Presidential Security Service (Russia)

The Presidential Security Service (SBP) (Russian: Служба безопасности президента России) is a federal government agency concerned with the tasks related to the protection of the President of Russia and the Prime Minister of Russia with their respective families and residences. It traces its origin to the USSR's Ninth Chief Directorate of the KGB. == History == The SBP was founded by Boris Yeltsin in November 1993, headed by Aleksandr Korzhakov, a general of the KGB. == Structure and command == From 2000 to 2013, the position of the head of the Presidential Protection Service was held by the General Viktor Zolotov.

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