What is Federal Security Service?
[[File:Gerb fsb.png|thumb|125px|Emblem of FSB]] The '''FSB''' (ФСБ) is an organisation in [[Russia]] that takes care of security of the country.<ref>Its name is an [[acronym]] from the [[Russian language|Russian]] '''Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation''' (Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Росси́йской Федера́ции) (Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoi Federatsii).</ref> 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|English]]-language sources. Its main responsibilities are within the country. It does [[intelligence agency|counter-intelligence]], internal and border [[security]], [[counter-terrorism]], and [[surveillance]].<ref>surveillance: watching, videotaping, phone tapping, hacking into e-mails, etc.</ref> 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. == Notes == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.fsb.ru/ Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation], official homepage in Russian * [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2065309,00.html Poison pins, rocks and fake logs: the secret arsenal of a long, silent war] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070311091635/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2065309,00.html |date=2007-03-11 }} by Jeremy Page, The Times, March 02, 2006 {{authority control}} [[Category:Russian intelligence agencies]] [[Category:National security]]