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In 1998, Putin was promoted to chief of the secret police, the FSB, which was the suc-
cessor to the KGB's. Yeltsin reportedly was impressed with his cold efficiency and en-
trusted him with the most sensitive missions.

July 1998-August 1999 - director of the Federal Security Service (FSB).

April - August 1999 - Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

August 1999-May 2000 - Prime Minister of
the Russian Federation

31/12/1999- 05/2000 - Acting president of the
Russian Federation

26/03/2000 - Elected president of the Russian
Federation with 53% of the vote

2004: Putin re-elected by landslide in February Headquarters of the Federal Security Service

2006: Putin likens US foreign policy to Nazi Germany's and threatens to target mis-
siles at EU states in response to US anti-missile plans.

Federal Security Bureau (FSB)

www.wikipedia.org

The FSB is responsible for internal security of the Russian state, counterespionage,
and the fight against organized crime, terrorism, and drug smuggling. Since 2003,
when the Federal Border Guards Service was incorporated to the FSB, it has also
been responsible for overseeing border security. The FSB is engaged mostly in do-
mestic affairs, while espionage duties are responsibility of the Russian Foreign Intel-
ligence Service. However, the FSB also includes the FAPSI agency, which conducts
electronic surveillance abroad. All law enforcement and intelligence agencies in Rus-
sia work under the guidance of FSB, if needed. For example, the GRU, spetsnaz and
Internal Troops detachments of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs work together
with the FSB in Chechnya.

The FSB combines functions and powers similar to those exercised by the United
States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE), the Federal Protective Service, the Secret Service, the National Security Agency
(NSA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, United States Coast Guard, and Drug
Enforcement Administration.

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