Federal Protective Service (Russia)

Federal Protective Service of Russia
Федеральная служба охраны России
Federal Protective Service of Russia; Федеральная служба охраны России
	Emblem of the Federal Guard Service
	Flag of the Federal Guard Service
Common name	Federal Protective Service
Abbreviation	FSO
Motto	ФСО
Agency overview
Formed	27 May 1996
Preceding agency	Glavnoye Upravlenie Okhrani (GUO);
Employees	Classified (50,000 estimated)
Annual budget	Classified
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency; (Operations jurisdiction)	Russia
Operations jurisdiction	Russia
Legal jurisdiction	Throughout Russia and its Republics
Governing body	Presidential Administration of Russia
Constituting instrument	Law On State Protection;
General nature	Federal law enforcement;
Specialist jurisdiction	Protection of international or domestic VIPs, protection of significant state assets.;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Moscow Kremlin
Sworn members	Classified
Agency executive	General Dmitry Kochnev, Director;
Parent agency	Presidential Administration of Russia
Child agency	Presidential Security Service;
Website
	www.fso.gov.ru

The Federal Protective Service, or the Federal Guard Service (Russian: Федеральная служба охраны, ФСО, romanized: Federalnaya sluzhba okhrany, FSO) of the Russian Federation, official name in English Federal Guard Service of the Russian Federation,^[1] is a federal government agency concerned with the tasks related to the protection of several high-ranking state officials, mandated by the relevant law, including the President of Russia, as well as certain federal properties. It traces its origin to the USSR's Ninth Chief Directorate of the KGB and later Presidential Security Service (SBP) led by KGB general Alexander Korzhakov.

On May 27, 1996, the law "On State Protection" reorganized the GUO (Glavnoye Upravlenie Okhrani) into the FSO (Federal Protection Service). Under article 7 of the law, "the President of the Russian Federation, while in office, shall not be allowed to forego state protection."^[2]

FSO includes the Russian Presidential Security Service.^[3] The FSO includes an estimated 50,000 troops^[4] and controls the "black box" that can be used in the event of nuclear war.^[5] It reportedly uses advanced domestic technical developments.^[6]

^ (in English) Federal Guard Service of the Russian Federation Archived March 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ (in Russian) Статья 7 Федерального Закона О государственной охране 1996 года Archived 2019-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Служба безопасности Президента" [Service of President's Security]. Agentura.Ru. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25.
^ Ellyatt, Holly (2022-03-30). "Putin might be seen as a 'mad dictator' — but he has built powerful barriers to prevent a coup". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
^ Earley, pages 161–177
^ "Russian protective service uses unique domestic innovations, says official".

[1] (in English) Federal Guard Service of the Russian Federation Archived March 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[2] (in Russian) Статья 7 Федерального Закона О государственной охране 1996 года Archived 2019-06-05 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Служба безопасности Президента" [Service of President's Security]. Agentura.Ru. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25.

[4] Ellyatt, Holly (2022-03-30). "Putin might be seen as a 'mad dictator' — but he has built powerful barriers to prevent a coup". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-04-17.

[Comrade_J169-5] Earley, pages 161–177

[6] "Russian protective service uses unique domestic innovations, says official".

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