Lubyanka. Big cleaning. FSB generals: names, positions. Management of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
General secretaries came and went, one country fell apart and another rose, presidents changed, but Lubyanka is alive, survived everything and came to power, photo June 24, 2016
Each of these resignations is interesting in its own way, but the resignation of the super-influential head of the “K” Department of the Service economic security(SEB) The FSB (counterintelligence in the financial sector) of General Viktor Voronin stands apart. It is alleged that Colonel Ivan Tkachev, the head of the 6th Service of the FSB Internal Security Directorate, is expected to take his place, who was directly involved in the high-profile arrests of officials in uniform and without in the last five years.
Bank curator
Until recently, no one believed the intensified rumors about Voronin’s resignation. Voronin, as they say, is lucky: he sat in his chair after the escape in 2008 to the United States of a former employee of the “banking” department of the “K” department of the FSB, Alexei Artamonov, who informed FBI agents and journalists The Guardian, how his colleagues, under the guise of “crusts,” transport multimillion-dollar cash from bank to bank. In his homeland, Artamonov has been put on the federal wanted list for particularly large-scale fraud and criminal case No. 41326 has been opened against him. According to investigators, he allegedly cheated clients of one of the capital’s banks out of several million dollars.
General Viktor Voronin is no longer the curator of banks
Then General Voronin was rinsed with might and main in the media after Sergei Magnitsky was included in the list, and it was like water off a duck’s back for him. As is known, the starting point for the prosecution of Magnitsky, a lawyer for the Hermitage Capital fund, was the report of the operative of Directorate “K” of the SEB of the FSB of Russia, Alexander Kuvaldin, addressed to Voronin, who left his resolution on the report and sent it to the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate to initiate a criminal case against Magnitsky (in November 2009 Magnitsky died in a pre-trial detention center under unclear circumstances. NT ).
Then, in 2013, a loud scandal broke out with Voronin’s deputy, Colonel Dmitry Frolov: expensive real estate was registered for the relatives of the security officer in the Italian town of Strese, which is very popular among millionaires - but even here Voronin was carried away: he was protected by numerous connections accumulated over the years of service in the KGB of the USSR.
Voronin, as they say, is lucky: he sat in his chair after the escape in 2008 to the United States of a former employee of the “banking” department of the FSB “K” department, Alexei Artamonov, who told FBI agents and The Guardian journalists how his colleagues, under the cover of “crusts,” transport from bank to bank multi-million dollar cash
He started as a leading Komsomol worker in Leningrad, then graduated from the Higher Courses of the KGB in Minsk, worked as the first deputy head of the Federal Tax Police Service for St. Petersburg and the head of the Main Directorate of the State Drug Control Service for the North-Western Federal District. He was a man close to Putin, General Viktor Cherkesov, who lost the bureaucratic battle between the KGB clans in 2007-2009 and left the political scene. He was closely associated with the head of the St. Petersburg Drug Control Department, Alexander Karmatsky, who was put on the federal wanted list for smuggling in 2009 (investigation case No. 333).
Since 2004, Voronin was often seen as part of official delegations of the Federal Tax Service (FTS), together with its then head Anatoly Serdyukov and Colonel Igor Medoev, seconded from the FSB. +
In 2006, Voronin was appointed head of the “K” department of the SEB FSB, and for ten years, almost the entire banking sector of the country was under his direct supervision.
Reference NT : Directorate “K” (in the jargon of security officers “kashniks”) is part of the Economic Security Service (SEB) of the FSB. In addition to the “K” department, the structure of the FSB SEB includes the “T” department (counterintelligence in transport) and the “P” department (counterintelligence in the industrial enterprises). Other tasks of the FSB SEB are the fight against counterfeiters, drug trafficking, and the illegal sale of explosives and toxic substances. The department's employees have a very large network of agents among bankers, fraudsters and drug addicts. In addition to FSB service IDs, they use police “corks” and cover passports in other people’s names.
Castling
Active movement in the central apparatus of the FSB began last year: in March, the State Secretary of the FSB, 65-year-old Colonel General of Justice Yuri Gorbunov, was dismissed. Gorbunov supervised the FSB investigation for almost eleven years and was nicknamed the Old Man for his gray beard. The Old Man was replaced by 48-year-old Colonel General of Justice Dmitry Shalkov, who moved to the FSB from the Main Military Investigation Department Investigative Committee.
In December 2015, another deputy director of the FSB, 57-year-old Colonel General Yevgeny Sysoev, was sent into honorable exile to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). He was replaced by 56-year-old Igor Sirotkin, who was in the personnel reserve, who previously served as deputy head of the St. Petersburg FSB Directorate - he oversaw the local customs.
In 2009, Baltic customs detained 23 containers with Chinese contraband worth $1 million. The recipient of the cargo was a shell company registered in St. Petersburg, and the goods were sent to Moscow to the Cherkizovsky market. However, the seized containers mysteriously disappeared in an unknown direction - and a loud scandal broke out. Soon, an FSB commission arrived from Moscow and, based on the results of the inspection, Sirotkin and another group of senior officers received severe reprimands or were removed from their posts.
Other recent reshuffles include the transfer to the “paradise group” of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to the post of deputy minister, former head of counterintelligence of the FSB, 63-year-old General Oleg Syromolotov, who was responsible for the security of the Sochi 2014 Olympics. He was replaced by a native of Russian Technologies, 57-year-old Lieutenant General Vladislav Menshchikov, who headed the Almaz-Antey concern for ten years and then headed the Main Directorate of Special Programs of the President (serves secret bunkers for the top officials of the state. - NT ).
The case about iPhones
But let us now return to the former head of the FSB department “K”, Viktor Voronin. Some media outlets associate his resignation with a criminal story that happened in November 2015, again at St. Petersburg customs: employees of the FSB department “K” detained in Pulkovo a cargo with 50 thousand smuggled iPhones, tablets and 15 thousand Lenovo A560 smartphones, which are not yet sold in Russia .
After some time, when transferring a bribe in the amount of 2 million rubles. Vyacheslav Naumov, a former representative of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation in Finland, was detained. Next came searches at the carrier company ULS Global, whose owners are the famous St. Petersburg businessman Igor Khavronov and Turkish citizen Jebrail Karaarslan, who has repeatedly boasted of his close friendship with Turkish President Recep Erdogan.
“When we come to the service, we change into military uniform and constantly work out in the gym. After the start of events in Crimea and Donbass, we were transferred to a special position"
According to investigators, Pavel Smolyarchuk, an operative for particularly important cases of combating customs crimes of the Main Directorate for Combating Smuggling of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation, took on the task of resolving the situation with the seized electronics. Moreover, the sister of operative Smolyarchuk, Svetlana, is the wife of the head of the 7th department of Directorate “K” of the SEB FSB, Vadim Uvarov, whose employees are in charge of St. Petersburg customs and seized the cargo.
It is possible that the criminal case would have been collecting dust on the investigators’ desks for a long time, but on April 22, 2016, in St. Petersburg, two unknown assailants brutally beat the former head of the ULS Global security service, Ivan Lapshin, who was a key witness in the criminal case. The victim did not wait until he was quietly finished off in the hospital room, and turned to the St. Petersburg media: “They hit me mainly on the head, also strong blows hit the stomach and legs. They didn’t ask me for money, they didn’t steal my phone and they weren’t going to steal my car, they wanted to kill me.”
There is an important detail here: the operational support of the criminal case of electronics smuggling is carried out not by local special officers from Liteiny, but by the 6th Internal Security Service of the FSB, whose office is located in Lubyanka.
"Sechinsky special forces"
The 6th Service of the FSB Internal Security Directorate was formed in 2004, after the reorganization of the FSB: employees nicknamed it “Sechin’s special forces.” According to some reports, the initiator of the creation of the “six” was the current head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, who at that time held the position of deputy head of the presidential administration and oversaw the security forces (now the main supervisor of the security forces is Putin’s colleague in the GDR, Evgeniy Shkolov. - NT ).
According to the special officer, with whom the correspondent spoke on condition of strict anonymity NT , the “six” have strict rules: “When we come to work, we change into military uniform and constantly work out in the gym. After the events began in Crimea and Donbass, we were transferred to a special position.”
The main task of the unit is operational support of high-profile criminal cases and witness protection. Among other things, this unit has its own “stompers” and a special forces group.
They were taken by the FSB "six"(from left to right) : Governor of the Sakhalin Region Alexander Khoroshavin, Head of the Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer, Mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev
It was the “six” employees who in 2014 detained the head of the Main Directorate of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption (GUEBiPK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Police Lieutenant General Denis Sugrobov, and his deputy, Police Major General Boris Kolesnikov (according to investigators, he committed suicide during interrogation by the Investigative Committee .— NT ), who dared to take into operational development the deputy head of the 9th Directorate of the FSB Internal Security Service, Colonel Igor Demin.
In March 2015, they also detained the governor of the Sakhalin region, Alexander Khoroshavin, who was charged with accepting a bribe in the amount of $5.6 million. In the same year, soldiers of the 6th service handcuffed the head of the Komi Republic, Vyacheslav Gaizer, and officials of his administration, who are accused of creating a criminal group and fraud. Finally, on the night of June 1, it was the “six” who arrested the mayor of Vladivostok, millionaire (he owned the Park Group concern) Igor Pushkarev, who was immediately taken to Moscow - he is accused of abuse of power and commercial bribery.
Many people from the “six” can be found in Rosneft and its subsidiaries
Immediately after the arrest, information appeared on the Internet that Pushkarev was allegedly part of the team of the ex-director of the Federal Service for Drug Control, Colonel General Viktor Ivanov, who was dismissed in April.
What is curious: at one time, soldiers from the 6th service guarded the notorious banker Evgeny Dvoskin (aka Slusker, Shuster,
Kozin, Altman), who is wanted by the FBI. Moreover, Mr. Dvoskin with the KGB guards accidentally ended up in an outdoor photographic lens from the MUR, which recorded visitors to the “Old Phaeton” restaurant on Povarskaya Street, where, as is known, the office of the patriarch of the Russian underworld Aslan Usoyan (Grandfather Hasan, killed in 2013) was located. NT
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Many people from the “six” can be found in Rosneft and its subsidiaries. For example, in 2013, the deputy head of the special forces of the FSB Internal Security Service, Nail Mukhitov, was seconded to head the Rosneft security service. True, Major General Mukhitov did not last long in his post and, after numerous complaints from suppliers, resigned.
In turn, the “six” is part of the 9th Directorate of the FSB Internal Security Directorate, which is headed by another native of the St. Petersburg FSB Directorate, General Sergei Korolev. The immediate tasks of the “nine” include catching “werewolves” in their own ranks.
Bottom line
Today, the FSB leadership has the following alignments: FSB Director General Alexander Bortnikov, First Deputy General Sergei Smirnov and simply Deputy Lieutenant General Igor Sirotkin - all from St. Petersburg.
Among the deputies (there are five in total), only Colonel General of Justice Dmitry Shalkov has Moscow roots, and even he was appointed on the recommendation of the Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, who is part of Putin’s closest “St. Petersburg” circle.
Crimean banker Evgeniy Dvoskin, now wanted by the FBI, at one time walked under the protection of the “six”
Apparently, key positions in the economic bloc of the FSB will now be occupied by people from the “Sechin special forces”: as we have already written, the head of the 6th Internal Security Service of the FSB, Ivan Tkachev, who is called right hand Deputy Head of the FSB Internal Security Directorate Oleg Feoktistov (both served in the Sortavala border detachment. - NT ). In Lubyanka, Major General Feoktistov enjoys great influence and is called Oleg Bolshoi behind his back.
According to some reports, the head of the 9th Department of Internal Security of the FSB, General Sergei Korolev, will soon be promoted: he is tipped to lead the Economic Security Service of the FSB - as they say, the “tastiest” division of the Lubyanka. His former boss, General Yuri Yakovlev, had allegedly already submitted his resignation letter.
The general public can only wait to see how the opposing KGB clans will respond and who will be next to retire and be imprisoned.
Golushko Nikolay Mikhailovich
He devoted his life to serving in state security agencies. He worked in a structural unit of counterintelligence of the USSR, Ukraine and Russia. 1992 became a landmark year, Golushko was awarded the rank of Colonel General. He first served as director of the Federal Security Service from 1993 to 1994. In Yeltsin's government he was approved as Minister of Security. He was awarded three orders and six medals, three of which were anniversary ones.
Russian politician. He was appointed second head of the security agencies, where Stepashin worked from 1994 to 1995 with the rank of Colonel General. Collaborated with the government of Yeltsin, Putin and Medvedev. Over the years he was Minister of Justice, Minister of Internal Affairs, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber and the Government of the Russian Federation. Awarded dozens of orders and medals.
A prominent figure in the government and military fields. Graduated military school, then studied at the Frunze Military Academy. He worked as director of the FSB from 1995 to 1996. Having received a leadership position, Barsukov was promoted to army general. He began his activities in the KGB and joined the Security Committee in 1964. In the 90s, he was appointed commandant of the Moscow Kremlin. Since 1995, he has been a member of the Russian Security Council. In 1997, Mikhail Ivanovich made a decision and resigned.
Along with his work in the special services, he is a prominent political figure. He headed the FSB from 1996 to 1998. In 1998, he was awarded the rank of Army General. Member of the State Duma of the third convocation. Currently, he continues to be active and holds positions in the government. He is a member of the Duma for ensuring security and combating corruption, and heads the State Duma in the OSCE parliamentary organization. After Kovalev, Vladimir Putin came to the leadership of the FSB; he is the only director with a military rank: colonel.
He was director of the FSB for a long time, from 1999 to 2008. The year 2001 became important; Patrushev was promoted to army general. And a year before the event - Hero of Russia. Patrushev was appointed Secretary of the Security Council in 2008. Two years earlier, Nikolai Platonovich was called one of Putin’s successors and a presidential candidate. He received dozens of state awards, including medals from foreign countries.
He has headed the leadership of the FSB since 2008. Two years before his appointment, Bortnikov became an army general. He holds the post of chairman in charge of the national anti-terrorism cabinet. Bortnikov works as the head of the Council of Security Agencies. Included in the permanent number of participants in the Russian Security Council. During his work he was awarded 8 orders.
FSB generals - first deputy directors
Zorin graduated from the Pedagogical Institute and began his career as a physics teacher in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1964 he joined the KGB. He holds the rank of Colonel General of the FSB. From 1995 to 1997 he was first deputy director of the FSB. Since 1995, he has held the position of head of the FSB Anti-Terrorism Center Russian Federation. Awarded orders, medals and badges of honor.
Klimashin Nikolay Vasilievich
A security officer, from 2004 to 2010 he was the first deputy director of the FSB. In 2009 he received the rank of army general. Over the years, Klimashin was a member of government commissions concerning security and disarmament issues. He is an active state adviser of the Russian Federation, 2nd class.
An employee of Russian state security agencies. Since 2013, he has been First Deputy Director of the FSB. He was awarded the rank of army general. Over the years, he was the head of the department for combating terrorism, was in the leadership of the FSB in the Chechen Republic and in the apparatus of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee. Awarded orders, medals and badges.
Pronichev Vladimir Egorovich
He headed the FSB Border Service from 2003 to 2013, a prominent figure in the domestic intelligence services. In 2002 he received the title of Hero of the Russian Federation, and in 2005 - the rank of army general. He worked in the border troops and the FSB, in 1999 he received the post of first deputy director of the FSB. He was one of the leaders of the operation to free hostages at the Dubrovka theater in 2002 (Nord Ost).
From 1994 to 1997, he served as First Deputy Director of the FSB. He holds the rank of Colonel General of the FSB. In Putin's government he was Deputy Minister of Security and Minister of Foreign Affairs. From 2004 to 2011, he served as the special representative of the president on international cooperation in the fight against terrorists. In 2005, he received the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia.
An employee of the Russian Federal Security Service. He has served in the authorities since 1974. He has held the rank of Army General since 2006. In 2001, he became the head of the FSB for St. Petersburg and Leningrad region. Two years later he received the post of first deputy director of the FSB. He is an honorary foreign intelligence officer and has been awarded orders and medals testifying to his services to the fatherland.
Sobolev Valentin Alekseevich
A figure in the security agencies of both the USSR and the Russian Federation. He holds the rank of Colonel General of the FSB. He began working for the State Security Committee in 1972, and two years later he graduated from the FSB Higher School. From 1997 to 1999, he served as First Deputy Director of the FSB. Over the years, he held the positions of head of the FSB for combating terrorism, and was Deputy Secretary of Security of the Russian Federation. In 2012, he was appointed President of Veterans of Counterintelligence.
Prominent statesman, began his career working in the investigative committee. He holds the rank of reserve colonel general and police general. He was the director of the drug trafficking service. He was a member of the State Duma of the sixth convocation from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. He worked in the Federal Security Bodies, from 1998 to 2000 he served as Deputy Director of the FSB.
FSB generals – deputy directors
He worked as Deputy Director of the FSB from 2002 to 2005. He was awarded the rank of Colonel General. From 2002 to 2004 he was the head of the Inspection Department. He was one of the leaders of the operational headquarters that freed hostages during the terrorist attack at the Beslan school in 2004. Was sent to the reserve of the Federal Security Service in 2005.
Bespalov Alexander Alexandrovich
He worked in the border troops and collaborated with state security agencies since 1961. He was deputy chief and head of the KGB for the Transcaucasian district. He worked as the head of the 8th department of the KGB of the USSR. After the collapse Soviet Union remained in the organs. In 1995, he was awarded the rank of Colonel General. From 1995 to 1999, he served as Deputy Director of the FSB.
Public and statesman. He holds the rank of Colonel General of the FSB. He worked as Deputy Director of the Federal Security Service from 2006 to 2008. Since 2016, he has been heading the Federal Customs Service of Russia. Served as the President's official representative on Northwestern district, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
From 2005 to 2013, he served as Deputy Director of the FSB. He was awarded the rank of Colonel General. Serves in state security agencies since 1971. He has repeatedly expressed the opinion that the main task of the FSB is the fight against terrorism. To do this, it is necessary to constantly improve and modernize the weapons of the Russian armed forces.
Bykov Andrey Petrovich
He graduated from the Bauman Higher School and worked in state security agencies since 1966. He was deputy chief and head of the Operational and Technical Department of the KGB. Then he joined the FSB. He worked as deputy director from 1994 to 1996. Subsequently, he was a member of the directors of Rostelecom and Rosvooruzhenie. He holds the rank of Colonel General.
Gorbunov Yuri Sergeevich
He holds the military rank of Colonel General of Justice. He worked as Deputy Director of the FSB from 2005 to 2015. The main position held is State Secretary. He began working in security agencies in 1977, before that he worked at a research institute studying automatic systems. He is a Doctor of Law and has state awards.
Grigoriev Alexander Andreevich
Prominent statesman, led Federal agency according to internal reserves from 2001 to 2008, until death. He held the military rank of Colonel General. From 1998 to 2001 he served as adviser to the director of the FSB. Participated in military operations in Afghanistan. Awarded 4 orders and 2 medals (one of them was awarded by the government of Kyrgyzstan).
Ezhkov Anatoly Pavlovich
He holds the rank of Colonel General. Prominent figure in state security agencies. From 2001 to 2003 he worked as the head of the FSB for the North Caucasus District. From 2001 to 2004 he was Deputy Director of the FSB. Sent into retirement after militants attacked the Central Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia. Subsequently, he collaborated with government agencies at Sibur, where he managed the security system.
Zhdankov Alexander Ivanovich
Prominent statesman. Awarded the rank of lieutenant general. From 2001 to 2004 he worked as Deputy Director of the FSB. He was the head of the department responsible for protecting the constitutional order and combating terrorism. Since 2007, he was appointed auditor of the Accounts Chamber of Russia. He has many awards: orders, medals, memorial signs.
Zaostrovtsev Yuri Evgenievich
He holds the rank of Colonel General of the FSB. He worked as Deputy Director of the Federal Security Service from 2000 to 2004. He was the head of the economic security department. From 2004 to 2007 he worked as Deputy Chairman of Vnesheconombank. Since 1998, he has been an acting adviser to the President, 1st class.
This is a prominent statesman. He served as Deputy Director of the FSB from 1999 to 2000. He holds the rank of lieutenant general. For eight years, from 2008 to 2016, he served as director civil service on drug trafficking control. He was the chairman of the state anti-drug committee. Since 2012, he has been considered an active state adviser to the President, 1st class.
Political and military figure, began his work during the USSR. He holds the rank of Colonel General, but is in the reserves. From 1998 to 1999 he was Deputy Director of the FSB. From 2001 to 2007 – Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. He was awarded dozens of orders, and in 2006 he became a laureate of the national award “Russian of the Year”. Currently he is the Presidential Representative on Environmental Affairs.
Activist of security agencies. He holds the rank of Colonel General. From 1999 to 2004 he was Deputy Director of the FSB. The main position held is the head of the Department involved in analysis, forecasting and strategic planning. Komogorov also works as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Military Sports Foundation.
Kupryazhkin Alexander Nikolaevich
He took the post of Deputy Director of the FSB in 2011, and currently holds the same position. Awarded the rank of Colonel General. Kupryazkin has been working in state security agencies since 1983. He held the position of head of the FSB's internal security department. Awarded orders and medals.
Lovyrev Evgeniy Nikolaevich
He worked as Deputy Director of the FSB from 2001 to 2004. Lovyrev’s main position is the head of the Department responsible for the organizational work of the FSB with personnel. He holds the rank of Colonel General. He is an active member of the Presidium of the Civil Committee on Interaction with Law Enforcement Agencies.
Mezhakov Igor Alekseevich
He began his work in the State Security Committee of the USSR. Already in 1972 he became the head of the 5th Directorate of the KGB of Kazakhstan. In 1986 he moved to the KGB inspection department. In 1991, he was a member of the commission that investigated the August coup. He served as deputy director of the FSB for several months, from February to September 1995. Awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
Russian politician. He worked as Minister of Internal Affairs from 2004 to 2012. In 2005 he received the rank of army general. He began working in the KGB in 1981, before that he worked as a physics teacher in a small village. In 1999, he was appointed head of the FSB in charge of combating drug smuggling. From 2000 to 2002 he worked as Deputy Director of the FSB of Russia.
Osobenkov Oleg Mikhailovich
He holds the rank of Colonel General. He worked as Deputy Director of the FSB from 1996 to 1998. Headed the department of analysis, forecast and strategic development of the FSB. Since 1999, he has been a member of the board of Aeroflot. Currently, he is the head of the personnel department of Aeroflot OJSC.
Pereverzev Petr Tikhonovich
Colonel General of the reserve, began his journey as a simple cadet at a military school. Participated in Afghan war. From 2000 to 2004, he worked as Deputy Director of the FSB and served as Head of the Operations Support Department. He has a number of state awards - medals and orders.
Pechenkin Valery Pavlovich
He devoted thirty years of his life to working in the security agencies of the USSR and Russia. In the 90s he headed the department of the Ministry of Security for the Novosibirsk region. From 1997 to 2000 he worked as Deputy Director of the FSB. He was the head of the counterintelligence operations department and headed the counterintelligence department. Military rank: Colonel General.
Ponomarenko Boris Fedoseevich
Since 1968 he worked in the KGB. He holds the military rank of lieutenant general in reserve. From 1996 to 1997 he was Deputy Director of the Federal Security Service. In 1997, Ponomarenko was approved as Deputy Chairman of the Telecommunications Commission. Two years later, he was elected chairman of the Board of Directors of Svyazinvest.
Politician and entrepreneur. Worked in the KGB and FSB. In 1993 he received the rank of major general. From January to December 1994 he served as deputy director of the FSB. He worked as the head of the Federal Disaster Control Department for Moscow and the Moscow region. He worked as Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. In 2015, he was appointed chairman of the council for the protection of intellectual property.
He has been working in security agencies since 1983. Military rank – lieutenant general. In 2015, Sirotkin was appointed deputy director of the FSB of the Russian Federation. He still holds this position. He works as the chief of staff of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee.
Soloviev Evgeniy Borisovich
From 1999 to 2001, he served as Deputy Director of the FSB of Russia. Military rank – Colonel General. Headed the Department of Organizational and Personnel Work of the Federal Security Service. In 2001, Solovyov was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia. In 2003 he became a laureate of the Andropov Prize.
Strelkov Alexander Alexandrovich
State security official. He holds the military rank of Colonel General. He worked as Deputy Director of the FSB from 1994 to 2000, and since 1997 he headed the Department for Supporting the Activities of the FSB. Today he is a member of the Council for Government Interaction with Associations of Veterans and Reserve Officers.
An employee of Russian state security agencies, a political figure in Russia. He holds the military rank of army general. Since 2015, he has held the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs on issues related to combating global terrorism. He began his career in security agencies in 1979. From 2000 to 2004 he worked as Deputy Director of the FSB. Involved in preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Activist of security agencies. He holds the military rank of Colonel General. He began his career in the KGB in 1983. He was the head of the FSB for the Novosibirsk region. Headed the Council of Chiefs of FSB Agencies for Siberian Federal District. From 2013 to 2015, he served as deputy head of the Russian FSB. He headed the National Anti-Terrorism Cabinet.
Timofeev Valery Alexandrovich
He began his work as an operational commissioner. He served as Deputy Director of the FSB from 1994 to 1995. Military rank – Colonel General. Worked as Deputy Minister of Education. Recognized as an Honored Worker of the Security Agencies of the Russian Federation. Awarded medals, orders and badges of honor.
Trofimov Anatoly Vasilievich
He served as Deputy Director of the FSB from 1995 to 1997. He worked as the head of the FSB in Moscow and the Moscow region. Military rank – Colonel General. Served in the KGB since 1962. He was shot in 2005, the killer was never found. At the time of the murder he was working as deputy director of the Finvest company.
State security officer. He died the day after he was awarded the rank of admiral. Since 1975, he served in counterintelligence agencies in the naval forces. He distinguished himself in the interethnic conflict in Transcaucasia. He was the leader of the participants in the withdrawal of the flotilla from the Caspian Sea to Baku after the collapse of the USSR. He served as deputy director of the FSB from 1999 to 2001, until his death. In 2000, Ugryumov was awarded the title of Hero of Russia.
Ushakov Vyacheslav Nikolaevich
Since 1975 he has worked in state security agencies. From 2003 to 2011, he worked as Deputy Director of the FSB, his main position being State Secretary. He was scandalously dismissed from the authorities in 2011 due to violations of official ethics. He holds the military rank of Colonel General. Ushakov supervised Information Support FSB of the Russian Federation, public relations center for state security agencies.
Tsarenko Alexander Vasilievich
State security officer. He began his service back in Soviet times. He was deputy chief and head of the FSB for Moscow and the Moscow region. From 1997 to 2000, he was Deputy Director of the Russian FSB. From 2000 to 2011, he served as head of the special programs department of the President of Russia. Military rank: Colonel General.
Shalkov Dmitry Alexandrovich
A member of the Russian intelligence services and a prominent political figure. Since 2018, he was appointed head of the control department of the President of Russia. He holds the rank of Colonel General of Justice. In 2015, he was appointed to the position of deputy director of the Federal Security Service of Russia.
Shultz Vladimir Leopoldovich
State security officer, sociologist and social philosopher. He is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy. He holds the military rank of Colonel General. From 2000 to 2003 he was Deputy Director of the FSB and Secretary of State. Shultz is an honorary counterintelligence officer and laureate of a government award in the field of science.
He has held the position of Deputy Director of the FSB from 2016 to the present. He began his career in the State Security Committee in 1987. Military rank – lieutenant general. He holds the post of Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense and Disaster Relief. He is also a member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Heads of the FSB service
Conversation Sergey Orestovich
From 2009 to the present, he has held the position of head of the Fifth Service of the FSB. This is a service for operational information and international relations. He holds the rank of Colonel General of the FSB. Included in the European Union sanctions list since 2014. In 2014, he signed an agreement with an employee of the Serbian government on the mutual protection of classified information.
A member of the intelligence services of the USSR and the Russian Federation, he holds the rank of Colonel General. In 1979 he graduated from the KGB Higher Courses. He was the head of the FSB in Mordovia, then in Chelyabinsk region. In 2004, he was appointed head of the counter-terrorism service of the FSB of the Russian Federation. In 2008, he received the position of Deputy Director of the FSB for technical and export control.
Ignashchenkov Yuri Yurievich
From 2007 to 2013, he headed the FSB Control Service. He holds the military rank of Colonel General. He began his service in the KGB and served in various positions. In 2004, he was the head of the FSB Directorate for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, after which he was transferred to Moscow. Today he is the chairman of the All-Russian Physical Culture Society "Dynamo".
Kryuchkov Vladimir Vasilievich
Since 2012, the Colonel General has headed the FSB Control Service. He began working in security agencies in 1977 and graduated from the KGB Academy. He took his first steps in the FSB of St. Petersburg, climbing the ladder from an ordinary detective to the head of the economic security service. In 2002, he was appointed to the post of head of the FSB of the Lipetsk region.
Since 2015, Lieutenant General Menshchikov has been in charge of the 1st FSB Service, responsible for counterintelligence. He began working in security agencies in 1983. In 2014, Menshchikov was appointed by presidential decree as the chief responsible for managing special programs. Has state awards.
Sedov Alexey Semenovich
Russian intelligence officer, army general. Since 2006, he was elected to the post of head of the 2nd FSB Service. This is the service responsible for protecting the constitutional order and combating terrorism. Over the years, he was the head of the FSNP department for Moscow, deputy chairman of the State Drug Control Service, and head of the FSNP for the North-Western District.
Shishin Sergey Vladimirovich
Entered the KGB school in 1984. He made a difficult journey from an ordinary employee to a colonel general in the FSB. He took part in military operations in Afghanistan, and later in Chechnya and Dagestan. From 2002 to 2004, he was the head of the FSB’s own security. From 2004 to 2006, he served as deputy director of the FSB, heading the 7th service (this is the service that ensures the activities of the structure). Today Shishin works as senior vice president of VTB.
Yakovlev Yuri Vladimirovich
From 2008 to 2016 he worked as head of the 4th FSB Service. During his service, Yuri Vladimirovich was awarded the rank of army general. Now is general director Rosatom Corporation. Worked in security agencies from 1976 to 2016. In 2016, Putin signed a decree dismissing Yakovlev. Awarded many state awards.
Korolev Sergey Borisovich
Lieutenant General of the FSB, headed the 4th FSB Service from 2016 to May 2018. This Service ensured the economic security of the FSB. Korolev began serving in the FSB in 2000, in St. Petersburg. Then he became an adviser to the Minister of Defense, head of the FSB's own security department. Korolev’s team handled many high-profile cases, and during his time there were massive layoffs of security officials.
Head of the Economic Security Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, former manager FSB Internal Security Directorate.
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Personnel officer of the FSB of the Russian Federation.
Since the 2000s, he served in the SEB of the FSB Directorate for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
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The Insider: the head of the FSB SEB is connected with the alleged leader of the Tambov organized crime group
The head of the FSB economic security service, Sergei Korolev, is associated with the alleged leader of the Tambov organized crime group, Gennady Petrov. The Insider, citing wiretaps, reports that Petrov allegedly tried to lobby for the appointment of Alexander Bastrykin as head of the Investigative Committee of Russia.
According to a recording of a conversation dated July 2, 2007, Gennady Petrov called his son Anton, who was going to meet with Sergei Korolev. “First of all, tell Sasha [Alexander Bastrykin. - Approx. The Insider]. And let him answer right away, yes or no. Sasha asks for a meeting. Is it possible for him to call himself and invite the First [Anatoly Serdyukov, at that time - the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. - The Insider] there? Dumpty Leg has already said that he will be with his wife. And also to the First, tell him that you are definitely invited.”
The anti-corruption fighter was transferred to the economy
Let us recall that it was General Tkachev who was responsible for the operational development of the employees of the GUEBiPK Ministry of Internal Affairs, which ended with his ex-leader Denis Sugrobov, along with a number of subordinates, being convicted of organizing a criminal community and participating in it. According to Kommersant’s sources, thanks to other operational measures, including in relation to the former head of the Ministry who received a sentence for corruption economic development Russia's Alexey Ulyukaev, General Tkachev can also count on promotion. Moreover, the FSB SEB is now headed by the former head of the Internal Security Service, Sergei Korolev.
The head of the anti-corruption department will deal with the economic security of the FSB
It was General Tkachev who was responsible for the operational investigation of the employees of the GUEBiPK Ministry of Internal Affairs, which ended with his ex-leader Denis Sugrobov, along with a number of subordinates, being convicted of organizing a criminal community and participating in it. According to Kommersant’s sources, thanks to other operational measures, including in relation to the ex-head of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, who received a sentence for corruption, General Tkachev can also count on a promotion. Moreover, the FSB SEB is now headed by the former head of the Internal Security Service, Sergei Korolev.
THE END OF SECHIN'S SPECIAL FORCES
At the time of leaving the FSB (August 2016), General Feoktistov rose to the rank of acting head of the Internal Security Directorate. The functions of the head of the department were transferred to him after his immediate superior, Sergei Korolev, who headed the Economic Security Service (ESS) of the FSB, was promoted.
Last summer there were major reshuffles in the FSB, and colleagues expected that Feoktistov would head the FSB without the prefix acting. But instead, he left Lubyanka altogether.
NEW LUBYANSKY
Sergei Korolev, who previously headed the FSB's Internal Security Service, became the new head of the SEB. And control of “K” went to Ivan Tkachev, whose direct subordination was the 6th CSS service. Two NT interlocutors note that Korolev was against Feoktistov’s promotion: although the officers had worked together for a long time, Feoktistov was not Korolev’s man. For the combination of these reasons, Feoktistov left for Rosneft.
Why General Feoktistov’s star has set and how leading positions in the FSB are occupied by “young technocrats” in uniform
ACCORDING TO A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE FSB MANAGEMENT, KOROLYOV IS IN THE INNER CIRCLE OF THE BROTHERS ARKADY AND BORIS ROTENBERG. IN ADDITION, KOROLEV IS “A CLOSE FRIEND AND RELIABLE SUPPORT OF FSB DIRECTOR ALEXANDER BORTNIKOV”
According to a source close to the leadership of the FSB, Korolev is part of the inner circle of brothers Arkady and Boris Rotenberg. In addition, Korolev is “a close friend and reliable support of FSB director Alexander Bortnikov,” continues NT’s interlocutor.
Korolev’s position in the intelligence service is really strong: it was on his initiative, two sources at Lubyanka insist, that a criminal case was launched against the deputy head of the FSB Information Security Center (CIS), Colonel Sergei Mikhailov, and senior detective of the 2nd department of the operational management of the CIB, Dmitry Dokuchaev , as well as Kaspersky Lab employee Ruslan Stoyanov and entrepreneur Georgy Fomchenkov, who were accused of treason. According to investigators, they transferred to the CIA materials obtained during operational support of criminal cases. Mikhailov was detained at the beginning of December 2016 at the FSB collegium: he was taken out of the hall with a bag over his head.
Sergei Korolev became the new head of the FSB SEB
His predecessor Yuri Yakovlev retired
On July 8, Sergei Korolev, who previously headed the FSB’s own security service, was appointed head of the economic security service of the FSB of Russia.
Blind listening: how the TFR generals wanted to capture the FSB SEB
General of the FSB of the Russian Federation Sergei Korolev, like General of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Mikhail Maksimenko, comes from the so-called St. Petersburg school of security forces.
Maksimenko, most likely, did not calculate that Korolev’s candidacy is supported by both FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov and the head of the RF Security Council Nikolai Patrushev (ex-director of the RF FSB), as well as officials supervising the security bloc in the presidential administration, says Life’s source.
Sergei Korolev is a career officer of the FSB of the Russian Federation. Since the 2000s, he served in the SEB of the FSB Directorate for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. From 2007 to 2012, when the post of Minister of Defense was held by Anatoly Serdyukov, Korolev served in the military department, where he oversaw the GRU - the Main Intelligence Directorate. In the fall of 2012, after the resignation of Anatoly Serdyukov, Sergei Korolev was appointed head of the FSB's Internal Security Directorate.
St. Petersburg resident Sergei Korolev was appointed head of the SEB of the FSB of Russia
A native of the St. Petersburg FSB Directorate was appointed to the position of head of the economic security service of the FSB of the Russian Federation.
As Fontanka learned, on July 8, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Sergei Korolev, who had previously headed the internal security service of the FSB of the Russian Federation, was appointed head of the key division of the FSB of the Russian Federation - the economic security service.
Honored Inspector
Vladimir Putin replaced the head of the FSB Economic Security Service
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing the head of the FSB's Internal Security Directorate (USB), Sergei Korolev, to the post of head of the department's Economic Security Service (SEB), reports Fontanka and confirmed by two RBC sources in the FSB. Yuri Yakovlev, who headed the SEB until recently, retired. Officially, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov will introduce Korolev to his subordinates at next week, notes one of RBC’s sources.
The head of the economic security service of the FSB joined the supervisory board of Rosatom
The head of the FSB Economic Security Service, Sergei Korolev, joined the Rosatom supervisory board. This was reported in the decree of the President of Russia, published on the official portal of legal information.
Media: Sergei Korolev appointed head of the SEB of the FSB of Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing the head of the FSB's Internal Security Directorate (USB), Sergei Korolev, to the post of head of the department's Economic Security Service (SEB). Yuri Yakovlev, who headed the SEB, retired. This was reported by Fontanka and confirmed by two RBC sources in the FSB. One of the publication’s interlocutors said that FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov will officially introduce Korolev to his subordinates next week. Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said he had not seen such a decree. Previously, Sergei Korolev worked in the Economic Security Service of the FSB Directorate for St. Petersburg, then was an adviser to the Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov, after which he was appointed to the post of head of the FSB Internal Security Service.
What you need to know about FSB General Sergei Korolev: 5 facts from an RBC investigation
A team of FSB officers led by General Sergei Korolev is behind the most high-profile criminal cases of recent years. The RBC publication traced the career path of the initiator of the criminal case against the top of the Investigative Committee
The country has a professional anti-mafia team. All the most high-profile criminal cases of recent times related to corruption and fraud were conducted by the group of FSB General Sergei Korolev. At the beginning of July, Sergei Korolev received control of the Economic Security Service (SEB) of the FSB."In the fight against the Russian Cosa Nostra"
Behind the most high-profile criminal cases of recent times is a team of FSB officers led by General Sergei Korolev, who until recently headed the department’s Internal Security Directorate (USB) of the FSB, and in early July received the Economic Security Service (SEB) of the FSB under his command, said
RBC.
In the early 2000s, Korolev served in the third department of the Economic Security Service of the FSB, which oversaw law enforcement agencies. In those days they looked at it practically as a pension, Fontanka wrote the other day.
A few years later, news reached St. Petersburg - Korolev became an adviser to the Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov, while overseeing the Main Directorate of the General Staff, which is more often called the GRU.
Soon, unexpectedly for everyone, Korolev became the head of the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the FSB of Russia. In the police environment, security officers are called watchmen. It turns out he was watching the watchmen.
Under Korolev, the Sixth Service became one of the most significant units in the CSS. According to RBC's interlocutor, close to the USB, it was created in 2008, it includes only about 35 people. The service is headed by Ivan Tkachev, writes RBC.
Of course, before detaining governors and other high-ranking officials, the head of the service coordinates the position with FSB Director Bortnikov. And with such questions you need to approach the president. The resolution should be the same everywhere: “To work.” Signature, date. Which, in fact, means - in Lefortovo, notes Fontanka.
The Economic Security Service is one of the key units in the FSB, explains retired FSB Major General, member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy Alexander Mikhailov. According to him, in the USSR, in the context of confrontation with the West, main role played by employees directly involved in counterintelligence, but in last years the importance of SEB has increased markedly.
The structure of the FSB SEB is not officially disclosed. As Novaya Gazeta wrote, the Economic Security Service includes seven departments: for counterintelligence support of the credit and financial system (directorate “K”), industrial enterprises, transport, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Justice, for the fight against smuggling and drug trafficking, organizational and analytical management and administrative service.
From 2004 to 2008, the SEB was headed by Alexander Bortnikov, who moved from this post directly to the post of director of the FSB. Yakovlev became Bortnikov's successor in the leadership of the SEB. On July 8, Vladimir Putin appointed a new head of one of the key divisions of the FSB - the Economic Security Service. It was Sergei Korolev.
The most notorious criminal cases of the Sixth Service
May 8, 2015. Police Lieutenant General Denis Sugrobov, who headed the Main Directorate of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs until February 2014, was detained. Let us remind you that he was arrested on charges of organizing a criminal community, provoking a bribe and exceeding official authority. His deputy Boris Kolesnikov was also arrested and soon committed suicide.
September 2015. The head of the Komi Republic, Vyacheslav Gaizer, was arrested on charges of fraud and organizing a criminal community. There are 19 people involved in the Gaiser case, including ex-State Duma deputy from Komi Evgeny Samoilov.
March 4, 2016. Governor Alexander Khoroshavin was detained on Sakhalin and is charged with accepting a bribe in the amount of $6 million.
March 14, 2016. Deputy Minister of Culture Grigory Pirumov was detained in Rostov. The total amount of damage charged to him and other defendants is more than 100 million rubles. In addition to Pirumov, the director of the St. Petersburg company BaltStroy, Dmitry Sergeev, and other responsible persons were arrested in the so-called “restorer case.”
End of March 2016. “St. Petersburg businessman No. 1,” billionaire Dmitry Mikhalchenko, was arrested. He has been charged with smuggling. According to investigators, elite alcohol was purchased at European auctions and supplied to Russia under the guise of construction sealant.
As RBC notes, Mikhalchenko’s case is not the only case of smuggling that the Internal Security Service is dealing with. At the end of 2015, management became interested in the case of ULS Global. Among the persons involved in the investigation was the head of the 7th Department of Directorate “K” (it deals with counterintelligence support in the credit and financial sphere) of the FSB Economic Security Service, Vadim Uvarov.
The connection with Mikhalchenko affected the career of one of the country’s most senior security officials, FSO director Evgeniy Murov.
Murov worked for several years with Mikhalchenko’s business partner Nikolai Negodov in the regional department of the FSB. Murov, Mikhalchenko, Negodov lived in the same village on the shores of Lake Valdai in the Novgorod region.
At the end of May, by decision of the president, Murov was dismissed. The head of state's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, explained Murov's dismissal by his advanced age, RBC recalls.
June 24, 2016. In a Moscow restaurant, Nikita Belykh, the governor of the Kirov region, former chairman of the Union of Right Forces, was caught red-handed while receiving 400 thousand euros.
July 13, 2016. The court authorized the arrest of Zakhary Kalashov (Shakro Molodoy), who was charged with extortion and organizing a criminal community.
On the night of July 18-19. The deputy head of the Main Investigative Directorate for Moscow, Denis Nikandrov, the head of the Main Directorate for Interdepartmental Cooperation and Internal Security of the Investigative Committee, Mikhail Maksimenko, and his deputy, head of the Internal Security Department, Alexander Lamonov, were detained.
July 26, 2016. Investigators found about 10 million rubles and hundreds of thousands of dollars and euros during a search of the house head of the Federal Customs Service RF Andrey Belyaninov. Searches were also carried out in the offices of Belyaninov’s deputies, Andrei Strukov and Ruslan Davydov. During the searches, items and documents relevant to the investigation of the criminal case of alcohol smuggling were seized.
As it became known today, July 28, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an order on the resignation of the head of the Federal Customs Service Andrei Belyaninov.
Let us note, following Fontanka, that Khoroshavin, Gaizer, Belykh are the governor’s power. Sugrobov is a policewoman. Pirumov - ministerial. Mikhalchenko is capitalist. Citizen Shakro is a mafia member. Today we reached the Investigative Committee and the Federal Customs Service.
Reshuffles in the FSB
In June, the head of department “K” (part of the SEB structure), Viktor Voronin, the immediate superior of Vadim Uvarov, lost his post.
The CSS had information that Voronin was connected with Mikhalchenko, two interlocutors close to the CSS management told RBC. Voronin’s resignation occurred as a result of an internal audit carried out at the SEB by employees of the Internal Security Service.
Soon after the first audit, the Department of Internal Security began a second audit. Upon its completion, the head of the SEB, Yuri Yakovlev, resigned.
A few weeks before Yakovlev’s resignation, Korolev became the main contender for his place, interlocutors in the special service told RBC. It was he who was appointed head of the SEB on July 8.
Now reshuffles are continuing in the FSB, but at the level of mid-level operatives of the Economic Security Service. According to one of RBC’s interlocutors in the FSB, close to the leadership of the special service, the scale of the dismissals is still difficult to assess, but it is already known that about ten people will lose their posts, about half of whom will be additionally checked in connection with possible violations of the law.
Another RBC interlocutor in the intelligence service said that at least one person from among the SEB employees left the country. According to another RBC source, one of the operatives of the Economic Security Service was fired on July 8, the day when the decree appointing a new head of the Economic Security Service was signed.
FSB generals who are in this moment lead this service, form the basis of this key structure, which is designed to ensure national security states. in its current state, it was formed in 1995, since then its leaders have received the closest attention.
Director of the FSB of Russia
Only FSB generals currently hold key leadership positions in this department. There are no lower-ranking military personnel in the positions of either first deputies or deputy service directors.
The Russian FSB is currently headed by Alexander Vasilievich Bortnikov. He has held this post since May 2008, after his predecessor Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev resigned.
Bortnikov was born in 1951 in the city of Molotov, which was the name of Perm at that time. He is a graduate of the Institute of Railway Transport Engineers, from which he graduated in Leningrad. In 1975 he graduated from the KGB Higher School. It was then that he began serving in state security agencies. Oversaw counterintelligence operations units. He remained in this area of service even after the liquidation of the KGB and the formation of the FSB of Russia.
In 2003, Alexander Vasilievich Bortnikov headed the regional department for the Leningrad region and the city of St. Petersburg. Then he headed the economic security service working within the department. In 2006, he received the rank of Colonel General of the FSB. According to some reports, he received the next rank of army general a few months later - in December of the same year.
In 2008, he headed the department, simultaneously holding the post of chairman of the national. He is a member of various government and interdepartmental commissions on the most wide range questions.
Vladimir Kulishov
In order to get the most complete picture of the leadership of the FSB department, let us dwell on the personalities of the first deputy directors of this department. There are currently two of them in total. All of them are generals of the Russian FSB.
Vladimir Kulishov has the rank of army general. He has served as first deputy director since March 2013. At the same time, he heads the Border Service of the Russian Federation, which is also part of the FSB structure.
Kulishov Vladimir Grigorievich was born in the Rostov region in 1957. He studied at the Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers, which was based in Kyiv. After receiving a diploma higher education worked at a civil aviation factory.
He joined the structure of state security agencies in 1982. By that time, Vladimir Grigorievich Kulishov had already graduated from the KGB Higher School. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he continued to serve in state security agencies. In 2000, he joined the central office of the Russian FSB.
Then for a year he headed the department for the Saratov region. Since 2004, he began to supervise the department for combating terrorism, and headed the FSB department for the Chechen Republic. Since 2008, he served as deputy director of the federal department. In 2013, he received the post of first deputy and headed the Border Service.
He served in Chechnya, has the Order of Military Merit and the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree.
Sergey Smirnov
The FSB general is another first deputy director of the department. He comes from Chita, where he was born in 1950. In his infancy, the family moved to Leningrad, where he spent his childhood and youth. At school he was a classmate of Boris Gryzlov (ex-Minister of Internal Affairs and ex-chairman State Duma) and Nikolai Patrushev (ex-director of the FSB of Russia).
He received his higher education at the Bonch-Bruevich Electrical Engineering Institute, which was opened in Leningrad. During my student years I was also closely acquainted with Gryzlov, they studied together again. Started working at the Central Research Institute of Communications.
He joined the structure of the KGB of the USSR in 1974. Since 1975 he has been working in the Leningrad administration. He first held operational and then management positions.
In 1998, he received a position in the central office of the FSB. Headed the department of internal security. In 2000, he became deputy director of the FSB, and since 2003, first deputy. He has the rank of Army General.
First head of the department
All along Russian history 7 people headed the federal department of the FSB. The very first in 1993 was Colonel General Nikolai Mikhailovich Golushko. At that time, the structure was just being formalized and was officially called the Federal Counterintelligence Service of the Russian Federation.
Golushko stayed in this post for only two months, after which he was appointed by President Boris Yeltsin as an adviser to the director of the FSB. During the years of Soviet power he headed the KGB of the Ukrainian SSR.
Stepashin - Director of the FSB
In March 1994, Lieutenant General Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin became head of the Federal Counterintelligence Service. Under him, the Federal Security Service was founded in April 1995. Formally, he became the first director of the FSB of Russia. True, he spent only two and a half months in this position.
After that, he did not get lost in high government positions. Stepashin was the Minister of Justice, headed and held the post of first deputy and until 2013 headed the Accounts Chamber. Currently, he heads the supervisory board of a state corporation that promotes reform of the Russian housing and communal services sector.
FSB leadership in the 90s
In 1995, Army General Mikhail Ivanovich Barsukov came to the post of director of the FSB. He has been in the KGB system of the Soviet Union since 1964. He was the commandant of the Moscow Kremlin, and acted as a witness during the detention of the Deputy Prime Minister of one of the inspirers of the State Emergency Committee.
In the 90s, Barsukov was often criticized by his colleagues. In particular, accusing him of low professional qualities. For example, according to the former Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Anatoly Sergeevich Kulikov, Barsukov’s entire service was spent in the Kremlin, he was responsible for the security of the top officials of the state. Many believed that Barsukov ended up at the head of the security service only thanks to Yeltsin’s security chief, Alexander Korzhakov, who had a certain influence on the president.
In June 1996, he resigned after a scandal during Yeltsin's election campaign. His name is closely connected with the detention of activists from the presidential election headquarters, Lisovsky and Evstafiev, who tried to carry out half a million dollars in a paper box.
Director Nikolay Kovalev
In 1996, the service was headed by FSB General Nikolai Dmitrievich Kovalev. Unlike his predecessors, he spent a little more than two years in this post. Nikolai Kovalev has served in state security agencies since 1974. He was appointed to the post of FSB director after a scandal related to alleged violations of the rules of currency transactions and the conduct of Boris Yeltsin's presidential campaign in 1996.
During his time leading the service, Nikolai Kovalev managed to establish productive work of the department. Its employees began to appear less frequently in the press due to various scandals.
After being released from office, he became the people's representative from the third to the seventh convocation inclusive. Is a member of the faction " United Russia", heads the expert council of the organization "Officers of Russia".
Future President
Kovalev was replaced in July 1998 by the future Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. He was the only head of the department who by that time did not have military rank. Putin was only a reserve colonel.
The future head of state found himself in the KGB system back in 1975, immediately after graduating from Leningrad. state university. He ended up in the KGB by assignment.
Having become the head of the FSB, he appointed well-known Patrushev, Ivanov and Cherkesov as his deputies. Conducted a reorganization of the entire service. In particular, he abolished the economic counterintelligence department, and also eliminated the counterintelligence department for providing strategic facilities. Instead, he created six new departments. Achieved a significant increase in employee salaries and uninterrupted financing. It is interesting that Putin himself wished to be the first civilian director of the FSB, refusing the rank of major general, which Yeltsin proposed to give him.
Putin left the post of FSB director on August 9, becoming chairman of the government. Two days earlier, Chechen fighters under the command of Khattab and Basayev entered Dagestan. The creation of the Islamic State of Dagestan was proclaimed.
Already prime minister, Putin led the operation against the militants. In mid-September they were finally driven out of Dagestan.
Nikolay Patrushev
After Vladimir Putin moved to senior positions in the federal government, the FSB was headed by Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev. He held this post for 9 years.
Just during the period of his work there was a confrontation with militants and terrorists. The Federal Security Service began to occupy a key position in matters of ensuring the country's security.
Patrushev currently holds the post of secretary Federal Council security.
FSB General Ugryumov
Over the years, a large number of officers held the post of deputy director of the FSB. Perhaps the most notable of them was Admiral German Alekseevich Ugryumov. This is the only naval officer to hold such a high position.
Ugryumov is from Astrakhan and joined the Navy in 1967. In 1975 he found himself in the Soviet KGB system. Supervised special department Caspian military flotilla. In the 90s, he became one of the initiators of the case against journalist Grigory Pasko, who was prosecuted for espionage.
As deputy director of the FSB, he oversaw the work of the Center special purpose. The famous special groups "Vympel" and "Alpha" belonged to this unit. Notable for carrying out counter-terrorism operations in the Chechen Republic. In particular, the release of Gudermes in 1999, the capture of one of the militant leaders Salman Raduev, and the release of hostages in the village of Lazorevsky are associated with his figure.
In May 2001, he was awarded the rank of admiral. The next day he died of a heart attack.
FSB general uniform
It is quite simple to distinguish the generals to whom our article is devoted by their form.
It was last changed in 2006. Now the uniform is a khaki color, distinguished by buttonholes and chevrons, as well as the cornflower blue color of the gaps on the shoulder straps.