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The FSB (ФСБ) is a state security organisation in Russia , and is the domestic successor organization to the KGB . Its name is an Acronym from the Russian '''Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation''' (Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Росси́йской Федера́ции) (Federal'naya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti Rossiyskoi Federatsii). It is usually simply called the FSB in English -language sources. Its headquarters are located in Moscow . OVERVIEW The FSB played a major role in Chechnya (in March 2005 it accidentally killed Aslan Maskhadov , having wanted to take him alive for interrogation) but it also had to fight Organized Crime , Terrorism , Drug Smuggling and Corruption across the whole Federation as well. The FSB has been accused of involvement in the 1999 Russian Apartment Bombings , but no related evidence has ever been provided. On June 20 , 1996 , Yeltsin fired Barsukov and appointed Nikolay Dmitrevich Kovalev , to Acting Director and later to Director of the FSB. Russian president Vladimir Putin was head of the FSB from July 1998 to August 1999. In September 1998 , the FSB staff had received only half of their salaries and the distribution of meal allowances had stopped at the beginning of the year. The total number of FSB employees at the end of 1997 was 80,000. RESTRUCTURING 1995: incorporating KGB successor Following the Attempted Coup Of 1991 against Mikhail Gorbachev , the KGB was dismantled and ceased to exist after November 1991 . Its successor, the FSK (''Federalnaya Sluzhba Kontrrazvedki'' (''Федера́льная Слу́жба Контрразве́дки''), Federal Counterintelligence Service) was reorganized into the FSB by the Federal Law of April 3 , 1995 , "On the Organs of the Federal Security Service in the Russian Federation", making the new FSB a more powerful organization. This law described the FSB role in the regions:
The FSB reforms were rounded out by Edict 633, signed by and Moscow Regional directorate. Yeltsin appointed Colonel-General Mikhail Ivanovich Barsukov as the new director of the FSB. 1997 In May 1997 , the FSB was reorganized again following a political power struggle. The FSB structure was changed into five departments and six directorates:
The FSB was not to recruit civilian personnel and the number of places offered by the FSB Academy was cut back. HEADS OF THE FSB OR EQUIVALENT
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