The Presidential Security Service (SBP) (russian: Служба безопасности президента России) is a federal government agency concerned with the tasks related to the protection of the

President of Russia The president of the Russian Federation ( rus, Президент Российской Федерации, Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the head of state of the Russian Federation. The president leads the executive branch of the federal ...

and the

Prime Minister of Russia The chairman of the government of the Russian Federation, also informally known as the prime minister, is the nominal head of government of Russia. Although the post dates back to 1905, its current form was established on 12 December 1993 fo ...

with their respective families and residences. It traces its origin to the USSR's

Ninth Chief Directorate The Ninth Chief Directorate (also nicknamed ''Devyatka'' (russian: девятка) of the KGB was the organization responsible for providing bodyguard services to the principal Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) leaders (and their families) ...

of the

KGB The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...

. The first official that served as the head of the agency was

Alexander Korzhakov Alexander Vasilyevich Korzhakov (russian: Александр Васильевич Коржаков; born 31 January 1950) is a Russian former KGB general who served as Boris Yeltsin's bodyguard, confidant, and adviser for eleven years. He was ...

, a general of the KGB.

Structure and command

From 2000 to 2013, the position of the head of the Presidential Protection Service was held by the General

Viktor Zolotov Viktor Vasilyevich Zolotov (russian: Ви́ктор Васи́льевич Зо́лотов; born 27 January 1954) is the current Director of the National Guard of Russia (Rosgvardiya) and a member of the Security Council of Russia. Zolotov is ...

. The agency had about 2,500 personnel in 2007, as suggested by a publication in the Western press.

Psychological Security Dept.

The Psychological Security Department is the branch of the Presidential Security Service that is responsible for analyzing intelligence about threats to the life of the president. The Department operates a panel of experts from several intelligence services, such as

GRU The Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, rus, Гла́вное управле́ние Генера́льного шта́ба Вооружённых сил Росси́йской Федера́ци ...

, FSB, and SVR.

Heads of Presidential Security Service

(1991–1996) *

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(1996) *

Anatoly Kuznetsov Anatoly Vasilievich Kuznetsov (russian: Анато́лий Васи́льевич Кузнецо́в; August 18, 1929, Kiev, USSR – June 13, 1979, London) was a Russian-language Soviet writer who described his experiences in German-occupied K ...

(1996–2000) *

(May 18, 2000 – September 2013) *

Oleg Klementiyev Oleg (russian: Олег), Oleh ( uk, Олег), or Aleh ( be, Алег) is an East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine and Belаrus. It derives from the Old Norse ''Helgi'' ( Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "blesse ...

(September 2013 – June 2015) *

Dmitry Kochnev Dmitry Viktorovich Kochnev (; born 1 March 1964, Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian army general. From June 2015 to May 2016, he was the head of the Russian Presidential Security Service and as acting head from June to December 2015. Since 26 M ...

(June 2015 – May 2016) *

Alexey Rubezhnoy Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Al ...

(since June 2016)

References

{{Law enforcement agencies of Russia Protective security units Government agencies established in 1993 1993 establishments in Russia

Structure and command

Psychological Security Dept.

Heads of Presidential Security Service

See also

References