Federal Bailiff Service

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Federal Bailiff Service
Emblem of the Federal Bailiff Service
Flag of the Federal Bailiff Service
Abbreviation	FSSP
Agency overview
Formed	November 6, 1997 as Department of Bailiffs
Employees	74,559
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Russia
Federal agency	Russia
Operations jurisdiction	Russia
Governing body	Ministry of Justice
General nature	Federal law enforcement
Operational structure
Headquarters	16 Kuznetsky Most, Moscow
Agency executive	Sergey Sazanov[1], Director
Parent agency	Ministry of Justice
Website
fssp.gov.ru

The Federal Bailiff Service^[2] (FSSP, Russian: Федеральная служба судебных приставов [ФССП], Federalnaya Sluzhba Sudebnykh Pristavov, FSSP Rossii) is a federal law enforcement agency of the Ministry of Justice of Russia.

The FSSP is the enforcement arm of the Judiciary of Russia, serving as the primary agency for protection of officers of the court, effective operation of the judiciary, fugitive operations, and providing security services and maintaining order within court facilities across Russia. The FSSP's head office is located at 16 Kuznetsky Most, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow.

The FSSP was created during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin as the Department of Bailiffs in November 1997, and was elevated to a federal agency by Vladimir Putin in 2004. Sergey Sazanov has been the Acting Director of the FSSP and Chief Bailiff of the Russian Federation since February 2017.