FSB will merge with the RAF and the FSO and get a new name

I found this article first but couldn’t find any corroborating reports, so I held onto it.

The interesting thing is the story mentions a decree, so wouldn’t you think it would be posted on RG.ru, Russia’s official degree and statement website?

Thank you to my new, wonderful Russian friend for the assist!

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Soon begins a large-scale reform of the Federal Security Service and other Russian law enforcement agencies, which will occur as a result of the expansion and consolidation of the powers of special services, reported Wednesday on the website “newspaperGAZETA.GZT.RU “.

According to a source publication, the decree on the reorganization of the FSB of the Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin signed on Friday. Wednesday will be made public part of the document that does not contain classified information. A few days ago held the FSC Board, where he will address a decree and its accompanying bills to be adopted by the State Duma.

According to the decree, the FSB will be merged with the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and the Federal Protection Service (FSO), and then renamed the Ministry of State Security. As the newspaper reminds, the Federal Border Service (FPS) and the Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information (FAGCI) entered in the FSB in 2003.

In the newly created Ministry will take away some of the functions, the publication adds. For example, part of the crime, the investigation of which involved the FSB, will depart for another new structure with the proposed name of the Federal Investigation Service (FSS).

Now, depending on the jurisdiction the investigation by the relevant departments of the FSB, the Interior Ministry and Prosecutor General’s Office. It is expected that the SDF will be responsible for all investigations except those that are held for crimes against the state. Terrorism, extremism and espionage will be engaged in the MGB division.

As suggested by the publication, the reorganization will enhance the powers of authorities and the adjacent structures unite under one name for better handling. It is possible that soon all the FSB, SVR, and the FSO for a period of reorganization will be withdrawn from the staff.

Recall MGB abbreviation has been used to refer to the public security organs in the Soviet period from March 1945 to March 1953. After this structure briefly became part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, and since March 1954 has again withdrawn into a separate agency called the State Security Committee (KGB).

Source: https://lenta.ru/russia/2004/07/14/fsb/