Definition of Federal Security Service

1. Noun. The internal counterintelligence agency of the Russian Federation and successor to the Soviet KGB; formerly led by Vladimir Putin.

Exact synonyms: Federal Security Bureau, Fsb
Generic synonyms: Russian Agency

Lexicographical Neighbors of Federal Security Service

Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros
Federal Judiciary
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Federal Party
Federal Protective Service
Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve note
Federal Security Bureau
Federal Security Service (current term)
Federal Trade Commission
Federal soldier
Federalist Party
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Federated States of Micronesia
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Federative Republic of Brazil
Federer
Fedlimid mac Daill
Fedspeak
Fedzilla
Feejee
Feejeean
Feejeeans

Literary usage of Federal Security Service

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cold War in Asia edited by James G. Hershberg (1996)
"Other members of the Working Group include senior officials from the Foreign Intelligence Service, the Federal Security Service, the Department for the ..."

2. "Welcome to Hell": Arbitrary Detention, Torture, and Extortion in Chechnya by Johanna Bjorken, Human Rights Watch, Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2000)
"Urus-Martan; SIZO of the Federal Security Service in North Ossetia-Alania, Vladikavkaz (North Ossetia); Territory Hospital at Colony No. ..."

3. Terrorism: U.S.-Russian Workshop Proceedings by Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk (2004)
"At 9:30 pm on October 23, 2002, dispatch services of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and internal affairs agencies received reports that a group of ..."

4. Strengthening Long-Term Nuclear Security: Protecting Weapon-Usable Material by National Academies Press (U.S.), Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk, NetLibrary, Inc (2006)
"... Federal Security Service; Russian Federal Forestry Service; Russian Shipbuilding Agency: Russian Federal Inspectorate for Nuclear and Radiation Security ..."

5. Ballistic Missile Defense: Responding to the Current Ballistic Missile edited by Robert L Ehrlich (2000)
"... It follows from the Federal Security Service press release "On Federal Security Service Activity in 1994" that "around 10 identified intelligence agents ..."

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