FSB

abbreviation

1. the Russian Federal Security Service, founded in 1995

Word History and Origins

Origin of FSB¹

C20: Russian Federalnaya sluzhba bezopasnosti

Example Sentences

State media published an FSB video showing a Russian soldier, face concealed, saying that he had received an email from a Ukrainian intelligence agent trying to recruit him for the plot.

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He says that some ransomware gang members sometimes talked about speaking to "their handlers" in the Russian security services, like the FSB.

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In another, Hilarion fires a pistol in a shooting range which George Suzuki alleges belongs to the FSB headquarters in Moscow.

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Small Business Minister Blair McDougall did not respond to the FSB's calls but said he took the BBC's investigation "very seriously".

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As the BBC filmed on the ground, a Russian FSB patrol vehicle pulled up in front of us.

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