FAPSI

Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information
ФАПСИ
Emblem of FAPSI
Flag of Federal agency of the governmental communication and the information
Agency overview
FormedDecember 24, 1991; 32 years ago (1991-12-24)
Preceding agency
  • 8th Main Directorate, 16th Directorate of the KGB of the USSR
DissolvedMarch 11, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-03-11)
Superseding agency
JurisdictionRussia
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
EmployeesClassified
Annual budgetClassified
Agency executive
Parent agencyThe Kremlin Staff
WebsiteOfficial page at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (not active)

FAPSI (Russian: ФАПСИ) or Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information (FAGCI) (Russian: Федеральное Агентство Правительственной Связи и Информации) was a Russian government agency, which was responsible for signal intelligence and security of governmental communications.

The present-day FAPSI successor agencies are the relevant departments of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) as well as the Special Communications Service of Russia (Spetssvyaz) (part of the Federal Protective Service of the Russian Federation) (FSO RF).