The Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the RF (D/SVR) serves as the head of the
Foreign Intelligence Service, which is one of several
Russian intelligence agencies. The Director of SVR reports directly to the
President of Russia
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.
The Director is assisted by the Deputy Director, and he is a civilian or a general or flag officer of the
armed forces
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. The Director is appointed by the
President
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, with the concurring or nonconcurring recommendation from the Head of Security Council.
History
On 26 December 1991,
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
appointed the Director of newly created SVR
Yevgeni Primakov
Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov (29 October 1929 – 26 June 2015) was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. During his long career, he also served as Foreign Minister, Speaker of the Supreme ...
who led the organization for six years.
The current director is
Sergey Naryshkin, who took over on 22 September 2016.
Putin names ally Sergei Naryshkin as new foreign spy chief
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List of directors
References
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Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)
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