russia^[7].
• Federal Security Service's image is recorded as KGB House Main.jpg^[8].
• Federal Security Service's instance of is recorded as security agency^[9].
• Federal Security Service's instance of is recorded as Federal service (Russian Federation)^[10].
• Federal Security Service's instance of is recorded as juridical person^[11].
• Federal Security Service's flag image is recorded as Flag of the Russian Federal Security Service.svg^[12].
• Federal Security Service's coat of arms image is recorded as Emblem of Federal security service.svg^[13].
• Federal Security Service's logo image is recorded as Emblem of Federal security service.svg^[14].
• Federal Security Service's follows is recorded as Federal Counterintelligence Service^[15].
• Federal Security Service's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow^[16].
• Federal Security Service's flag is recorded as flag of the Federal Security Service of Russia^[17].
• Federal Security Service's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128007699^[18].
• Federal Security Service's GND ID is recorded as 5175466-6^[19].
• Federal Security Service's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n96037116^[20].
• Federal Security Service's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 165872222^[21].
• Federal Security Service's IdRef ID is recorded as 121869822^[22].
• Federal Security Service's child organization or unit is recorded as Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation^[23].
• Federal Security Service's child organization or unit is recorded as Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation^[24].
• Federal Security Service's child organization or unit is recorded as Russian Federation Cryptography Academy^[25].
• Federal Security Service's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Purpose Center of the FSB of Russia^[26].
• Federal Security Service's child organization or unit is recorded as Nizhny Novgorod Institute of the FSB of Russia^[27].

Body

Founding

+1995-04-12T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Federal Security Service^[28].

Identity

Federal Security Service's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации'}^[29]. Its follows is recorded as Federal Counterintelligence Service^[15]. Short names include {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ФСБ России'}^[30], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'FSB'}^[31], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'FSB'}^[32], {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'ФСБ РФ'}^[33], {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'ФСБ Расіі'}^[34], and {'lang': 'uz', 'text': 'Rossiya FXX'}^[35].

Leadership

Federal Security Service's chairperson is recorded as Alexander Bortnikov^[36]. Its director / manager is recorded as Alexander Bortnikov^[37].

Operations

Federal Security Service's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow^[16]. Subsidiaries include Academy of the it of the Russian Federation^[23], a military academy^[38], in Soviet Union^[39], founded in 1921^[40]; Border Service of the it of the Russian Federation^[24], a border guard^[41], in Russia^[42], founded in 2003^[43], headquartered in Lubyanka Square^[44]; Russian Federation Cryptography Academy^[25], an academy of sciences^[45], in Russia^[46], founded in 1992^[47]; Special Purpose Center of the FSB of Russia^[26], an organization unit^[48], in Russia^[49], founded in 1998^[50]; and Nizhny Novgorod Institute of the FSB of Russia^[27], a military academy^[51], in Russia^[52], founded in 1935^[53].

Industry

Fields of work include counterintelligence^[3]; internal security^[4], a type of security^[54]; and security agency^[5].

Why It Matters

Federal Security Service ranks in the top 8% of security_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,975 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[55] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[56]