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Intelligence agencies of Russia. The intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation, often unofficially referred to in Russian as Special services (Russian: Спецслужбы), include: Federal Security Service (FSB), an agency responsible for counter-intelligence and other aspects of state security as well as intelligence-gathering in some ...
The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (Russian: Служба внешней разведки Российской Федерации, romanized: Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii, IPA: [ˈsluʐbə ˈvnʲɛʂnʲɪj rɐˈzvʲɛtkʲɪ]) or FIS RF (Russian: СВР РФ, romanized: SVR RF) is Russia's external intelligence agency, focusing mainly on civilian affairs.
The Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, [note 1] formerly the Main Intelligence Directorate, [note 2] and still commonly known by its previous abbreviation GRU, [note 3] [1] is the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Apr 19, 2021 · 19 April 2021. 1:52. What do we know about the Russian intelligence organisation, the GRU? If the definition of a successful intelligence service is obscurity, the GRU is probably...
Jun 29, 2010 · Russia's External Intelligence Service (SVR) is the current incarnation of one of the world's oldest and most extensive espionage agencies, known for decades as the KGB. It officially...
Sep 20, 2024 · KGB (full English name Committee for State Security), foreign intelligence and domestic security agency of the Soviet Union. The KGB’s responsibilities also included the protection of the country’s political leadership, the supervision of border troops, and the general surveillance of the population.
Russia’s military intelligence agency is a large, expansive, and powerful organization responsible for the collection of foreign intelligence and the operation of Russia’s military special forces
Aug 24, 2022 · While the scale of Russia’s battlefield setbacks have taken center stage in recent months, it was Russia’s intelligence agencies -- most notably the Federal Security Service (FSB) -- that...
Feb 20, 2024 · The SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence agency, saw its presence in Europe eviscerated, with some 600 officers expelled from embassies across the continent. Disastrously, at least eight...
May 11, 2013 · Professor Haslam says it is important to see the role of Soviet intelligence agencies in the round, rather than through the eyes of only one agency. The KGB, which is by far the best known agency, deals only in human intelligence and with a focus on the civilian rather than military targets.
