FSB

The Federal Security Service (FSB) is the principal security agency of Russia, succeeding the KGB. It is responsible for counterintelligence, internal and border security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance. The FSB is currently newsworthy due to several recent events highlighting its alleged involvement in espionage and subversive activities in other countries. These include the trial of an ex-intelligence officer in Austria accused of passing information to Russian intelligence, the arrest in Ukraine of a British military instructor accused of spying for the FSB and plotting assassinations, and the release of a French researcher in Russia, who was suspected of collecting sensitive military information. These incidents underscore the FSB's continued active role in international intelligence operations and its potential impact on global security and political stability.