The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB; its immediate predecessor was the Federal Cou
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President of Russia and former KGB officer Vladimir Putin served as the FSB's director from 1998 to 1999.
President Putin meeting with Director of FSB Nikolai Patrushev on 9 August 2000
FSB special forces members during a special operation in Makhachkala, as a result of which "one fighter was killed and two terrorist attacks prevented" in 2010
Spetsgruppa "A", also known as Alpha Group, officially Directorate "A" of FSB Special Purpose Center, is a sub-unit of Russian special forces within the Russian Special Purpose Center of the Federal S
Alpha Group members during a training exercise in 2009