Federal Counterintelligence Service

Federal Counterintelligence Service of the Russian Federation
Федеральная служба контрразведки Российской Федерации
Emblem of the Military Counterintelligence Department
Agency overview
Formed21 December 1993
Preceding agency
DissolvedJune 23, 1995
Superseding agency
TypeIndependent
JurisdictionRussia
Headquarters24 Kuznetsky Most, Moscow, Russia
Agency executive

The Federal Counterintelligence Service of the Russian Federation (FSK RF; Russian: Федеральная служба контрразведки Российской Федерации, IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə ˈsluʐbə kəntrɐzˈvʲetkʲɪ rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨɪ]) was the main security agency of Russia. It superseded the Ministry of Security of the Russian Federation, and was an overall successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB, which had dissolved two years prior to the FSK’s creation. It existed from 1993 to 1995, when it was reorganized into the Federal Security Service (FSB).

Origin

On November 26, 1991, the President of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin issued a decree on the transformation of the republican State Security Committee (KGB) into the Federal Security Agency of the RSFSR (AFB).[1] On January 24, 1992, by decree of the President of Russia, the Ministry of Security of the Russian Federation was created on the basis of the abolished Federal Security Agency of the RSFSR and the Inter-Republican Security Service of the USSR.[2]

On December 21, 1993, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Security was abolished and the Federal Counterintelligence Service of the Russian Federation (FSK) was created in its place.[3]

Directors of the AFB / Ministers of security / Directors of the FSK

Restructuring into FSB

The FSK was renamed the FSB (Federal'naya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti Rossiyskoi Federatsii (Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Росси́йской Федера́ции) Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation) by the Federal Law of April 3, 1995, "On the Organs of the Federal Security Service in the Russian Federation" and the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of June 23, 1995,[5] making the new FSB a more powerful organization.

References

  1. ^ Указ Президента РСФСР от 26 ноября 1991 г. № 233 «О преобразовании Комитета государственной безопасности РСФСР в Агентство федеральной безопасности РСФСР»
  2. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 24 января 1992 г. № 42 «Об образовании Министерства безопасности Российской Федерации»
  3. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 21 декабря 1993 г. № 2233 «Об упразднении Министерства безопасности Российской Федерации и создании Федеральной службы контрразведки Российской Федерации»
  4. ^ (in Ukrainian) Ukrainian intelligence services. Victory and defeat of the last century, Radio Svoboda (14 January 2018)
  5. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 23 июня 1995 г. № 633 "О первоочередных мерах по реализации Федерального закона «Об органах федеральной службы безопасности в Российской Федерации»"