FAPSI
| ФАПСИ | |
Emblem of FAPSI
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Flag of Federal agency of the governmental communication and the information
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | December 24, 1991 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Dissolved | March 11, 2003 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Russia |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
| Employees | Classified |
| Annual budget | Classified |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | The Kremlin Staff |
| Website | Official page (not active) |
FAPSI (Russian: ФАПСИ) or Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information (FAGCI) (Russian: Федеральное Агентство Правительственной Связи и Информации) was a Russian government agency, which was responsible for signal intelligence and security of governmental communications.
The present-day FAPSI successor agencies are the relevant departments of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) as well as the Spetssvyaz (part of the Federal Protective Service of the Russian Federation) (FSO RF).
FAPSI was created from the 8th Main Directorate (Government Communications) and 16th Directorate (Electronic Intelligence) of the KGB. It is the equivalent to the USA National Security Agency. On September 25, 1991, Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev dismantled the KGB into several independent departments. One of them became the Committee on Government Communications under the President of Soviet Union. On December 24, 1991 after the disbanding of the Soviet Union the organization became the Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information under the President of Russian Federation.
On March 11, 2003 the agency was reorganized into the Service of Special Communications and Information (Spetssvyaz, Spetssviaz) (Russian: Служба специальной связи и информации) of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB RF). On August 7, 2004, Spetssviaz was incorporated as a structural sub unit of the Federal Protective Service of the Russian Federation (FSO RF).
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