Federal Drug Control Service of Russia

Federal Service for the Control of Narcotics Narco-Control Наркополиция
Abbreviation	FSKN
Logo of the Federal Service for the Control of Narcotics
Flag of the Federal Service for the Control of Narcotics
Agency overview
Formed	March 11, 2003
Preceding agencies	State Committee for the Control of the Circulation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances UNON MVD - MVD's Anti-Drugs Department
Dissolved	May 31, 2016 (Under a Presidential decree from April 5, 2016)
Superseding agency	Main Directorate for Drugs Control
Employees	~40,000
Annual budget	24,737,452 million RUB (2011) (810,794 U.S. dollars)
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction)	RUS
Legal jurisdiction	Russian Federation Russian foreign drug-related investigations
Governing body	State Anti-Narcotics Committee
General nature	Federal law enforcement Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Elected officer responsible	Vladimir Putin, President
Agency executives	Viktor Ivanov, last Director of the Federal Service for Drug Control Vladimir Kalada, First Deputy Director (last)
Parent agency	Presidential Administration of Russia
Child agency	Grom Unit, Narcopolice Spetsnaz
Notables Anniversary March 11
Website
http://www.fskn.gov.ru/

The Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation or FSKN (in Russian: Федеральная служба Российской Федерации по контролю за оборотом наркотиков, ФСКН России) was a federal law enforcement agency of executive authority responsible for drafting state policy, legal regulation, control and monitoring in combating trafficking drugs, psychotropic substances, and their precursors. The Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation was specially authorized to address and solve problems relating to traffic in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, and their precursors; the Federal Drug Control Service is also authorized to combat the illicit drug trafficking. Commonly was known as The Drugs Police (Наркополиция).

The FSKN shared concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Security Service of Russia and MVD. The FSKN also has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing Russian drug investigations abroad, especially in Central Asia.

On April 5, 2016 the Federal Drug Control Service was dissolved, and its functions and authorities are transferred to Main Drugs Control Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The first Anti-Drugs Independent Russian Agency was born on 24 September 2002 under the name "The State Committee for Combat the Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation" (UNON MVD).

On March 11, 2003 the State Committee for combat the illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation was transformed into the State Committee of Russian Federation to Monitor the Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (GOSNARCOCONTROL). That organization eventually became the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia. Viktor Cherkesov was appointed to the chairman of the committee. The Committee passed the material base and the majority (40,000 units), staff number of the abolished Federal Tax Police Service of the Russian Federation. The Committee began its operations on July 1, 2003.