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• n  the internal counterintelligence agency of the Russian Federation and successor to the Soviet KGB; formerly led by Vladimir Putin
• n  a federally chartered savings bank

• They hit the headquarters of the fsb and Interior Ministry, several large police stations, and a prison.

• Federal Security Bureau
• FSB
• Federal Security Service
• federal savings bank

News & Articles

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• Russia arrests suspect in foiled terror attacks
  MOSCOW — Russia's counter-terrorism agency says special forces arrested a man Thursday who is accused of planning a terrorist attack on Moscow that the agency foiled last month. The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement that troops from the Federal Security Service, or FSB, arrested Yulai Davletbayev in suburban Moscow Thursday morning. Russian TV showed images of special forces ...
  June 6, 2013 - Boston Herald

Quotes

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• Alexander Litvinenko in The Australian
  In our country the secret services work to keep a ruling clan in power,Litvinenko says in the film. "The FSB is the weapon of a caste."
• Vladimir Bukovsky in International Herald Tribune
  The KGB has come to power under the name of the FSB,Bukovsky said, referring to the Federal Security Service, the main KGB successor agency.
• Sergei Ivanov in Reuters.uk
  We continue to deny our involvement in the incident which happened to the former employee of the FSB Alexander Litvinenko,Sergei Ivanov, a spokesman for Russia's foreign intelligence service, told Reuters.