Federal Border Guard Service of Russia

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border guard agency federal executive body of Russia

The Federal Border Guard Service of Russia was the post-Soviet agency responsible for protecting and controlling Russia’s state borders, inheriting many functions and structures from the Soviet-era security apparatus.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Border Service of the FSB 3
Border Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border guard agency ⓘ
federal executive body of Russia ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction airspace over the state border of Russia ⓘ
land borders of Russia ⓘ
maritime borders of Russia ⓘ
controlledBy Commander-in-Chief of the Border Guard Service ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
dissolved 2003 ⓘ
employerOf Russian border guards ⓘ
followedBy Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation ⓘ
surface form: Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
hasComponent aviation units ⓘ
border troops ⓘ
coast guard units ⓘ
special operations units ⓘ
training and educational institutions ⓘ
hasDuty aerial border surveillance ⓘ
border control ⓘ
border protection ⓘ
counter-smuggling operations ⓘ
counter-terrorism in border regions ⓘ
maritime border surveillance ⓘ
passport and visa control at border crossing points ⓘ
prevention of illegal border crossings ⓘ
protection of continental shelf ⓘ
protection of economic interests in border areas ⓘ
protection of exclusive economic zone ⓘ
protection of territorial integrity ⓘ
hasLegalBasis Federal laws of the Russian Federation on the State Border ⓘ
presidential decrees of the Russian Federation ⓘ
hasRoleIn protection of CIS external borders where mandated ⓘ
headquartersLocation Moscow ⓘ
inception 1993 ⓘ
inheritedFrom Soviet Border Troops ⓘ
surface form: KGB Border Troops
jurisdiction state border of the Russian Federation ⓘ
legalForm federal service ⓘ
motto On Guard of Russia’s Borders ⓘ
operatedDuring post-Soviet transition period ⓘ
parentOrganization Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ
partlyContinues organizational structure of Soviet border troops ⓘ
partOf security and law enforcement system of Russia ⓘ
precededBy Soviet Border Troops ⓘ
reorganizedInto Federal Border Guard Service of Russia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Border Service of the FSB
sector law enforcement ⓘ
national security ⓘ
subordinateTo Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ
surface form: Government of Russia

President of the Russian Federation ⓘ
surface form: President of Russia
typeOfJurisdiction militarized law enforcement ⓘ
usedLanguage Russian ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

KGB → followedBy → Federal Border Guard Service of Russia ⓘ
Soviet Border Troops → followedBy → Federal Border Guard Service of Russia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Border Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia
Russian Armed Forces → hasComponent → Federal Border Guard Service of Russia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Border Service of the FSB
FSB → hasDivision → Federal Border Guard Service of Russia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Border Service of the FSB
Federal Border Guard Service of Russia → reorganizedInto → Federal Border Guard Service of Russia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Border Service of the FSB