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ФАПСИ | |
![]() Emblem of FAPSI | |
![]() Flag of Federal agency of the governmental communication and the information | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | December 24, 1991 |
Preceding agency | |
Dissolved | March 11, 2003 |
Superseding agency | |
Jurisdiction | Russia |
Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Employees | Classified |
Annual budget | Classified |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | The Kremlin Staff |
Website | Official 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).