Federal Counterintelligence Service

Federal Counterintelligence Service of the Russian Federation

Федеральная служба контрразведки Российской Федерации
Emblem of the Military Counterintelligence Department
Agency overview
Formed	21 December 1993
Preceding agency	Ministry of Security of the Russian Federation
Dissolved	June 23, 1995
Superseding agency	Federal Security Service
Type	Independent
Jurisdiction	Russia
Headquarters	24 Kuznetsky Most, Moscow, Russia
Agency executive	Sergei Stepashin, Director

The Federal Counterintelligence Service of the Russian Federation (FSK RF; Russian: Федеральная служба контрразведки Российской Федерации, IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə ˈsluʐbə kəntrɐzˈvʲetkʲɪ rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨɪ]) was the main security agency of Russia. It superseded the Ministry of Security of the Russian Federation, and was an overall successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB, which had dissolved two years prior to the FSK’s creation. It existed from 1993 to 1995, when it was reorganized into the Federal Security Service (FSB).