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The Lubyanka building is home to the Lubyanka prison, the headquarters of the Border Guard Service, a KGB museum, and a subsection of the FSB. [2] Part of the prison was turned into a prison museum, but a special authorization is required for visits. [3] The lower floors are made of granite with emblazoned Soviet crests. [4]
Lubyanka Square is best known for the monumental Lubyanka Building, designed by Aleksandr V. Ivanov [] and constructed from 1897 to 1898. Originally built for the insurance company Rossiya, it later became better known for housing the headquarters of the KGB in its various incarnations.
One of the two blasts took place at Lubyanka station, near the FSB headquarters. Militant leader Doku Umarov—dubbed "Russia's Osama Bin Laden"—took responsibility for the attacks. In July 2010, President Dmitry Medvedev expanded the FSB's powers in its fight against terrorism. FSB officers received the power to issue warnings to citizens on ...
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Russia's FSB security services said members of Colombia's infamous Cali cartel hid the drugs in a vehicle. ... (FSB) headquarters in downtown Moscow on December 21, 2020. / Credit: DIMITAR DILKOFF ...
The intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation, often unofficially referred to in Russian as Special services (Russian: Спецслужбы), include: . Federal Security Service (FSB), an agency responsible for counter-intelligence and other aspects of state security as well as intelligence-gathering in some countries, primarily those of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The director of Russia's most powerful security agency said on Tuesday that he believed Ukraine, along with the United States and Britain, were involved in the attack on a ...
Russia’s FSB security service officers and soldiers are looting the homes of forcibly deported residents of the occupied city of Kherson, the adviser to the head of the President’s Office ...