A court judged that the engineer had sold information about testing of new Russian strategic missile systems to the American CIA. Counterintelligence Service (Department) – chiefs: Directorate for the Counterintelligence Support of Strategic Facilities. Moreover, KGB counter-intelligence vetted foreign intelligence sources, so that the moles might "officially" approve an anti-CIA double agent as trustworthy. In 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the KGB split into the Federal Security Service and the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation.

On 30 April 1978, Taraki, despite being cut off from any support, led the coup which later became known as Saur Revolution, and became the country's president, with Hafizullah Amin as Deputy-Prime Minister and Vice-President. [4] It operated legal and illegal espionage residencies in target countries where a legal resident gathered intelligence while based at the Soviet embassy or consulate, and, if caught, was protected from prosecution by diplomatic immunity. [14], In the late Cold War, the KGB was successful with intelligence coups in the cases of the mercenary walk-in recruits FBI counterspy Robert Hanssen (1979–2001) and CIA Soviet Division officer Aldrich Ames (1985–1994).[15]. [24][26], During the continued investigation in Tashkent, the three were put under surveillance in one of the rooms for as long as four weeks where they were investigated for the reliability of their claims by the KGB. However, their performance was criticised due to the high number of hostage casualties. Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union; Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti a.k.a. Journal of Cold War Studies. It was the chief government agency of "union-republican jurisdiction", carrying out internal security, intelligence and secret police functions. The centre though was concerned of his powers since the same month he issued them a complaint about lack of funds and demanded US$400,000,000. [5], The KGB classified its spies as agents (intelligence providers) and controllers (intelligence relayers). Some analysts considered it to be an attempt to undermine FSB Director Nikolay Patrushev's influence, as it was Patrushev's team from the Karelian KGB Directorate of the late 1980s – early 1990s that had suffered most and he had been on vacations during the event. The illegal resident spied, unprotected by diplomatic immunity, and worked independently of Soviet diplomatic and trade missions, (cf. In July 2010, President Dmitry Medvedev expanded the FSB's powers in its fight against terrorism. Soon after, they were satisfied with the results and sent them to Bulgaria for a secret retreat. In the resulting structure, the FSB was to have a director, a first deputy director and nine other deputy directors, including one possible state secretary and the chiefs of six departments: Economic Security Department, Counterintelligence Department, Organizational and Personnel Service, Department of activity provision, Department for Analysis, Forecasting and Strategic Planning, Department for Protection of the Constitutional System and the Fight against Terrorism. Unfortunately for Moscow's intelligence services, Amin succeeded Taraki and by 16 September Radio Kabul announced that the PDPA received a fake request from Taraki concerning health issues among the party members. [57][58][59] FSB officers have been frequently accused of torture,[60][61][62][63][64] extortion, bribery and illegal takeovers of private companies, often working together with tax inspection officers. [24], In August 1979, the KGB accused some officers who were arrested in Dhaka in an overthrow attempt, and by October, Andropov approved the fabrication of a letter in which he stated that Muhammad Ghulam Tawab, an Air Vice-Marshal at the time, was the main plotter, which led the Bangladesh, Indian and Sri Lankan press to believe that he was an American spy. In January 1992, another new institution, the Ministry of Security took over domestic and border security responsibilities. The Security Troops also included several units of signal personnel, who reportedly were responsible for installation, maintenance, and operation of secret communications facilities for leading party and government bodies, including the Ministry of Defense. [23] Comparing the number of exposed spies historically, the then-FSB Director Nikolay Kovalyov said in 1996: "There has never been such a number of spies arrested by us since the time when German agents were sent in during the years of World War II." "[52], Below the nationwide level, the FSB has regional offices in the federal subjects of Russia. Alpha Group veterans call this operation one of the most successful in the group's history. The development of the post-Soviet internal security apparatus took place in a highly volatile political environment, with President Yeltsin threatened by political opposition, economic crises, outbreaks of ethnic conflict, and sharply escalating crime. Finally, the KGB prepared hardline, pro-USSR members of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (CPC), such as Alois Indra and Vasiľ Škultéty, to assume power after the Red Army's invasion.[16]. [6], On 28 June 2004 in a speech to high-ranking FSB officers, Putin emphasized three major tasks of the agency: neutralizing foreign espionage, safeguarding economic and financial security of the country and combating organized crime. 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[21], According to declassified documents, the KGB aggressively recruited former Nazi intelligence officers after the war. [20] In March 2010, Islamist militants organised the 2010 Moscow Metro bombings, which killed 40 people. In June 1981, there were 370 members in the Afghan-controlled KGB intelligence service throughout the nation which were under the command of Ahmad Shah Paiya and had received all the training they need in the Soviet Union. [22] Over the years, FSB and affiliated state security organizations have killed all presidents of the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria including Dzhokhar Dudaev, Zelimkhan Yandarbiev, Aslan Maskhadov, and Abdul-Khalim Saidullaev.

Instead, he dispersed the functions of the former KGB among several different agencies, most of which performed tasks similar to those of the various KGB directorates. Militant leader Doku Umarov—dubbed "Russia's Osama Bin Laden"—took responsibility for the attacks. Aleksandr Bortnikov took over on 12 May 2008.

It also has administrations in the armed forces and other military institutions. 49, с. The KGB was dissolved officially in December 1991, a few weeks before the Soviet Union itself. [8] Moreover, when Whittaker Chambers, formerly Alger Hiss's courier, approached the Roosevelt Government—to identify the Soviet spies Duggan, White, and others—he was ignored. It has also been pointed out that the FSB was the only power base of the new president, and the restructuring therefore strengthened Putin's position (see Political groups under Vladimir Putin's presidency). After the two-hour meeting they began to worry that Amin will establish an Islamic Republic in Afghanistan and decided to seek a way to put Karmal back in. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Russia Successor Agencies to the KGB should be addressed to the Library of Congress and the CIA. It is reported that more than 100 leaders of terrorist groups have been killed during 119 operations on North Caucasus during 2006.