Mityaev Gennady Petrovich FSB. The FSB banking department will be headed by a specialist in the Sugrobov case

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 department “K” of the Economic Security Service (SEB) of the FSB (counterintelligence in the credit and financial sector), 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 FSB “K” department, Alexei Artamonov, who told FBI agents and The Guardian journalists how his colleagues, under the cover of “crusts,” were transporting from bank to bank multi-million dollar cash. 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 of the persecution 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 whole years, almost the entire banking sector of the country was under his direct supervision.

NT Help: 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 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 of the 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 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 to be quietly finished off in the hospital room, and turned to the St. Petersburg media: “They hit me mainly on the head, they also hit me hard in 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 an NT correspondent spoke on conditions of strict anonymity, strict rules have been established in the “six”: “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 employees of the “six” 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, 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 restaurant “Old Phaeton” on Povarskaya Street, where, as is known, the office of the patriarch of the Russian underworld Aslan Usoyan was located (Grandfather Hassan, killed in 2013. - NT) .

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 following alignments have developed in the leadership of the FSB: 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 Evgeny 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 the right-wing by the hand of the 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.

For ten years we have been convinced that the FSB is the only structure that can save the country from chaos and lawlessness. That the FSB brought together people united by the idea of ​​selfless service to the Fatherland. Under this pretext, security officers occupied key positions in the state apparatus, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Drug Control, and entered the boards of directors of the largest banks and corporations.

The results of the decade do not inspire optimism: the southern borders of Russia are seething, terrorist attacks occur regularly, drug addiction has become a national disaster, the security officer Nurgaliev, assigned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, completely ruined the work of the ministry, and during the years of “chekism” the country was completely corroded by corruption.

The time has come to take a closer look at this forge of personnel. In the end, the Russians support this intelligence service from their own pockets and have the right to demand an account.

Myths and leadership Like any government structure, the FSB is a complex mechanism where the interests of various clans, communities and groups are intertwined. Now at the helm are the St. Petersburg clan and people close to the former FSB director Nikolai Patrushev (now the Secretary of the Security Council). They are the ones who make the difference in Lubyanka. Judge for yourself.

FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Railway Transport Engineers. From 2003 to 2004 - head of the FSB department for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. Under Patrushev, he headed the economic security service (SEB) of the FSB.

First Deputy Sergei Smirnov - began his service in the KGB directorate for the Leningrad region. From 2001 to 2003 - head of the FSB department for St. Petersburg and the region. In 2003 he was transferred to the capital.

First Deputy, Director of the Border Service Vladimir Pronichev - in 1994 he was appointed head of the FSK department for Karelia, replacing Patrushev in this post. In 2001, Patrushev took Pronichev to Moscow. After the tragic events of the hostage taking and death at the Dubrovka Theater Center in Moscow in 2004, by secret decree of Putin he was awarded the title “Hero of Russia.”

Deputy Director Vyacheslav Ushakov - in 1998 he was the plenipotentiary representative of the president in Karelia (he worked simultaneously with Patrushev). Since 2002 - Head of the Operational Information Coordination Department (UKOI). In July 2003, he was appointed deputy director of the FSB. The only exceptions are three of Bortnikov’s deputies: Muscovites Yuri Gorbunov and Sergei Buravlev, as well as Vladimir Kuleshov, who previously headed the FSB Directorate for the Saratov Region.

Even the chairman of the public council under the FSB, Vasily Titov (vice-president of VTB) and his deputy Alexander Afronichev (chairman of the board of directors of OJSC Nord) are both natives of St. Petersburg. The rest of the council members are mostly businessmen with a KGB background, police officers, former State Duma deputies and the rector of the Church of Sophia the Wisdom of God on Lubyanka and the Church of the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon at the FSB hospital, Archpriest Alexander (Mironov).

At the same time, there is not a single prominent public figure, human rights activist or independent journalist on the council.

On the ground, smaller generals, if they are not from the banks of the Neva, have a completely different flight path. Some wander around the outback. Others still make it to the capital.

For example, the current head of the FSB Directorate for the Volgograd Region, Sergei Kokorin, began his service in the KGB of Kazakhstan. Then he commanded security officers in Orenburg and the Sakhalin region. At the age of 52 he was transferred to Volgograd. According to our source, General Kokorin was twice going to be transferred to Moscow, but at the last moment the decision was canceled.

Now clouds have gathered over the chief security officer of Volgograd. Firstly, a strategic bridge across the Volga “danced” under his nose, during the construction of which the Accounts Chamber revealed gross financial irregularities. And, secondly, last year there was a big scandal within the department’s walls: after an open letter to the president, the head of the department for combating terrorism and extremism, Colonel Pyotr Samarsky, disappeared without a trace.

According to the official version, Samarsky was detained by FSB officers at Domodedovo airport and escaped while being transported to Volgograd. But relatives do not believe the officials and believe that the colonel was killed or kidnapped by his colleagues. The other day, Samarsky’s mother sent a video message to President Medvedev to the editor, where she begs him to find her son.

But for other heads of the FSB, no scandals are an obstacle, and they manage to move to the central office. By a strange coincidence, the “lucky ones” tirelessly fought against smuggling, illegal fishing and were seen in stories involving the redistribution of large property.

For example, a longtime hero of our publications is the former head of the Primorye FSB Directorate, Lieutenant General Yuri Aleshin. This character appeared in history when entrepreneurs and security officials close to them divided shares in the Nakhodka fishing port. Including on the Novaya website, we posted telephone wiretaps obtained as part of criminal case No. 4802. One of the participants in telephone conversations, in a voice reminiscent of General Aleshin’s, advised the assistant director of the port which of the FSB officers was better to contact in order to prevent entrepreneurs get shares, or how to organize police support and stop bailiffs. In addition, according to media reports, Aleshin’s relatives turned out to be a man with a troubled criminal past. The husband of the eldest daughter, Kanakbek Kurmangaliev, nicknamed Kan, previously served a prison sentence for torture and kidnapping. Now Yuri Nikolaevich holds a responsible position in the FSB SEB.

By the way, our experts put forward three versions of why the income and property declarations of the FSB leadership were not made public:

a) allegedly obvious bullshit was placed on the president’s desk, and the head of state demanded to present a new document;

b) the property allegedly indicated in the declarations somehow did not fit with “cool heads, warm hearts and clean hands”;

c) the declarations showed that the FSB was overstaffed, and the Kremlin took a break.

Blatnye Following the generals from St. Petersburg and the lucky generals in the unspoken hierarchy are the thieves. In other words, those employees whose relatives are generals, high-ranking officials or respectable businessmen. Usually, such “security officers” leave the service after five to seven years and move to cushy places in large banks and oil companies - supposedly to monitor business affairs on behalf of the “watchful eye.”

The most striking example is the sons of the same Security Council Secretary Patrushev - Dmitry and Andrey. Both are graduates of the FSB Academy. Today Dmitry works as a senior vice president at VTB and is responsible for working with large state-owned companies. And Andrey in 2006 was appointed advisor to the chairman of the board of directors of Rosneft.

Another example is the eldest daughter of FSB deputy director Ushakov, Marianna. After graduating from school, the girl entered the FSB Academy. Now Marianna is no longer fighting external and internal enemies - her name can be seen among the founders of the trading house "Arizo", LLC "Yunika MS" (production and sale of finishing materials), CJSC "Platon Service", LLC "Aigers" (delivery to rent of space in Sheremetyevo) and the “Youth Leisure Center” (office in the central air terminal).

RoofersBut not everyone achieves success thanks to kinship. The majority of security officers are “self-made men.” Basically, they “made themselves” at the expense of the KGB roofs. Roofers must be divided into several categories. Some faces actually come to shootouts with bandits, resolve conflict situations with corrupt cops and officials and shield companies from financial audits. Others receive bribes without leaving their offices. The latter are the majority. As a rule, the protectors are involved in smuggling, drug supplies and illegal financial flows. Businessmen pay some roofs just in case. But the benefits of this “cooperation” are minimal.

A couple of years ago, bandits kidnapped the son of a famous Moscow businessman and announced a multimillion-dollar ransom. The unfortunate father turned for help to his roof - the FSB general, to whom he paid 30 thousand dollars a month. During the conversation, the general said that 100 thousand dollars would be needed to investigate the crime. Then he asked for another 25 thousand bucks. But the son never returned home. (The names of all participants in the drama are known to the editors.)

In the end, the businessman hired a private detective, who freed the hostage.

— Did the general return the money? - I asked.

— He said that the cops cheated him. Although I know that he didn’t lift a finger,” the businessman answered.

ExtortionistsAccording to our source, Russian courts are simply overwhelmed with criminal cases where FSB officers appear as extortionists.

Now the military prosecutor's office is investigating criminal case No. 33/03/0111-10. Three FSB officers are involved in the case (an operative from the capital's FSB Directorate, an employee of the FSB Central Operations Center and a colonel from the Internal Security Department), two policemen (one serves in the Internal Security Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs) and a senior investigator for particularly important cases of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Central Administrative District. According to investigators, first the security officers and their accomplices tried to squeeze the business out of the businessman, and then extorted a foreign car from his common-law wife. The story received loud publicity thanks to the courage of Muscovite Olesya N.

“Many people told me, don’t get involved with the FSB and give them everything,” the girl recalls. “But I said to myself: “Why should I be afraid of these punks with the Xivs?”

The story is like this. Olesya’s common-law husband, Alexey V., decided to go into the restaurant business. Soon a suitable premises was found, but during the registration process it turned out that the previous owner owed rent. Alexey turned for help to his close friend, security officer Andrei Matalin, who had connections in the Moscow government. A couple of months later, Alexey inquired about the results. In response, Matalin proposed to include his businessman brother among the founders. Alexey refused and demanded that the documents for the restaurant be returned.

And Alexey started to get into trouble: police officers from the Central Administrative District Internal Affairs Directorate opened a criminal case against him and put him on the federal wanted list. Having learned about this, Matalin involved his colleague - 24-year-old employee of the FSB TsOS Vladislav Kotyukov. They arranged a meeting for the businessman near the Novoslobodskaya metro station, where they allegedly wanted to solve problems with the restaurant. True, the operatives of the Central Administrative District Internal Affairs Directorate were informed in advance about the upcoming rendezvous. As soon as the fugitive appeared, he was immediately arrested.

Matalin: “...Kotyukov and I were guided by the desire to assist the police in apprehending the criminal. I informed Krylov and another criminal investigation officer who was with him about the proposed meeting. We immediately asked Krylov not to make the arrest in our presence and not to inform him that Kotyukov and I had assisted him. We also told Krylov that V. always has a traumatic pistol with him...”

Kotyukov: “...Having been left alone with Matalin in a cafe after V.’s arrest, we realized that he would immediately understand that we were involved in this, but we didn’t want that. Subsequently, in order to ward off suspicions of involvement in the arrest, we decided after work to visit investigator Bykov at the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Central Administrative District of Moscow and demonstrate to V. our participation in his fate. For this we bought mineral water and cigarettes for him...”

But Matalin and Kotyukov decided not to stop at charity. They told his common-law wife that for a certain fee they could release Alexey, and as a fee they demanded her Nissan Murano car. Olesya agreed.

A week later, the girl began to wonder why her husband was still under arrest? To which the security officers said: it has not yet been possible to release him, but they allegedly agreed that Alexei would be placed in a good cell where the criminals would not “let him go.” Olesya was smart enough - she recorded all the conversations on a voice recorder:

“They immediately returned the Nissan, albeit all broken, and began to beg me to take back the application. They turned out to be very nice and polite people,” Olesya smiles.

There is one more detail in the case that eloquently shows how young security officers lose their basic sense of self-preservation due to impunity. Who do you think Kotyukov registered the Nissan for? To a distant relative, acquaintance, neighbor? No matter how it is: on your wife!

In turn, the security officers’ lawyers are going to prove in court that there was no extortion and Olesya herself provoked the situation.

Scammers The following characters in the office don’t need a furry hand. The dark deeds of these characters flourish thanks to the old fear of Russians of the Cheka-KGB-FSB, when it is enough to flash a black face and everyone will fall in line. In fact, the scammers have never seen a living spy, since they serve as petty operatives, technicians, or sort through pieces of paper. Their destiny is to breed suckers. The special operation is divided into several stages:

a) choice of victim;

b) creating a nervous environment;

c) nightmare;

d) confidential conversation;

e) receiving money or other preferences.

This is how a businessman from the Moscow region, Roman M., described his situation. At some party, he was introduced to the supposed curator of the district through the FSB - a certain Mikhail Anatolyevich (later he turned out to be an employee of the technical department).

“I heard, I heard about you,” Mikhail Anatolyevich said, shaking his hand. Have you already solved your problems?

“I have no problems,” the businessman answered in surprise.

- It’s strange, but my boys work for you...

Throughout the next month, Roman was on pins and needles. It seemed to him that he was being watched and his phones were being tapped. At the same time, some people called the office and asked which tax office he submitted his declarations to. Finally, Roman could not stand it and contacted Mikhail Anatolyevich.

“When he showed me some kind of certificate for 2003, where I allegedly did not pay taxes in full, I realized that I was being scammed. I asked directly what he needed? In response, Mikhail Anatolyevich asked to include his brother among the founders.

“We agreed that I pay for his brother’s lunches at a nearby cafe.”

Hard workers

The hard workers are FSB special forces soldiers and operatives who often go on business trips to hot spots and rescue hostages. These faces die first and know perfectly well what awaits them if they are captured by the militants. Hence the excessive cruelty during special operations, “frostbite” and disregard for the lives of others. And there are no prospects ahead. After leaving the service, only a few get jobs as security guards for wealthy businessmen or bandits. The rest will be scattered in private security companies and will open and close the gates for the rest of their lives.

It has long been noticed: when you start talking about corruption in the FSB, it is not the hard workers who are most indignant, but their bosses in official foreign cars with flashing lights.

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. He graduated from a 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 Anti-Terrorism Center of the FSB of the 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 the 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 at 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.

A prominent statesman, he 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 of the Soviet Union, he remained in the police. 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. He worked as the official representative of the President for the North-Western District, and 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

A prominent statesman, he headed the Federal Agency for Internal Reserves from 2001 to 2008, until his 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 of the state drug control service. 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 Fund.

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 the 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. He headed the Council of Chiefs of FSB agencies in the 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 oversaw the information support of the FSB of the Russian Federation, the public relations center of 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 Beseda Sergei 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 the 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. Currently he is the General Director of 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.

Alexander Vasilyevich Bortnikov - director of the FSB, army general, colleague of the head of state Vladimir Putin. According to his powers and position, he chairs the National Anti-Terrorism Committee and the Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of the CIS Member States.

Minchenko Consulting experts in November 2015 emphasized the growing influence of security forces in the state and made a forecast that the FSB chief has become a potential candidate for membership in the so-called “Politburo 2.0,” an unofficial community surrounded by the president, which actually makes decisions and leads the country .

Childhood and family of Alexander Bortnikov The future head of the main Russian intelligence service was born in Perm on November 15, 1951. There is little publicly available information about his childhood and parents. It is known that after school he ended up in Leningrad, where in 1973 he graduated from the oldest higher educational institution, founded in 1809, the Institute of Railway Engineers. From a young age, he was distinguished by modesty, logical thinking, and highly developed intuition. These features did not go unnoticed by the intelligence service.

For some time he worked as an engineer at the railway station in Gatchina, then received an invitation to the state security authorities. At the age of 24, he graduated from the KGB Higher School in the capital.

Alexander Bortnikov's career in the FSB Alexander began his service in counterintelligence agencies, holding various senior positions in operational departments, first in the Directorate of the State Security Committee, after renaming - in the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for the city on the Neva and the Leningrad region. In 2003, he was appointed head of the above-mentioned Directorate. Among his work colleagues at that time were many later high-ranking politicians, including the president of the country himself.

In 2004, Bortnikov was transferred to Moscow, where he received the position of deputy director of the FSB - head of the Department of Economic Security. After the reorganization of the department, he began to head the Economic Security Service of the FSB.

The head of the intelligence service was a member of a number of state commissions (on combating the financing of terrorism, on developing measures regarding bans, restrictions, export controls, on regulating economic interstate interaction, on problems of the fuel and energy complex). In the period 2004-2008. he was in the leadership of one of the largest shipbuilding companies in the country, Sovcomflot.

In May 2008, a career intelligence officer was appointed to the post of head of the FSB, became a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, joined the Councils under the head of state to combat corruption, develop the financial assets market, and others. Having headed the Service, he approved a new black uniform for FSB officers.

Alexander Bortnikov: The fight against terrorists must be comprehensive

Earlier, with reference to unnamed sources, the name of the head of the department, then a lieutenant general, was named in the media as the head of the operation to organize the murder of state security lieutenant colonel Alexander Litvinenko in London. The incident was also associated with Bortnikov’s promotion to the rank of army general on December 20, 2006, almost immediately after the death of the aforementioned former officer, which occurred on November 23. The FSB denied involvement in the poisoning of its former serviceman.

The media also noted that during the current leadership, the Service allegedly became not so much a body countering Western intelligence services, but rather a structure “overseeing” commercial firms that generate billionaires in uniform. The director was also mentioned in connection with the initiation of criminal proceedings in 2006 on the facts of laundering and transferring funds abroad with the help of shell companies. The case was allegedly hushed up because high-ranking officials (Igor Sechin, Viktor Ivanov) were involved in it.

Alexander Bortnikov reported to Vladimir Putin about the terrorist attack

The long-term work of the head of the FSB was rewarded with awards, including the Order of I-IV degrees “For Merit to the Fatherland”, the Order of “Military Merit” and the Order of Honor.

Personal life of Alexander Bortnikov The FSB director is married. His life partner Tatyana Borisovna is a housewife and is currently retired. The couple has an only son, Denis, born in 1974. He preferred the path of an intelligence officer to a career as a financier, entered the University of Economics and Finance in the Northern capital and successfully graduated, receiving a degree in economics.

The son worked in various banking institutions - PSB, Guta-Bank, Vneshtorgbank. Since 2011, he has been the head of VTB Bank North-West.

The head of the FSB significantly improves his financial situation every year. So in 2009 he earned 4.723 million, in 2012 - 5.184 million, and a year later - 8.723 million Russian rubles. The wife’s income in the corresponding periods was 90,452 thousand, 228 and 168 thousand rubles.

The security officer has had an apartment with an area of ​​99 square meters for several years, and his wife has a slightly larger living space - an apartment of 115 square meters, a house, and also a plot of land.

According to unofficial information from the media, they have at their disposal two executive cars of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class 500L 4Matik and S 600L, purchased in 2009 for the FSB at a cost of about 13 million rubles.

Alexander Bortnikov is now Alexander Vasilyevich, despite his high position, and perhaps due to the specifics of his work, he is one of the most non-public persons in the country’s leadership.

At the beginning of his career, he focused on combating fraud in the banking sector, and in 2015, on the enthusiasm of young people for radical ideas. Thus, the head of the FSB spoke in favor of changing articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in order to tighten responsibility for supporting terrorism, and also noted the existence of a problem of growing recruitment of Russian citizens to participate in international extremist organizations.

He informed the public that this year about three thousand Russians fought in the ranks of militants in Syria and Iraq. At the same time, during the military operations, about 200 people were killed outside the country and 156 inside, from among the participants of the terrorist underground.

FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov in an interview about the conflict in Iraq

In 2014, sanctions were imposed against the FSB chief by the EU countries and Canada. In 2015, he participated in a summit on countering extremism in the US capital, leading the Russian delegation and making a proposal for progressive technologies for exchanging information on this issue between intelligence agencies.

According to analysts, Bortnikov is a compromise figure who suits the political elite and the Center, so he has every chance of retaining his seat until 2018.

What role did high-ranking people from state security structures play in the largest Russian corporations?

“This is correct information, he has returned to service,” said Rosneft head Igor Sechin in response to a question about the fate of FSB General Oleg Feoktistov. Why is this general interesting?

It is believed that Feoktistov was behind the multi-step operation that ended with the arrest of former Minister of Economy Alexei Ulyukaev. Before joining Rosneft, Feoktistov worked in the Federal Security Service. After completing the “special operation” he returned there. The story received a wide response and became significant for understanding how the system of interaction between Russian business and law enforcement agencies is evolving.

In the early 1990s, current employees left state security agencies and took cushy jobs in newly created private financial and industrial groups. Some of them rose to serious positions and became co-owners. YUKOS, Gusinsky's Most group, Lukoil, Alpha group - under almost every oligarch of the 1990s you can find a general.

The rise to power of Vladimir Putin radically changed the picture. If earlier people with shoulder straps performed the functions of lobbyists for large capital in the security forces and, more broadly, government agencies, then over time their functions became different.

The massive influx of former and current intelligence officers into government bodies forced large business structures to think about finding people who could act as intermediaries in communication with the security forces. Some of these people turned out to be public and in some cases even became the face of the company.

Meanwhile, processes developed. As the general public gradually became aware, special units were formed within the structure of the FSB and other intelligence services to oversee the situation in the largest companies and sectors of the Russian economy. At the same time, through the institution of “seconded” employees, Russian intelligence services established direct control over key processes in Russian corporations.

The episode with Rosneft and General Feoktistov is indicative in this sense, because it showed the relationship between large companies and intelligence services in the most public way possible (under current conditions).

Read about seven notable intelligence generals in the largest Russian corporations in the Forbes gallery.

Philip Bobkov

Army General. Graduated from the Leningrad school of military counterintelligence Smersh. In state security agencies since 1946. Since 1969, he headed the 5th Directorate of the KGB of the USSR, which was engaged in the protection of the constitutional order and fought against ideological sabotage and dissidents. Since 1983, he was deputy chairman, and since 1985, first deputy chairman of the KGB of the USSR. He left service in 1991.

In 1992, a graduate of the Smersh school headed the analytical department of the Most group of oligarch Vladimir Gusinsky. Bobkov worked at Most until the second half of 2001. By that time, Gusinsky himself had already lost control of the NTV channel and lived abroad for more than a year.

Alexey Kondaurov

Major General. In 1971 he graduated from the Faculty of Economic Cybernetics of the Moscow Engineering and Economic Institute named after. Ordzhonikidze. Since 1973 in state security agencies. In recent years, the service was headed by the FSB Public Relations Center.

In 1994, Kondaurov headed the information department of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s Menatep group, and from 1998 to 2003 he headed the analytical department of the Yukos oil company. In addition to analytics, Kandaurov was involved in working with representatives of the country’s key political forces. After Khodorkovsky's arrest, he spoke out in defense of the disgraced oligarch. In 2003, he was elected to the State Duma. In 2014, he signed a statement demanding an end to support for the self-proclaimed republics in southeastern Ukraine.

Oleg Osobenkov

Colonel General. Graduated from the Faculty of International Economic Relations of MGIMO. In state security agencies since 1969. He headed the department of analysis, forecast and strategic planning, and since 1996 he has served as State Secretary of the FSB of Russia.

In 1999, Oleg Osobenkov was appointed deputy general director, head of the personnel department of Aeroflot. He was a member of the board of directors of the airline. It is believed that Osobenkov’s task was to rid the company of the influence of Boris Berezovsky. Osobenkov was removed from the board of Aeroflot in 2005.

Yuri Kobaladze

Major General. Graduated from the Faculty of International Journalism at MGIMO. Since 1972, he worked in the first main directorate of the KGB of the USSR (foreign intelligence). As a journalist, he traveled to the UK, Malta, the USA, and France. In 1991, he headed the press bureau of the SVR, and for six months he was deputy general director of ITAR-TASS.

In September 1999, Kobaladze became managing director of the investment company Renaissance Capital. From 2007 to 2012, he was Managing Director for Corporate Affairs and Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of X5 Retail Group. Since 2012 - consultant at UBS investment bank.

Alexander Zdanovich

Lieutenant General. Graduated from the KGB Higher School. In state security agencies since 1972. He served in military counterintelligence, in the public relations center of the FSB. In February 1996, he became acting head of the FSB TsOS. In November 1999, he was appointed head of the FSB assistance programs department.

From 2002 to 2012 - Deputy Chairman of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company for security issues. From 2012 to 2014 - Advisor to the General Director of VGTRK.

Yuri Yakovlev

Army General. In 1975 he graduated from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute with a degree in Experimental Nuclear Physics. In state security agencies since 1976. In 2008, he headed the economic security service of the FSB.

In July 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed him. Two months later, Yakovlev was appointed deputy general director of Rosatom for state policy in the field of security in the use of atomic energy for defense purposes.

Oleg Feoktistov

General of the FSB. Graduated from the FSB Academy. Since 2004, he headed the 6th service of the FSB Internal Security Directorate, responsible for operational support of criminal cases, and deputy head of the FSB Internal Security Directorate.

In September 2016, he was appointed head of the security service of Rosneft and joined the company’s board. On March 10, Rosneft President Igor Sechin confirmed that Feoktistov had left the company. “This is correct information, he returned to service,” Sechin noted.