Federal Drug Control Service of Russia

Federal Service for the Control of Narcotics
Narco-Control
Наркополиция
Emblem
Emblem
Flag
Flag
AbbreviationFSKN
Agency overview
Formed11 March 2003
Preceding agencies
Dissolved31 May 2016 (Under a Presidential decree from 5 April 2016)
Superseding agencyMain Directorate for Drugs Control
Employees~40,000[1]
Annual budget₽24,737,452 RUB (2011)
(US$810,794)[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency
(Operations jurisdiction)
RUS
Operations jurisdictionRUS
Legal jurisdictionRussian Federation
Russian foreign drug-related investigations
Primary governing bodyPresidential Administration of Russia
Secondary governing bodyState Anti-Narcotics Committee
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Elected officer responsible
Agency executives
  • Viktor Ivanov, last Director of the Federal Service for Drug Control
  • Vladimir Kalada, First Deputy Director (last)
Parent agencyPresidential Administration of Russia
Child agency
  • Grom Unit, Narcopolice Spetsnaz
Notables
Anniversary
  • 11 March
Website
http://www.fskn.gov.ru/

The Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation or FSKN (in Russian: Федеральная служба Российской Федерации по контролю за оборотом наркотиков, ФСКН России) was a federal law enforcement agency of executive authority authorized to combat illicit drug trafficking. It was responsible for drafting state policy, legal regulation, control and monitoring in combating the trafficking of drugs, psychotropic substances, and their precursors. It was commonly known as The Drugs Police (Наркополиция).

The FSKN shared concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Security Service of Russia and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The FSKN had sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing Russian drug investigations abroad, especially in Central Asia.

On 5 April 2016, the Federal Drug Control Service was dissolved, and its functions and authorities were transferred to Main Drugs Control Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.[3]