Federal Counterintelligence Service

Federal Counterintelligence Service of the Russian Federation
Федеральная служба контрразведки Российской Федерации
	Emblem of the Military Counterintelligence Department
Agency overview
Formed	21 December 1993
Preceding agency	Ministry of Security of the Russian Federation;
Dissolved	June 23, 1995
Superseding agency	Federal Security Service;
Type	Independent
Jurisdiction	Russia
Headquarters	24 Kuznetsky Most, Moscow, Russia
Agency executive	Sergei Stepashin, Director;

The Federal Counterintelligence Service of the Russian Federation (FSK RF; Russian: Федеральная служба контрразведки Российской Федерации, romanized: Federal'naya sluzhba kontrrazvedki Rossiskoy Federatsii) was the main security agency of Russia. The FSK was the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB. It existed from 1993 to 1995, when it was reorganized into the Federal Security Service (FSB).

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