Structure and Command
Since May 18, 2008, the agency is headed by General Evgeny Murov. The FSO has roughly 20,000 - 30,000 uniformed personnel plus several thousand plainclothed personnel and controls the "black box" that can be used in the event of global nuclear war. It also operates a secure communications system for senior government officials. The FSO is a powerful institution with a range of rights and powers, including the right to conduct searches and surveillance without warrants, make arrests, and give orders to other state agencies.
One of the FSO units is the Kremlin Regiment. A more recent addition to the FSO infrastructure is the Special Communications Service of Russia (Spetsviaz) which was incorporated as a structural sub unit on August 7, 2004.
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