Centralization On The Way For Security Services; Critics See Revival Of KGB
September 20 2016
Russia has plans to reorganize its security and emergency agencies, reports the Kommersant, a Moscow business newspaper.
The coming centralization has been likened to a reviving of the KGB of Soviet days, noted the Daily Telegraph (U.K.). President Vladimir Putin served in the KGB for 16 years.
A new Ministry of State Security, centered around the Federal Security Service (FSB), would gain the powers of the Foreign Intelligence Service and most of the responsibilities of the...
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