Russian Foreign Intelligence Service The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (Russian Foreign Intelligence Service) is an integral part of the security forces and is designed to protect the security of the individual, society and the state from external threats. The SVR carries out intelligence activities in order to: provide the President of the Russian Federation, the Federal Assembly and the Government with the intelligence information they need to make decisions in the political, economic, military-strategic, scientific, technical and environmental fields; providing conditions conducive to the successful implementation of the policy of the Russian Federation in the field of security; promoting economic development, scientific and technological progress of the country and military-technical security of the Russian Federation.

Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation Fradkov Mikhail Efimovich Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation. Born on September 1, 1950 in the Kuibyshev region. Graduated from the Moscow Machine Tool Institute, Academy of Foreign Trade. Since 1973, he worked in the apparatus of the economic adviser to the USSR Embassy in India. After completing a business trip abroad in 1975, he worked for more than 15 years in senior positions in the system of the USSR State Committee for Foreign Economic Relations (GKES) and the USSR Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations. Since May 2000, the first deputy secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, oversaw issues of economic security. In March 2001, he headed the Federal Tax Police Service. On March 5, 2004, he was approved by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. On October 9, 2007, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service. Candidate of Economic Sciences, has the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Speaks English and Spanish.

Structure List of structural subdivisions of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia: - Office of the Director; - Protocol department; - Academy of SVR (AVR); - Bureau of Public Relations and Mass Media (Press Bureau); - Operational departments; - Department of analysis and information; - Department of Foreign Counterintelligence; - Department of Informatics; - Management of scientific and technological revolution; - Office of Opertechnics; - Department of Economic Intelligence; - Operation and maintenance service.

Directions Five main directions of intelligence: 1. Political; 2.Economic; 3.Defensive; 4. Scientific and technical; 5.Environmental. In the field of political intelligence, the SVR faces the following tasks: - Obtaining proactive information about the policies of the main countries in the international arena, especially in relation to Russia; - Protection of national interests of the country; - Tracking the development of crisis situations in "hot spots" of the planet that can pose a threat to the country's national security; - Obtaining information about the attempts of individual countries to create new types of weapons, especially nuclear ones, capable of posing a threat to the territory of Russia and the CIS countries; -Providing active assistance in the implementation of Russia's foreign policy. In the field of economic intelligence, the Foreign Intelligence Service is faced with the task of protecting Russia's economic interests, obtaining secret information about the reliability of our country's trade and economic partners, the activities of international economic and financial organizations that affect Russia's interests, and ensuring the country's economic security. In the line of scientific and technical intelligence, the tasks of the Foreign Intelligence Service are to obtain the latest achievements in the field of science and technology, especially military technologies that contribute to strengthening the country's defense capability.

Powers 1. Establishment on a confidential basis of cooperation relations with persons who voluntarily gave their consent to this; 2. Implementation of measures to encrypt the staff and organize its activities using other departmental affiliation for these purposes; 3. Use for the purpose of secrecy of documents that encrypt the identity of personnel, departmental affiliation of units, organizations, premises and vehicles of the foreign intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation; 4. Interaction with intelligence and counterintelligence services of foreign states in the manner prescribed by this Federal Law; 5. Creation of organizational structures (divisions and organizations) necessary for the functioning of the foreign intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation.

Personnel Service of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia To make a decision on the possibility of considering a citizen as a candidate for military service (work) in the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, he must submit: 1. his own completed questionnaires (main and additional); 2. color photograph 4x6 in size; 3. photocopy of the passport (pages with photo and registration); 4. photocopies of the diploma of professional education received and its appendix; 5. A photocopy of an extract from the record book (for persons who do not have a completed professional education). The specified documents must be sent by registered mail by Russian Post to the address: Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, PO Box 510, Main Post Office, Moscow, or personally transferred to the Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, located at: Moscow, st. Ostozhenka, 51/10.

The Academy of Foreign Intelligence of Russia The Academy of Foreign Intelligence is a higher specialized educational institution that provides training and advanced training for officers of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service and other special services, scientific and pedagogical personnel, and conducts research and methodological work on specialized topics. Individuals, citizens of Russia, who are ready to serve their Fatherland, who have a higher education, under the age of 30, who are physically healthy, who have the ability to study foreign languages ​​and a sufficient level of general education, political, scientific and technical training and general culture. Suitability for study is determined by a number of criteria, the most important of which are: patriotism; awareness of the intention to work in intelligence; a high level of general educational and cultural training, a broad outlook, the ability to logically express one's thoughts in writing and orally; good health and good physical fitness.

Press Bureau of the SVR To inform the public about its activities and maintain contact with public associations, mass media (media) and citizens, a Press Bureau has been established within the structure of the SVR. The press bureau is headed by the head - Ivanov Sergey Nikolaevich, who reports directly to the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service. The Press Bureau holds press conferences, briefings, film and video screenings for media representatives, interacts with the authors of publications on intelligence topics. Contact information: Address: Moscow, Ostozhenka 51/10 Phones: (499) , Fax: (499) Press office: SVR:

Contacts of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, Moscow, Main Post Office, PO Box 510 Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation Tel: (499) , (499) Fax: (499) web: svr.gov.ru

Why is there no computer in the office of the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service

Intelligence is not a public matter. The veil of secrecy only attracts the interest of society to it more strongly. Sometimes intelligence satisfies interest. This year, for example, part of the reports of the legendary "spy" Kim Philby was made public and his personal belongings were put on public display. And in the center of Moscow, a monument to Pavel Fitin, who led intelligence during the difficult war years, was opened, and the 95th anniversary of the most secret unit was solemnly celebrated. But all this, so to speak, on historical material.

And what is happening in the foreign intelligence of our country today? To find out, on the eve of the Day of an employee of the state security bodies, the MK columnist interviewed the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, Sergei NARYSHKIN.

REFERENCE "MK":“Foreign intelligence traces its history back to December 20, 1920, when the Foreign Department (INO) of the Cheka was created. It began to be called the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation in 1991, and Evgeny Maksimovich Primakov became the first director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. Sergey Naryshkin has headed the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service since October 5, 2016.

"Owl Nest"

The headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia is located in the capital Yasenev. This is a closed area. Mobile phones do not work here (I would like to write “and the birds don’t fly here” for a red word, but they do, I saw it myself). Here it is almost impossible to meet an outsider, that is, a person not related to intelligence. It is here that the “chief intelligence officer of the country” spends most of his working time.

In the office that he inherited from his predecessors, Sergei Evgenievich Naryshkin changed almost nothing. He says that this is not necessary: ​​a desktop by the window, on which there are a dozen telephone sets (including a red one for direct communication with the president), bookcases filled with books, the emblem of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service and a modest portrait of Dzerzhinsky.

Strikingly, there is no computer anywhere to be seen.

The office is special, reliably protected from prying ears and eyes, - says Naryshkin. - We understand that the enemy seeks to penetrate our closed networks. And, of course, there is the Internet and mobile communications - in the next office ...

From what is especially remembered is a huge globe by the window. A graceful bronze owl also catches the eye. She is considered an unofficial symbol of intelligence. For your information, some special services have winged "trustees": the GRU, for example, has a bat. The smart owl at Naryshkin’s seems to be guarding documents of special importance, it seemed to me. In the center of the office is a large oval table, which can easily accommodate several dozen people.

- Here you arrange a "debriefing"?- I ask Naryshkin.

Here I listen to reports, hold meetings with colleagues, discuss plans of operations with them, - he smiles, - and, of course, I myself work daily with a large number of documents - operational, analytical and others ...

No one will remember that Naryshkin even raised his voice (“a quiet word sounds louder,” as he himself said more than once) - even when he was the speaker of the State Duma, even when he was in charge of the Kremlin apparatus. This is one of the features of his character. In addition, he never does anything deliberately, revealingly. Nobility is in Sergei Evgenievich’s blood: some Russian scientists in the field of genealogy have repeatedly argued that he is an indirect descendant of Natalia Naryshkina, the wife of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, mother of Peter I.

History of intelligence - the history of the country

Sergei Evgenievich, by your last name, you can study the history of the Russian state. Have you tried it?

The history of the Fatherland - the great, complex, sometimes tragic - I, of course, studied. And studied very deeply. I also studied the history of the family, but I will be able to conduct a serious analysis of the pedigree and the appearance of the Naryshkin family itself when I have more time for this.

You once rightly said that the centenary of the revolution should not be celebrated, but celebrated. Curious, how do you feel about the White Guard movement? If you lived at that time, would you take part in it, as did the vast majority of nobles?

It is impossible to imagine what could have happened to each of us then, a hundred years ago. Where is that starting point, the decision point? The revolution is a truly historic event with far-reaching consequences, both positive and tragic. So, the Civil War became a terrible and terrible tragedy. The main conclusion that we must draw is that such a war is a cruel retribution by society for the inability to find a compromise in the conditions of a split. I am sure that our society will never again be divided into “whites” and “reds”.

It just so happened that the attitude towards the NKVD (and intelligence, after all, takes its roots from there) among people today is not very good: these letters are associated with repression, blood ...

Let's figure it out. Foreign intelligence appeared on December 20, 1920, when the Foreign Department was created within the framework of the Cheka, so we will celebrate the 97th anniversary of foreign intelligence this year. But we must not forget that in the terrible years of repression, especially in 1937-1938, intelligence also suffered greatly. On false slander, many of its employees were repressed. Communication with valuable agents was either temporarily lost or completely lost. In 1938, for 127 days, no information was received at all from foreign intelligence to the country's leadership.

In 1939, intelligence was headed by a very young man, Pavel Mikhailovich Fitin, who, relying on the few remaining experienced personnel, was able to restore and organize work in a short time. Intelligence fulfilled its main purpose: it reported to the country's leadership about the preparations of fascist Germany for a war against the USSR. Unfortunately, despite detailed intelligence reports, for the Kremlin, the war "started suddenly." And this was the greatest tragedy for our country.

And already during the war, Stalin began to unconditionally trust the information coming from foreign intelligence. Remember the legendary Battle of Kursk and the reports of the famous reconnaissance group, the Cambridge Five, received the day before. Valuable information about the plans of the German command helped save thousands of lives of our soldiers! Those who are interested in history also know about the unique Enormous operation for the extraction of nuclear secrets, which ultimately made it possible to achieve nuclear parity with the United States. If Stalin did not trust Fitin, of course, Pavel Mikhailovich would not have remained as head of intelligence throughout the war ... Until the Great Victory!

- May I ask a random question? And how do you feel about the disputes around the monument to Dzerzhinsky?

How can you treat a work of art? I will not hide: I really like the monument to Dzerzhinsky by Yevgeny Vuchetich. The monument adorned Lubyanka Square, was its dominant feature. Now it is modestly housed in Muzeon Park. I have no doubts about its historical and artistic value.

Dzerzhinsky is a prominent figure in the first stage of the formation of the young Soviet republic, and his role is great not only in the creation of a domestic intelligence service. He was the author of a number of serious social and economic projects. At the same time, he also bears part of the responsibility for the well-known tragic events of that time. History preserves everything, and one should not hide from it.

This profession will never die.

- Intelligence before the war, in the Soviet years, during the years of perestroika and today - are these different intelligence services?

Of course, they are formally different. It is impossible to compare the intelligence of the middle of the 20th century, and even more so of the 20s, with the current one. The very technology of the intelligence process has stepped far ahead. First of all, this concerns the means and methods of obtaining, processing, and analyzing information.

But with all this, many basic principles have been preserved - such as reliance on undercover intelligence, a high degree of secrecy.

Sergey Naryshkin with the MK columnist. Photo: Foreign Intelligence Service.

- The world is changing so rapidly that, perhaps, there will soon come a time when intelligence will not be needed?

One of the oldest professions will always be needed. Only naive people can assume that intelligence will lose its purpose. Its task is to obtain political, military-strategic, economic, scientific and technical information. Even in an era of general prosperity and peace, if this happens, the state will be interested and need to receive such information on a systematic basis. And in our tense time, in a difficult international situation, intelligence is obliged to work with increased intensity.

Today, attempts are being made to create fundamentally new types of weapons of mass destruction and their uncontrolled proliferation. It is clear what trouble can happen if terrorists take possession of such weapons. Hence, a special place is occupied by the fight against international terrorism as the most acute and cynical form of encroachment on the most important human right - the right to life.

- And what, besides terrorism, worries you today as an intelligence agent and a citizen?

They seek to push Russia to the sidelines of world politics, undermine its economy and internal stability, and use it exclusively as a donor of natural raw materials. Limit our opportunities in terms of economic development. And what is going on in the international sports movement today?!

- Can the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service interfere with this?

She does it. In addition, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is now also actively engaged in the elimination of serious threats in the field of cybersecurity. The processes in the field of information warfare today are unprecedented in scope and severity.

- I would like to know about illegal intelligence. Is it dying in our technological age of universal control?

Why do you think so? It works successfully, it has its modern heroes. In the summer, this unit of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service celebrated its 95th anniversary. There were veterans and young employees at the solemn event. The President of Russia personally congratulated everyone!

At one time, the head of illegal intelligence, Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov, created a unique Vympel combat unit. His fighters were called "gods of war". I know that they were able to capture a pirate ship without firing a shot and much more. They were honest and noble people: they refused to fulfill the criminal order to seize the Government House of the Russian Federation at a tragic moment in modern history, for which this combat unit was disbanded. Does intelligence now have such an instrument of covert warfare?

The Service has a division whose employees are able to successfully solve special tasks abroad. They have proven it in practice. High-class professionals participated in serious operations to ensure the security of Russian institutions and rescue our citizens abroad in critical situations. Our employees also received words of gratitude for saving people from citizens of other countries.

No need to be afraid of the "man in civilian clothes"

- The collective image of a modern intelligence officer - what is he? All the same Stirlitz?

I watched the film "Seventeen Moments of Spring" many times. The image of the Soviet intelligence officer in it, although artistic, is convincingly professional. Projecting today - yes, Stirlitz is more suitable than all other characters in works of art. A scout, first of all, is an intellectual, a deep analyst with the highest efficiency, able to perform tasks in stressful situations.

- And it seems to me, also nobility?

Certainly yes. And decency and devotion to the cause are from the category of a “mandatory program”. And, of course, one of the main criteria is a high level of intelligence.

- And where to look for such noble intellectuals?

We have a big country. Smart, educated, patriotic youth. The Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia today does not experience personnel shortages. Most of the young people who are approached by our employees with an offer to serve in intelligence, the offer is answered in the affirmative. This does not mean that the selection process ends here: it is much more complicated, contains many stages. It is clear that special requirements are imposed on candidates for service in intelligence, which is due to the specifics of the work, the availability of access to information constituting a secret protected by law, and other circumstances. Very detailed information on how to become a scout is described on the website of the Service.

- Do we have many hereditary scouts?

Dynasties are a rarity in intelligence. There are employees in the Service who are related to each other. But this is rather an exception. The personnel apparatus is initially tougher when recruiting relatives of existing employees.

- How much does a scout get?

I will say briefly: the salary of an employee of the Foreign Intelligence Service is worthy. There are good conditions for playing sports and receiving medical services. But at the same time, when hiring, we do not promise mountains of gold to anyone. They go into intelligence not for money, but to serve the country in specific conditions, sometimes at the risk of their lives. Ask our respected veterans: would they like a different fate? They will answer that they lived the best years in intelligence. That is why we have such a strong and friendly veteran organization.

Not alone in the "field"

- Do you miss working in the State Duma? In the Kremlin? And where do you like it best?

I don’t get bored, but I often remember the years of work in the government, in the Presidential Administration, and in the State Duma. At each of the posts I worked with pleasure and full dedication, I maintained good relations - business and friendly - with many colleagues.

You yourself were once a simple opera and, I think, did not dream of a major position in intelligence. A year ago, when you occupied this office, were you shocked by the piled-up tasks?

I worked a lot in intelligence in the 80s and 90s. In addition, since 2008 I have been a member of the Security Council. So at the time of my appointment, I had a good idea of ​​what awaits me as director.

I feel comfortable in the Service. The team is unique in many respects: professionalism, high intellectual level of employees are combined with healthy military discipline.

I would say: happiness to work in such a team.

- Do scouts come into your office after returning from business trips?

Such meetings happen all the time. Together we analyze the results, look for additional opportunities to expand intelligence activities. And, of course, as a leader I set new tasks. Talking with colleagues is a real pleasure. I immediately remember how I once worked in the "field" ...

- Would you like to be back in the “field”?

Of course. I think everyone who has passed this way wants to return. There, in the "field", a very special feeling.

- By the way, what was your pseudonym in intelligence?

There was a pseudonym, but for now I will refrain from voicing it.

- Were you in critical situations when you were almost discovered?

I'll be honest: once I found myself in such a situation, but in the end it all ended without significant losses. Perhaps luck was on my side. In general, much in life depends on luck. Everyone needs it, but scouts especially need it.

- I know that you also have a higher economic education - does this somehow help in your work?

Of course. There is no superfluous knowledge in intelligence. And literally all specialties are in demand. The list of tasks of intelligence activities includes, among other things, providing the country's leadership with economic information and promoting the economic development of Russia.

By the way, here is an example from the economy: in the late 1970s, it was calculated that the information received by foreign intelligence paid off the costs of the work of the entire KGB of the USSR. Draw your own conclusions today.

- Were you friends with the former director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Yevgeny Primakov? What trace did he leave in your life?

Probably, I have no right to say that I was friends. But I knew Yevgeny Maksimovich well, I often talked with him. I made an impression of him as a remarkable person, a prominent scientist, a thinker from the time of my work in the government, and then in the Presidential Administration.

Yevgeny Maksimovich led foreign intelligence from 1991 to 1996. Both I and my esteemed predecessors in this position sincerely believed and believe that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service now is indeed Primakov's "legacy". He led the Service during a difficult period. In the early 1990s, there were "hotheads" among the pseudo-reformers who shouted that intelligence was not needed. In fact, Primakov saved intelligence and saved the Service for the state.

- How often do you have to go on business trips abroad? What countries are allowed?

Due to the fact that I am on the notorious sanctions lists, there are known restrictions on visiting NATO countries. Although this rule is not without exceptions. Undoubtedly, the widest geography of working visits to the CIS countries and Asian countries. Over the past year, he has traveled to nine countries in this vast Eurasian region. In general, intelligence professionals of all states value mutual understanding between colleagues and business cooperation.

- Historians once made accusations that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service does not declassify what, it seems, would have been possible long ago.

We will tolerate this criticism. Documents on intelligence operations are declassified by our Service when there is a firm belief that the disclosure of information will not harm the Service and will not endanger the security of our employees and sources of information from among foreign citizens.

What are you planning to reveal?

You will be one of the first to know! Don't get ahead of yourself.

You said that the centenary of the revolution should not be celebrated, but celebrated. And the Day of the worker of state security bodies? Do you celebrate it?

I celebrate like all my colleagues. Each employee of the Service made his life choice consciously, based on his own understanding of duty to the Fatherland. We proceed from the fact that the leadership of the country and the citizens of Russia trust us, rely on us and expect professional and efficient work from Russian intelligence. I congratulate all employees of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, veterans of foreign intelligence and our colleagues from the Russian special services on this holiday!

President of Russian Federation date of creation December 18, 1991 Predecessor First Main Directorate of the KGB of the USSR
USSR Central Intelligence Service The activity is managed by President of Russian Federation Headquarters Russia Russia: Moscow : Press Bureau - 119034, st. Ostozhenka, house 51, building 1; The main complex is near the village. Bachurino, Settlement Sosenskoye, Moscow Khlebnikov forest park (Moscow region, Mytishchi district).
55°35′02″ s. sh. 37°31′04″ E d. HGIOL Number of employees Classified (according to some sources in 1990-1992 - about 11,000 people, in 2008 - about 13 thousand people) Director Naryshkin Sergey Evgenievich key document Federal Law "On Foreign Intelligence" dated January 10, 1996 N 5-FZ Website svr.gov.ru Media files at Wikimedia Commons

The headquarters of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is located near the village of Bachurino in the Sosensky settlement of the Novomoskovsk district of Moscow, bordering the Yasenevo district. The complex of the Academy of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia is located in the Khlebnikovsky forest park (Moscow region, Mytishchi district).

The activities of the SVR of Russia are managed.

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In December 1991, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service proclaimed itself the official successor to the First Chief Directorate of the KGB of the USSR (PSU KGB of the USSR) and (CSR of the USSR).

The SVR of Russia emphasizes its historical role as a successor to the traditions of the special services of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union: VChK SNK RSFSR - GPU NKVD RSFSR - MGB - KGB. As a result of the collapse of the USSR and the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the question arose of a radical reorganization of the foreign intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation on the basis of the abolished Central Intelligence Service of the USSR (CSR USSR).

Also, the activities of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia are regulated on the basis of:

Place of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia in the system of state bodies of Russia

The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation is a federal service, an executive body of Russia, the management of which is carried out directly by the President of the Russian Federation. This status of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service was established by Decree No. 1185 of 10/07/1992 by President Boris Yeltsin.

• political intelligence- searching for and receiving data of a proactive nature about the foreign policy intentions of foreign powers, international and socio-political organizations, leading foreign political leaders; conducting operations and activities that contribute to the goals of Russian foreign policy in the international arena.
• economic intelligence- obtaining information on all issues of the economic activities of foreign policy players and their economic and financial structures, the market conditions for currencies, raw materials, precious metals, etc., of interest to Russia, as well as organizing and conducting events aimed at creating a favorable environment for Russian foreign economic interests, for the development of effective foreign economic cooperation, the conclusion of profitable trade and economic transactions and agreements, etc.
• scientific and technical intelligence- obtaining data on foreign scientific and technological achievements with a priority in the field of monitoring the activities of foreign states in the development of fundamentally new types of weapons, in order to maintain Russian scientific and technical thought at the modern level, justified selection of the most promising areas of development and programs of national research centers , increasing the technological equipment of industry, etc.

Official Russian sources

The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR of Russia), according to the federal law of the Russian Federation, is designed to protect the security of the individual, society and the Russian state from external threats.

The SVR of Russia carries out intelligence activities in order to:

• providing the President of the Russian Federation, the Federal Assembly and the Government with the intelligence information they need to make decisions in the political, economic, military-strategic, scientific, technical and environmental fields;
• providing conditions conducive to the successful implementation of the policy of the Russian Federation in the field of security;
• promoting economic development, scientific and technological progress of the country and military-technical security of the Russian Federation.

To this end, the Federal Law "On Foreign Intelligence" (January 10, 1996 No. 5-FZ) grants the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation powers, including confidential cooperation with persons who have given their consent to this.

In the process of intelligence activities, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service has the right to use overt and covert methods and means, without causing harm to human life and health and causing damage to the environment. The procedure for using these methods and means is determined by the laws and other regulations of the Russian Federation.

Intelligence information is provided to the President of the Russian Federation, the chambers of the Federal Assembly, the Government of the Russian Federation and federal executive and judicial authorities, enterprises, institutions and organizations designated by the President of the Russian Federation.

The leaders of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service are personally responsible to the President of the Russian Federation for the reliability, objectivity of intelligence information and the timeliness of its provision.

In accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation "On Measures to Counter Terrorism" dated February 15, 2006, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) was created, which included the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

The general leadership of the foreign intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation (including the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service) is carried out by the President of the Russian Federation.

Western sources

According to published assessments by British and American sources, the current goals and objectives of Russia's foreign intelligence include: secret financing by Russian intelligence of European parties and foundations in order to "undermine the political integrity" of the European Union, introducing disagreements between EU members on the issue of sanctions against Russia and creating conditions for the lifting of sanctions, the negative impact on NATO's Euro-Atlantic solidarity, the impact on the electoral process in Western countries, the blocking of the deployment of US missile defense systems in Europe and the creation of conditions for the Russian energy monopoly. Among the far-right parties in Europe that have come under suspicion of secret cooperation and financing through Russian intelligence channels, according to The Telegraph newspaper, are the Hungarian nationalist party Jobbik, the Italian League of the North, the Greek Golden Dawn, the French National Front. According to the conclusions of Wilhelm Unge, chief counterintelligence analyst of Sweden, modern Russian intelligence officers are much more educated and usually younger than their Soviet predecessors. The goal of Russian intelligence officers, according to a Swedish analyst, is to acquire secret advanced technologies and recruit citizens of the host country.

Organizational structure

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	Structure of the SVR

The structure of the Foreign Intelligence Service is adjusted depending on the changing situation and the tasks that arise before the organization. The head of the SVR is the director, who has a first deputy and four deputies in separate areas: for operations, for science, for personnel and for logistics.

In accordance with the law "On Foreign Intelligence" of January 10, 1996, the organizational structure of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service was built, including operational, analytical and functional units (departments, services, independent departments). It includes a mining apparatus, analytical and operational-technical units, which are combined into departments and services.

In general, the structure of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, according to information from the official website, is as follows:

• Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia
  • Group of consultants
  • College
  • First Deputy Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia
  • Bureau of Public Relations and Media (Press Bureau)
  • Director's office
    • Protocol department
  • Deputy Director for Human Resources
  • Deputy Director for Science
    • Directorate of scientific and technical intelligence (scientific and technical intelligence)
    • Department of Opertechnics
    • Office of Informatics
  • Deputy Director of Operations
    • Operational departments
  • Deputy Director for Logistics
    • Operation and Support Service
  • Office of Analysis and Information
  • Office of Foreign Counterintelligence
  • Economic Intelligence Directorate

The Board of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia also functions, which includes deputy directors, heads of departments.

Management

Director

The Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation is appointed by the President of the Russian Federation. In modern Russian history, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia was headed by:

№	Full name	Rank	Dates (Years)
1	Primakov, Evgeny Maksimovich	Civil	30.09.1991 - 09.01.1996
2	Trubnikov, Vyacheslav Ivanovich	Colonel General, General of the Army (01/22/1998)	10.01.1996 - 20.05.2000
3	Lebedev, Sergei Nikolaevich	Colonel General (2000), General of the Army (07.2003)	20.05.2000 - 09.10.2007
4	Fradkov, Mikhail Efimovich	Civil (Reserve Colonel)	09.10.2007 - 04.10.2016
5	Naryshkin, Sergei Evgenievich	Civil (Reserve officer)	from 05.10.2016 - n. in.

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	Headquarters in Yasenevo

First Deputy Director

This position was held by:

• Trubnikov Vyacheslav Ivanovich (January 13 - January 10)
• Shcherbakov Aleksey Anatolyevich (January 10 - October 31), in the late 90s he combined with the post of State Secretary of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia
• Zavershinsky Vladimir Ivanovich (October 31 - July 11), since 2004 he has combined with the post of head of the 1st Service (political intelligence)
• Fadeev Dmitry Leonidovich ( - )
• Lavrentsov Viktor Fedorovich (c)

Deputy directors

Currently, the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia has the following deputies:

• Secretary of State - Balakin Alexander Nikolaevich
• Deputy Director - Maksimovich Mikhail Alexandrovich
• Deputy Director - Bocharnikov V.Yu.
• Deputy Director - Moryakov A.M.
• Deputy Director - Head of Service Gerasimov Sergey Aleksandrovich
• Deputy Director - Head of Department - Smolkov A.N.

"Barrier"

The Zaslon unit (OSN Zaslon SVR) was created within the structure of the Center for Internal Security of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service in 1997 (in accordance with a secret decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated March 23, 1997) and reached operational readiness in 1998. It included almost three hundred people who were previously engaged in special operations abroad. The division was headed by A. S. Kolosov.

"Barrier" is designed to forcefully respond to threats to the objects of the Service, Russian diplomatic missions abroad and to protect the heads of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service and the Russian Foreign Ministry during their visits to "hot spots".

In some media publications, "Barrier" was described as a reconnaissance and sabotage unit, similar to the "Separate Training Center" (OTC, Vympel group) that existed in the First Main Directorate of the KGB of the USSR, so according to the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper: "A similar unit already existed in the First Main Directorate of the KGB of the USSR, however, during the Afghan war, it began to perform tasks unusual for intelligence and in 1983 it was withdrawn from the PGU of the KGB of the USSR, transferred to another department of the committee, and a few years later completely collapsed.

According to a number of Russian media reports, in 2003 the Zaslon was used in Iraq and Iran. Oleg Fedoseev, one of the three employees of the Russian embassy in Iraq, who was kidnapped and killed in 2006, was called an employee of Zaslon.

According to the Zvezda TV channel, in early April 2015, Russian Zaslon fighters evacuated the US Embassy in the Yemeni capital Sana'a.

Russian Institute for Strategic Studies

The analytical center of the SVR of Russia was formed by decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated February 29, 1992 No. 202 from the former All-Union Research Institute for Complex Problems under the State Committee for Science and Technology (VNII KP of the USSR). He had the status of a military unit.

In 2009, the institute was reorganized and reassigned to the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.

Directors:

• Evgeny Mikhailovich Kozhokin (1994-2009)
• Leonid Petrovich Reshetnikov (2009-2017)
• Mikhail Efimovich Fradkov (since January 4, 2017).

Archive of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation

Departmental medals

Gallery

Notable collaborators

see also

Notes

1. Kolpakidi A.I., Prokhorov D.P. GRU Empire. Essays on the history of Russian military intelligence. - M. : OLMA-PRESS, 2000. - T. 1. - 462 p. - 15,000 copies. - ISBN 5-224-00600-7, 5-224-00766-6.
2. Spionage gegen Deutschland - Aktuelle Entwicklungen Stand: November 2008. Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz. (German)
3. Federal Law "On Foreign Intelligence" dated January 10, 1996 No. 5-FZ (indefinite) . Retrieved April 10, 2010. Archived from the original on August 27, 2011.
4. Federal Law of November 13, 1996 No. 150-FZ "On Weapons"
5. RUSSIAN FEDERATION Federal Law "On Foreign Intelligence"
6. , Foreign Intelligence of the Russian Federation, p. 409.
7. Names of intelligence in various periods of activity
8. To the 85th anniversary of foreign intelligence from the INO VChK to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (indefinite) (unavailable link). Retrieved September 8, 2006. Archived from the original on September 8, 2006.
9. Text of Decree No. 293 of 12/18/1991, page 1

(9) The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR of Russia) is a federal service, the main body of the foreign intelligence of the Russian Federation, a special service.
The headquarters of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is located near the village of Bachurino in the Sosensky settlement of the Novomoskovsk district of Moscow, bordering the Yasenevo district. The complex of the Academy of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia is located in the Khlebnikovsky forest park (Moscow region, Mytishchi district), not far from the Moscow Ring Road, about two kilometers northeast of the Nagornoye village

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The threat to Latvia is moderate


The BZK report notes that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service was
the task was given to prevent the construction of the Visaginas nuclear power plant. So or
otherwise, seven years have passed, however, as regards the Visaginas NPP project,
The matter did not progress beyond talk.
link: http://www.inosmi.ru/sngbaltia/20130307/206717030.html

Service
Russia's foreign intelligence service is seriously concerned about the problem of "mass
distribution of information messages on social networks in order to
formation of public opinion” and thought about creating a methodology
blogosphere monitoring. January-February 2012 department announced three
closed tenders worth more than 30 million rubles. to implement the set
tasks, Kommersant writes today.
link: http://top.rbc.ru/society/27/08/2012/666375.shtml

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is dying in agony...

Just
another appointment in Russian intelligence came as a shock. First
a few days ago, no one else was appointed deputy director of the Foreign Intelligence Service,
like Sergei Vinokurov. The same Vinokurov, who was the head
Department of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation for Interregional and Cultural
relations with foreign countries and who was fired in April of this year
due to failures in the presidential elections in South Ossetia and Transnistria,
which he oversaw. Now Mr. Vinokurov will oversee issues
strategic intelligence, as well as to replace the head of the department, Mikhail
Fradkov during his absence.
link: http://anna-news.info/node/7300

Less white spots

Her
the author is a veteran of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, Major General Lev Sotskov.
Aspects related to the causes of the outbreak of World War II are traditionally
considered among historians controversial and debatable. Moreover, in
recently, issues of international relations in Europe in the late 30s -
early 40s and especially the "Baltic theme" turned out to be strongly
politicized. Scientific value prepared by Lev Sotskov in
archives of the authoritative Russian special service, the publication, on the contrary, differs
complete lack of subjectivity. In the collection, in chronological order with
preserving the requisites of that time, materials are presented for the first time,
obtained by Soviet intelligence abroad. As you know, dry tongue
does not lie about official documents, and readers will have a fascinating
familiarity with information previously closed from prying eyes,
shedding new light on the complex geopolitical game in the prewar
Europe in general and the Baltic region in particular.
link: http://www.rg.ru/2009/08/20/svr-dokumenty.html

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service creates bots for social networks for 30 million rubles

By
according to Lenta.ru, the foreign intelligence service (SVR) of Russia at the beginning of the year
held 3 closed tenders for the development of methods for “forming
public opinion" through social networks.
link: http://habrahabr.ru/post/150269/

In the Kremlin, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service was given official symbols

AT
Georgievsky Hall of the Kremlin, President Dmitry Medvedev presented to the Head of the Service
Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation to Mikhail Fradkov, the main military relic - the banner
SVR and personal standard - a symbol of the commander's responsibility.
link:

Heads of the Soviet foreign intelligence Antonov Vladimir Sergeevich

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

The passage of time is relentless. More than 20 years ago, the Soviet milestone in the history of our country's foreign intelligence was passed.

On September 30, 1991, Academician Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov was appointed head of the PGU of the KGB of the USSR. In October of the same year, foreign intelligence was withdrawn from the KGB and became an independent structure. Thus, she left the law enforcement system.

October 22, 1991 E.M. Primakov becomes the director of the Central Intelligence Service (TsSR) of the USSR, which was created instead of 111 U. Then, for just a few days (from December 18 to December 25, 1991), he had to head the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the RSFSR. And on December 25, 1991, the Decree of the President of Russia followed on the transformation of the SVR of the RSFSR into the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the Russian Federation and on the appointment of E.M. Primakov as its director.

A new historical stage has begun, in which the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia has to work in new conditions. The political interest of many people in cooperation does not weaken - now with Russian intelligence. Behind this are the unwillingness to see the world as "unipolar", and fears of the threat of a unilateral redrawing of post-war European borders, and an understanding of the role of Russia as a factor of stability in Europe and the world as a whole.

Since July 1992, Russian intelligence has been operating on a legal basis, fixed in the Law "On Foreign Intelligence" and in the "Regulations on the Foreign Intelligence Service" approved by the President of Russia. Today, foreign intelligence has become a legitimate form of state activity, its powers have been fixed, its place in the security system of Russia has been determined, and direct subordination to the president of the country has been established.

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service operates within a strictly defined legal field. It is focused on the timely identification and neutralization of external threats, the prevention of covert or overt interference from the outside in the internal affairs of our state, as well as the formation of favorable external conditions for the implementation of Russia's policy in the international arena.

Taking into account the new priorities and real opportunities, the SVR is concentrating its efforts on those regions of the world where Russian interests are present to the greatest extent. Today, the objects of its intelligence aspirations are individual states and their alliances, the political course of which constitutes a real or potential threat to Russia and its security; foreign special services working against our country and its foreign intelligence; international terrorist and other criminal organizations.

Our country's foreign intelligence has come a long and difficult way. There have been major successes and bitter failures. We have accumulated rich, sometimes unique experience in conducting intelligence work. This experience can rightfully be considered a national treasure that needs to be carefully preserved and creatively developed. The value of this experience in the training and education of young scouts is invaluable.

The entire long history of domestic foreign intelligence is most closely connected with the fate of the country. At all stages of its history, foreign intelligence remained a reliable and effective tool for solving vital tasks for the state, faithfully served the people and always strived to fully meet its mission.

Below we provide brief biographical information on the leaders of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, which is the successor of the Foreign Department of the Cheka - the First Main Directorate of the KGB of the USSR.

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