Special Communications Service of Russia

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Special Communications Service

Спецсвязь России
Agency overview
Formed	March 11, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-03-11)
Preceding agency	FAPSI
Jurisdiction	Russia
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Employees	Classified
Annual budget	Classified
Agency executive	Vasily Zapltakin, Director
Parent agency	FSO
Website	Official page

The Special Communications and Information Service of the Federal Protective Service of the Russian Federation (Spetssvyaz, Spetssvyaz; Russian: Служба специальной связи и информации, Спецсвязь России) is a cryptologic intelligence agency of The Federal Protective Service of Russia responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting Russian government communications and information systems, which involves information security and cryptanalysis/cryptography.