(From Top World Intelligence Agencies) The FSB, the largest security service in Europe, reportedly employs 66,000 uniformed personnel. Established in 1994, the FSB evolved out of the communist-era KGB. It is the Russian equivalent of the American FBI. FSB in the news: Fate of Arrested American Linked to Russian Spy Maria Butina (01.04.2019) FSB’s chief responsibilities...
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