The FSO

The Federal Guard Service of the Russian Federation, also known as the FGS of Russia, is a federal government agency concerned with the tasks related to the protection of several high-ranking state officials, mandated by the relevant law, including the president of Russia, as well as certain federal properties. It traces its origin to the USSR's Ninth Chief Directorate of the KGB and later Presidential Security Service (SBP) led by KGB general Alexander Korzhakov.