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::FSB are the initial letters of the Russian words Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti - Federal Security Service - the country's secret police. | ::FSB are the initial letters of the Russian words Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti - Federal Security Service - the country's secret police. | ||
| − | ::Known as the KGB during the days of the Soviet Union, the secret service was dismantled in 1991 and its successor FSK (Federalnaya Sluzhba Kontrrazvedki or Federal Counterintelligence Service) was reorganised into the FSB in 1995. <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6169414.stm Profile: Russia's Secret Police], by [[James Rodgers]], BBC News, 21 November 2006.</ref> | + | ::Known as the KGB during the days of the Soviet Union, the secret service was dismantled in 1991 and its successor FSK ([[Federalnaya Sluzhba Kontrrazvedki]] or Federal Counterintelligence Service) was reorganised into the FSB in 1995. <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6169414.stm Profile: Russia's Secret Police], by [[James Rodgers]], BBC News, 21 November 2006.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 20:22, 13 April 2008
- FSB are the initial letters of the Russian words Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti - Federal Security Service - the country's secret police.
- Known as the KGB during the days of the Soviet Union, the secret service was dismantled in 1991 and its successor FSK (Federalnaya Sluzhba Kontrrazvedki or Federal Counterintelligence Service) was reorganised into the FSB in 1995. [1]
References
- ↑ Profile: Russia's Secret Police, by James Rodgers, BBC News, 21 November 2006.
