Federal Security Service – Cheka 2.0

Federal Security Service – Cheka 2.0

SPECIAL REPORTS Date: 4 January 2018 FSB or Cheka 2.0 The Federal Security Service remains the most important part of the repressive apparatus of the Vladimir Putin regime and the main successor of the Chekist tradition. However, it has recently had to face the...
FSB or Cheka 2.0

FSB or Cheka 2.0

SPECIAL REPORTS Date: 3 January 2018 FSB or Cheka 2.0 The Federal Security Service remains the most important part of the repressive apparatus of the Vladimir Putin regime and the main successor of the Chekist tradition. However, it has recently had to face the...
Rosgvardiya will guard the bridge

Rosgvardiya will guard the bridge

RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 27 October 2017 Rosgvardiya will guard the bridge Russian National Guards will form a naval brigade. Viktor Zolotov, the chief commander of Rosgvardiya, has announced that the task of the newly established unit will be to safeguard the bridge...
Putin’s Increasingly Powerful Praetorians

Putin’s Increasingly Powerful Praetorians

RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 17 March 2017 Putin’s Increasingly Powerful Praetorians The National Guard of Russia is to receive additional powers, thanks to which it will become a fully-fledged, institutional force. According to the Rosbalt news agency, the Kremlin is...
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