Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB)
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) is a federal executive body responsible for counterintelligence, counter-terrorism and other aspects of state security in Russia. It is the main successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB and reports directly to the President of Russia. It is led by a director appointed by the head of state, and its headquarters are on Lubyanka Square in Moscow.
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US indicts five alleged Russian intelligence operatives for murder-for-hire and sabotage plots targeting Ukraine's allies
The US Department of Justice has charged five people it says are linked to Russian intelligence services with conspiracy to finance terrorism and, in three cases, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York allege the network recruited US-based individuals to surveil and kill Russian opposition figures in Washington and Lithuania, and coordinated sabotage attacks in European countries that support Ukraine. All five defendants remain at large; the Kremlin has rejected the allegations.