FSB

British

abbreviation

the Russian Federal Security Service, founded in 1995

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Etymology

Origin of FSB

C20: Russian Federalnaya sluzhba bezopasnosti

Example Sentences

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Gouldthorpe said businesses represented by the FSB "keep our high streets alive".

From BBC

The laptop, designed by a German company, was handed over to the FSB and sold on to Iran, according to the indictment.

From Barron's

The subject of an Interpol Red Notice, he is alleged to be an intelligence asset for the FSB, Russia's secretive security service.

From BBC

Russia's FSB security service named the man it was expelling as Gareth Samuel Davies -- listed on Moscow's official database of accredited diplomats as the embassy's second secretary.

From Barron's

Guguyev said that the FSB called returned soldiers “lost trust” and that prisoners sent back to the front lines were given menial tasks that didn’t involve firearms, as they were no longer trusted.

From The Wall Street Journal

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