Federal Security Service facts for kids
The FSB (ФСБ) is an organisation in Russia that takes care of security of the country. It is the organisation that came after the KGB, relating to internal affairs inside the country. It is usually simply called the FSB in English-language sources.
Its main responsibilities are within the country. It does counter-intelligence, internal and border security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance. It also investigates some other types of serious crimes. Its headquarters are in Lubyanka Square, Moscow's centre, in the main building of the former KGB. The Director of the FSB since 2008 is army general Aleksandr Bortnikov.
Images for kids
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The FSB headquarters at Lubyanka Square
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President Putin meeting with Director of FSB Nikolai Patrushev on 9 August 2000
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President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov in June 2009
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Border guards of the Federal Security Service pursuing trespassers of the maritime boundary during exercises in Kaliningrad Oblast
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The reception room of the Federal Security Service building located on Kuznetsky Most in Moscow
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Center of Information Security of the FSB RF, Lubyanka Square
See also
In Spanish: Servicio Federal de Seguridad para niños
