Table 2. POWER STRUCTURES IN RUSSIA | |
| Designation | Strength |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) Rushailo, Vladimir B |
300,000 |
Ministry of Civil Defense (MChS) Shoigu, Sergei K. |
40,000 |
Ministry of Defense (MO) Sergeev, Igor D. |
1,200,000 |
Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Lebedev, Sergei N. |
15,000 |
Federal Border Service (FPS) Totsky, Konstantin V. |
250,000 |
*Federal Security Service (FSB) Patrushev, Nikolai P. |
80,000 |
Federal Service of Railroad Troops (FSZhV) Kogatko, Grigori I. |
90,000 |
Federal Service of Tax Police (FSNP) Soltaganov, Vyacheslav F. |
43,800 |
Federal Protective Service (FSO) Murov, Evgeny A. |
40,000 |
Federal Agency for Communications and Information (FAPSI) Matyukhin, Vladimir G. |
50,000 |
| TOTAL | 2,108,800 |
| The agencies underlined would be amalgamated under the plan. | |
| Sources: Galina Kozhevnikova and Pavel Gazukin, Silovye struktury Rossii (Moscow: Panorama, 2000), pp. 8-48 of 2nd rev. edition; Andrei Maksimov, Kto pravit v rossiiskoi federatsii (Moscow: Izdaniya Maksimova, 2000/2001), pp. 34-142 | |
| * The FSB Special Assignment Center includes Directorate A (former Alpha Group) and Directorate V (ex-Vympel Group), with regional departments for special services in eleven cities to combat terrorism and organized crime. | |