Secrets of Russian intelligence. Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the Russian Federation Intelligence of the Russian Federation
Chiefs of Soviet foreign intelligence Antonov Vladimir Sergeevich
Chapter 13. LEADERS OF THE SVR OF RUSSIA (BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION)
Chapter 13. LEADERS OF THE SVR OF RUSSIA (BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION)
The passage of time is inexorable. More than 20 years ago, a Soviet milestone in the history of foreign intelligence of our country was passed.
On September 30, 1991, Academician Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov was appointed head of the PGU of the KGB of the USSR. In October of the same year, foreign intelligence was removed from the KGB and became an independent structure. Thus, she left the law enforcement system.
October 22, 1991 E.M. Primakov becomes director of the USSR Central Intelligence Service (CSR) created in place of 111 U. Then, literally for a few days (from December 18 to 25, 1991), he had to head the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the RSFSR. And on December 25, 1991, the Decree of the President of Russia followed on the transformation of the SVR of the RSFSR into the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the Russian Federation and on the appointment of E.M. Primakov to the position of its director.
A new historical stage has arrived, in which the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has to work in new conditions. The political interest of many people in cooperation - now with Russian intelligence - does not weaken. Behind this lies a reluctance to see the world as “unipolar,” and fears of the threat of a unilateral redrawing of post-war European borders, and an understanding of the role of Russia as a factor of stability in Europe and the world as a whole.
Since July 1992, Russian intelligence has been operating on a legal basis, enshrined in the Law “On Foreign Intelligence” and in the “Regulations on the SVR”, approved by the President of Russia. Nowadays, foreign intelligence has become a legitimate form of state activity, its powers have been consolidated, its place in the Russian security system has been determined, and direct subordination to the president of the country has been established.
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service operates within a strictly defined legal framework. It is focused on the timely identification and neutralization of external threats, preventing secret or overt outside interference in the internal affairs of our state, as well as creating favorable external conditions for the implementation of Russia’s policy in the international arena.
Taking into account new priorities and real opportunities, the SVR is focusing its efforts on those regions of the world where Russian interests are most present. Today, the objects of its intelligence aspirations are individual states and their alliances, the political course of which constitutes a real or potential threat to Russia and its security; foreign intelligence services working against our country and its foreign intelligence; international terrorist and other criminal organizations.
Our country's foreign intelligence has come a long and difficult road. There were both serious successes and bitter failures. We have accumulated rich, sometimes unique experience in conducting intelligence work. This experience can rightfully be considered a national treasure that needs to be carefully preserved and creatively developed. The importance of this experience in the training and education of young intelligence officers is invaluable.
The entire long history of domestic foreign intelligence is closely connected with the fate of the country. At all stages of its history, foreign intelligence remained a reliable and effective tool for solving vital problems for the state, faithfully served the people and always strived to fully correspond to its mission.
Below we provide brief biographical information on the leaders of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, which is the successor to the Foreign Department of the Cheka - the First Main Directorate of the KGB of the USSR.
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To begin with, it is worth remembering that all intelligence officers do not like to be called spies. And then - nothing is impossible. And even a diploma in a specialty unrelated to intelligence is not an obstacle on the path to your dream.
“The profile of the university is not of great importance, the main thing is the basic level of culture and education, as well as learning ability, including foreign languages,” said AiF Head of the press bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergei Ivanov. Only a Russian citizen, usually aged 22-30, can become a staff member of the SVR. A person must meet the medical and professional-psychological requirements of military service. Anyone who thinks that a “man on the street” cannot get into intelligence is mistaken. The SVR website has detailed step-by-step instructions on what such candidates need to do.
First of all, you need to fill out two forms by hand (available on the website). Attach a color photo, photocopy of your passport, diploma or transcript from your grade book if your studies at the university are still ongoing. The entire package of documents is sent by registered mail to the address: C Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, PO Box 510, Main Post Office, Moscow, 101000. Or you can personally deliver it to the SVR press bureau at: Moscow, st. Ostozhenka, 51, building 1. “Materials sent by e-mail, fax, etc. will not be considered,” Ivanov explained. “Personal data transmitted via open electronic communication channels may become known to third parties, including foreign intelligence services.” Those whose documents are of interest to the SVR will receive a response from the personnel service within 30 days from the date of their receipt. Candidates will be invited for an interview.
The questionnaire contains both fairly predictable questions (whether we judge or not, whether there are close relatives who are foreigners, etc.), as well as unexpected ones. For example, for intelligence it is important whether among the relatives of a potential candidate there were people who died as a result of an accident, suicide, or under unclear circumstances. And if a person suddenly used drugs and other psychoactive substances, it is necessary to describe what sensations he experienced.
What checks need to be passed?
“Different people come to get jobs in intelligence. There are also some very strange personalities. Then a subject will come who “can read minds.” If I could, I would immediately understand from my thoughts that I need to run away from here,” jokes Sergei Ivanov. - A woman came who assured that she could teleport. She was immediately asked to demonstrate this “necessary” ability for a scout. She hasn't appeared since then. “Invisible people” and “people who can walk through walls” often try to get a job.
But more often you come across those who pursue selfish goals. These are identified immediately. Even if the candidate successfully passed the first stage of selection, he will have to communicate with psychologists and undergo a polygraph test, where they ask “uncomfortable” and tricky questions. Careerists are “declassified” quickly and they try not to hire them, because they cannot be trusted 100%: in pursuit of the next star on uniform, such people can make a fatal mistake.
There are also absolute contraindications to the service. For example, insufficient resistance to psychological pressure. This also includes poor memory, slow reactions, and even poor erudition. Not every profession requires such a broad outlook and flexibility of mind, but a scout has no right to be uninteresting to those people who interest him. So we don’t have slow-witted intelligence officers. A triple filter is provided to filter out such candidates. First, you need to get a higher education. Secondly, you need to pass a special intelligence test. And thirdly, to be tested in practice: specific situations are simulated that make it possible to identify how a person behaves in an extreme situation, if he is confused or very frightened. Also, no matter how pretentious it may sound, without patriotism you shouldn’t even get involved in intelligence. “When we talk about the feeling of patriotism, then, believe me, these are not some lofty words, but an urgent necessity,” explains Sergei Ivanov. “A person must believe in the rightness of his cause, because he goes through difficulties, hardships, and sometimes risks his life for the sole purpose of serving the Fatherland.”
What salary?
No matter how talented and beautiful a newly minted intelligence officer is, he cannot do without training. They can direct you to courses taught by active intelligence officers and service veterans. Or perhaps they will be individually assigned to a curator who will teach you everything. You won’t be accepted into the Foreign Intelligence Academy from school. “Not everyone we accepted goes on to study at the academy. But everyone who enters the academy is already our employee,” explains the SVR. Moreover, they study here not for 5 years, as in a regular university, but for as long as “recommended by the Center.” They teach a lot of different and interesting things - international law, foreign languages, history of diplomatic relations, political science, regional studies, and so on. But first of all - special disciplines in the profession: the theory and practice of intelligence work.
After training, young employees come to service units, where they delve into the situation for some time, and with specific tasks they are sent to the most important place of intelligence work - abroad. If you have a family, then you can go together.
The salary is decent. The press bureau does not give exact figures, since they depend on where you are currently working - here in Russia, in the central office of the service, or on a business trip abroad. And on a business trip, there are differences between countries: it all depends on the complexity of the current situation and the tasks being performed. But they advised to focus on military salaries, since all intelligence officers are officers and have combined arms ranks. They are entitled to all the benefits provided to military personnel - a good social package with free medical care, sanatoriums and a military mortgage.
(9) The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR of Russia) is a federal service, the main foreign intelligence agency of the Russian Federation, a special service.
The headquarters of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is located near the village of Bachurino in the Sosensky settlement of the Novomoskovsky district of Moscow, bordering the Yasenevo district. The complex of the Academy of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is located in the Khlebnikovsky forest park (Moscow region, Mytishchi district), not far from the Moscow Ring Road, approximately two kilometers northeast of the Nagornoye village
"Themes"
"Management of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service"
"News"
The threat to Latvia is moderate
The BZK report notes that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service was
given the task of preventing the construction of the Visaginas nuclear power plant. Either way
otherwise, seven years have passed, however, as regards the Visaginas NPP project,
the matter did not progress beyond conversations.
link: http://www.inosmi.ru/sngbaltia/20130307/206717030.html
Service
Russia's foreign intelligence service is seriously concerned about the problem of "mass
distributing information messages on social networks in order to
formation of public opinion" and thought about creating a methodology
blogosphere monitoring. In January-February 2012 the department announced three
closed tenders worth over 30 million rubles. to implement the set
tasks, Kommersant writes today.
link: http://top.rbc.ru/society/27/08/2012/666375.shtml
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is dying in agony...
Just
Another appointment in Russian intelligence was a shock. First
No one else was appointed deputy director of the Foreign Intelligence Service a few days ago,
like Sergei Vinokurov. The same Vinokurov who was the boss
Department of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation for Interregional and Cultural
relations with foreign countries and who was fired in April of this year
due to failures in the presidential elections in South Ossetia and Transnistria,
which he supervised. Now Mr. Vinokurov will oversee issues
strategic intelligence, and also replace the head of the department, Mikhail
Fradkov during his absence.
link: http://anna-news.info/node/7300
There are fewer white spots
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The author is a veteran of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Major General Lev Sotskov.
Aspects related to the causes of the outbreak of World War II have traditionally
are considered controversial and debatable among historians. Moreover, in
recently, issues of international relations in Europe in the late 30s -
the beginning of the 40s and especially the “Baltic theme” turned out to be strongly
politicized. Scientific value prepared by Lev Sotskov in
archives of the authoritative Russian intelligence service, the publication, on the contrary, differs
complete absence of subjectivity. The collection is in chronological order from
preserving the details of that time, materials are presented for the first time,
obtained by Soviet intelligence abroad. As you know, dry tongue
official documents do not lie, and readers are in for a most exciting
acquaintance with information previously closed from prying eyes,
shedding new light on the complex geopolitical game in the pre-war
Europe in general and the Baltic region in particular.
link: http://www.rg.ru/2009/08/20/svr-dokumenty.html
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service creates bots for social networks for 30 million rubles
By
Lenta.ru reports, Russia's foreign intelligence service (SVR) at the beginning of the year
held 3 closed tenders for the development of methods for “forming
public opinion" through social networks.
link: http://habrahabr.ru/post/150269/
Official symbols were handed over to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service in the Kremlin
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In the St. George Hall of the Kremlin, President Dmitry Medvedev presented the head of the Service with
Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation to Mikhail Fradkov the main military relic - the banner
The SVR and the personal standard are a symbol of the commander’s responsibility.
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It is considered the date of foundation of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR of Russia), which is an integral part of the security forces and is designed to protect the security of individuals, society and the state from external threats.
The SVR carries out intelligence activities in order to provide the President of the Russian Federation, the Federal Assembly and the government with the intelligence information they need to make decisions in the political, economic, military-strategic, scientific, technical and environmental fields; ensuring conditions conducive to the successful implementation of the Russian Federation's security policy; promoting economic development, scientific and technological progress of the country and military-technical security of the Russian Federation.
Intelligence information is provided to the President of the Russian Federation, the chambers of the Federal Assembly, the Government of the Russian Federation and federal executive and judicial authorities, enterprises, institutions and organizations determined by the President.
General management of the foreign intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation (including the SVR) is exercised by the President of the Russian Federation. He appoints the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service.
The activities of the SVR are based on the federal law “On Foreign Intelligence” of January 10, 1996 (with subsequent amendments).
It is impossible to establish the exact time when intelligence operations began in Russia to obtain political and military information. Reconnaissance was carried out almost always. The date of birth of the foreign intelligence service of the Russian Federation is considered to be December 20, 1920, when the chairman of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (VChK) Felix Dzerzhinsky signed an order to create the Foreign Department of the VChK (INO VChK) under the NKVD of the RSFSR.
With this order, the Foreign Department, created in the spring of 1920 in the Special Department of the Cheka in order to strengthen intelligence work abroad, was removed from its composition and became an independent unit.
To discuss emerging problems and develop intelligence policy in relation to the current situation, the SVR Board regularly meets, including deputy directors of foreign intelligence, heads of operational, analytical and functional units.
The efforts of the Foreign Intelligence Service are concentrated on the timely identification of real external threats to the interests and security of Russia, participation in their neutralization, and ensuring the strengthening of the country’s international positions, its economic, scientific, technical and defense potential.
Over the years of the existence of Soviet and Russian foreign intelligence, many bright, successful operations were carried out. A prominent place in its chronicle is occupied by the many years of effective work of the "Cambridge Five", the exploits of Soviet intelligence officers during the Great Patriotic War, the selfless activities of the "Red Chapel" in Hitler's Germany, operations to promote the creation of the USSR nuclear shield, as well as many others carried out both in the post-war years, and at a later time. A large number of foreign intelligence officers were awarded high state awards.
The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources
