Abbreviation MGB (МГБ) Employees up to 250,000 | Formed September, 2016 | |
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Common name Ministry of State Security Legal personality Governmental: Government agency General nature Law enforcement
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The Ministry for State Security, or MGB (Russian: Ministerstvo gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti; МГБ, Министе́рство госуда́рственной безопа́сности; IPA: [mʲɪnʲɪˈsʲtʲɛrstvə ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪnnəj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ]), was created in September 2016, under the Presidency of Vladimir Putin, which combines the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), and the Federal Protective Service (FSO).
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History
The MGB was created as part of ongoing reform in the Russian Intelligence Community in September 2016. The preparation of the new reform began shortly after the presidential decrees were abolished and the Federal Migration Service and the Federal Drug Control Service, whose functions received the Interior Ministry, and on the basis of the internal troops and a number of departments of internal affairs bodies was established the National Guard (Rosgvardiya).
A separate ministry by the same name had existed in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin from 1943 until his death in 1953.
Organization
The new ministry will merge the FSB, SVR, the Investigative Committee, the FSO and The Ministry of Emergency Situations and as such will inherit many of its predecessor-agencies’ roles. It will have many of the same powers as the former KGB. The MGB may be able to take in their responsibility the most resonant case or to exercise control over all the investigations functions. It is expected that the reform will lead to more effective management of security and law enforcement structures and the elimination of corruption in them.
The MGB will employ up to 250,000 people.