The Federal National Security Service shoulders many tasks to safeguard national security: to prevent and stop social crimes, organized crimes, corruption, smuggling, drug trafficking and other vicious social crimes within the scope of federal laws, and resolutely crack down on terrorist and violent criminal activities in Russian society. 1In August 1993, Yeltsin established a new security organ, which was directly led by the President himself. That's the federal government liaison intelligence agency, which is actually the eighth bureau of the former KGB.
The Federal Government Liaison and Intelligence Agency is equipped with advanced electronic eavesdropping and intelligence gathering equipment. Yeltsin used this technology in the power struggle with former Russian Speaker Haz Blatov and others. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the intelligence agencies under Yeltsin's personal command were reorganized, and the change of leaders was as changeable as the weather. After several twists and turns, Russian intelligence agencies were greatly reduced, and 90% of KGB personnel were laid off. It is said that many national intelligence networks established by the former KGB have been completely abolished, and Russia's overall intelligence work, especially foreign intelligence work, has shown an obvious retrogression trend compared with the former Soviet Union. 19911In February, Russian President Yeltsin ordered the newly formed Central Intelligence Agency to be renamed the Russian Foreign Intelligence Agency. The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation is under the direct leadership of the President and the government, and its task is to collect foreign information. As the target and scope of work of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service are mainly abroad, it is completely non-political and professional, serving only social security and not for any individual or political party.
From 1992 to 12, the bureau and its work have undergone two major changes. First, the implementation of parliamentary supervision, intelligence agencies must work within the scope of the law; The second is the depoliticization of intelligence agencies. In recent years, its department has shortened the front line, reduced its intelligence activities to western countries, and shifted its focus to countries that may pose a threat to Russia, including CIS countries. The General Military Intelligence Bureau of the Russian General Staff is referred to as Gruu for short. It is different from the KGB, which was reorganized and supervised by the public, and has not been affected by the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
At present, the bureau has 24 well-trained special assault brigades with a total number of about 30,000 people. Its main task is to deter and prevent sudden attacks and attacks behind enemy lines. The main base is located in Chuckovo, Ryazan, Russia. The special forces under "Gruu" are famous special forces in the Russian army except "Alpha". It was kept secret until the collapse of the Soviet Union, and it was only known in recent years.
"Gruu" special forces was established in 1950s, with outstanding military reconnaissance and combat capability. In the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the "Gruu" special forces lost 1, 9 1 person, wiped out more than 5,000 Afghan mujahideen, and captured enough weapons to equip a division. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the "Gru" special forces successively put down conflicts in hot spots such as Ethiopia, Angola, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Iraq and Chechnya, and * * * 692 people were awarded the title of Soviet hero and Hero of the Russian Federation. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the KGB, tens of thousands of former KGB officials went to sea to do business with their intelligence expertise, which became a very eye-catching "landscape" in the Russian economic field. Most of the companies they founded are private intelligence agencies called "security companies", which are engaged in security, intelligence consultation, intelligence cooperation, anti-economic espionage and other businesses, providing customers with business and market intelligence information, and investigating their Russian partners (financial resources, debts, personal hobbies and even private lives, etc.). ) is a western enterprise, and provides an analysis report on Russian industrial development trend and political stability.
According to media reports, in recent years, 157 private intelligence agencies have been established in Moscow alone, and about 50,000 people are employed by the security and investigation departments, most of whom are former KGB members. For example, Kos Iacov, chairman of the Russian Independent Detective Association, was an expert in cracking down on economic crimes in KGB intelligence agencies. 1989, he and some retired or dismissed KGB officials founded "Alex Security Service Company", which later became the largest private detective agency in Moscow, with about 700 employees in Moscow and its detective agency in the United States alone.
In a word, the emergence and development of Russian private intelligence agencies and intelligence self-employed individuals not only broke the centralization of Russian national intelligence agencies, but also showed people the development momentum of privatization of intelligence agencies.