Federal Security Service
principal security agency of Russia (FSB)
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Summary
Federal Security Service is a security agency[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of security agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,718 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Field of work: counterintelligence[3], internal security[4], security agency[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Moscow[6]
- Country: Russia[7]
- Instance of: Federal service (Russian Federation)[8], juridical person[9]
- Follows: Federal Counterintelligence Service[10]
- Headquarters location: Moscow[11]
- Flag: flag of the Federal Security Service of Russia[12]
- Child organization or unit: Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation[13], Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation[14], Russian Federation Cryptography Academy[15], Special Purpose Center of the FSB of Russia[16], Nizhny Novgorod Institute of the FSB of Russia[17]
- Commons category: Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation[18]
- Archives at: Central Archive of the Federal Security Service of Russia[19]
- Chairperson: Alexander Bortnikov[20]
- Inception: April 12, 1995[21]
- Official website: http://fsb.ru/[22], http://www.fsb.ru/[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Federal Security Service[24]
- Applies to jurisdiction: Russia[25]
- Director / manager: Alexander Bortnikov[26]
- Employees: 347,900[27]
- Replaces: Federal Counterintelligence Service[28]
- Official name: Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации[29]
- Native label: Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации[30]
- Short name: ФСБ России[31], FSB[32], ФСБ РФ[33], ФСБ Расіі[34], Rossiya FXX[35], ФСБ[36], რუსეთის ფსბ[37], РФ ФХХ[38], ФБХ[39], FDD[40]
- Position held by head of the organization: Director of the Federal Security Service[41]
- Budget: 106,628,766,200 Russian ruble[42]
- Street address: 107031, г.Москва,ул.Большая Лубянка, дом 1[43], 1/3 Bolshaya Lubyanka St Moscow 107031 Russia[44]
Why It Matters
Federal Security Service has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]