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 It superseded the Ministry of Security of the Russian Federation, and was an overall successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB, which had dissolved two years prior to the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).
| Федеральная служба контрразведки Российской Федерации | |
 Emblem of the Military Counterintelligence Department | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 21 December 1993 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Dissolved | June 23, 1995 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Type | Independent |
| Jurisdiction | Russia |
| Headquarters | 24 Kuznetsky Most, Moscow, Russia |
| Agency executive |
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Origin
editOn 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
edit- Viktor Ivanenko (November 1991 – January 1992)
- Viktor Barannikov (January 1992 – July 1993)
- Nikolai Golushko (July 1993 – February 1994)[4]
- Sergei Stepashin (February 1994 – April 1995)
Restructuring into FSB
editThe 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
edit- ^ Указ Президента РСФСР от 26 ноября 1991 г. № 233 «О преобразовании Комитета государственной безопасности РСФСР в Агентство федеральной безопасности РСФСР»
- ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 24 января 1992 г. № 42 «Об образовании Министерства безопасности Российской Федерации»
- ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 21 декабря 1993 г. № 2233 «Об упразднении Министерства безопасности Российской Федерации и создании Федеральной службы контрразведки Российской Федерации»
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Ukrainian intelligence services. Victory and defeat of the last century, Radio Svoboda (14 January 2018)
- ^ 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»"