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{{Infobox law enforcement agency
| agencyname = Border Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation<br>{{nobold|{{lang|ru|Пограничная служба Федеральной службы безопасности Российской Федерации}}}}
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[[Image:Flag of Federal Border Service of Russia.svg|thumb|Flag of the Federal Border Service of Russia from 1999 to 2003]]
[[Image:Flag of Border Troops of Russia.svg|thumb|Flag of the FPS Border Troops from 1999 to 2003]]
[[Image:Flag of the Russian Coast Guard.svg|thumb|
===Tsarist and Imperial Russia===
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{{main|Soviet Border Troops}}
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'''Soviet Border Troops''', ({{lang-ru|Пограничные войска СССР|Pogranichnyie voiska SSSR}}) were the [[military
===Modern period===
[[Image:RIAN archive 942200 Border guards of the Federal Security Service pursuing trespassers of the maritime boundary during exercises in Kaliningrad region.jpg|thumb|Border guards of the FSB Border
Following the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]], the [[#Old FPS structure|Federal Border Service of Russia]] ({{lang-ru|Федеральная пограничная служба|Federal'naya pogranichnaya sluzhba|link=no}}, a.k.a. FPS) was created on December 30, 1993, as a separate government agency. The agency retained some old traditions, most notably the dark green-coloured uniform and [[Border Guards Day]] (an official holiday commemorated by celebrations of ex-servicemen). The First minister of the FPS was [[Andrei Nikolayev (politician)|Andrei Nikolayev]], a young and outspoken general who later became deputy of the [[State Duma]]. Russian Border Guards were also stationed outside of Russia most notably in southern [[Tajikistan]], in order to guard the border with [[Afghanistan]], until summer 2005. On the Afghan-Tajik border on many occasions they were engaged in heavy fighting with [[Illegal drug trade|drug-traffickers]] and [[Islamic extremists]]. [[Armenia]]'s closed border with [[Turkey]] and open border with [[Iran]] is also still guarded by the Russians. On March 11, 2003, the Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]] changed the status of the Border Service from a separate agency into a branch of the [[Russian Federal Security Service]]. The new conversion took effect on July 1, 2003. The current head of the FSB Border Service is General [[Vladimir Pronichev]]. The Border Service of Russia is tasked with a defence of the [[List of countries and territories by land borders|longest national border in the world]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
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[[File:В Москве на Красной площади состоялся военный парад в ознаменование 76-ой годовщины Победы в Великой Отечественной войне 05.jpg|thumb|Border guard cadets in the modern dress uniform of the FSB Border Service, 2021]]
In July 2014 [[Ukraine]] opened a criminal case against the head of the FSB Border Service [[Vladimir Kulishov]]; he was accused of financing "illegal military groups" in [[Eastern Ukraine]] [[2014 insurgency in Donbass|who at the time fought against the]] [[Ukrainian army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wqad.com/2014/07/22/ukraine-calls-businessman-and-russian-defense-minister-accomplices-of-terrorists/|title=Ukraine calls businessman and Russian defense minister 'accomplices of terrorists'|date=22 July 2014|publisher=wqad.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-07/05/c_126712597.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708060949/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-07/05/c_126712597.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 8, 2014|title=Ukraine opens criminal case against Russian Border Service chief - Xinhua - English.news.cn|publisher=[[Xinhua News Agency]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rupaper.com/post/30752 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728224641/http://rupaper.com/post/30752 |archive-date=2014-07-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Vladimir Kulishov claimed in May 2024 that about 70% of the weapons and equipment used by his service is "modern" (100% in the "operationally difficult" directions). He also said that more than 50 types of technical means were taken for supply by the service in 2023-2024, including UAVs, means to detect and counter them, coastal radars and thermal-optical imaging systems. About 150 domestic systems are in use.<ref>{{cite web | title=Российские пограничники используют современное вооружение, заявили в ФСБ | website=Новости MOS.NEWS | url=https://mos.news/news/society/rossiyskie-pogranichniki-ispolzuyut-sovremennoe-vooruzhenie-zayavili-v-fsb/ | language=ru | ref={{sfnref | Новости MOS.NEWS}} | access-date=2024-05-30}}</ref>
==Mission==
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==Lineup==
Changes in the regional structure of the Border Service, instead of ten regional border offices (see the
Regional border
* FSB Regional Border Directorate of the
* FSB Regional Border
* FSB Regional Border Directorate of the
* FSB Regional Border Directorate of the
* FSB Regional Border Directorate
*
▲* Regional Border Directorate for the Far Eastern Federal District
As adopted by [[Decree of the President of Russia|presidential decree]] No. 457, dated April 23, 2001, the following educational institutions form part of the BS-FSS:
* Border Forces Academy of the BS-FSS
* Military Medical Institute, the Border Service of Russia's FSB in the Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy;
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Enterprises, institutions and organizations which are subordinate to the Border Service:
* Medical and health institutions;
* Repair plant;
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=== Armenia ===
The basis for the deployment of Russian border guards in [[Armenia]] is an interstate agreement concluded on September 30, 1992. The border department of the FSB of Russia in Armenia includes four border detachments: one in [[Gyumri]], [[Armavir, Armenia|Armavir]], [[Artashat, Armenia|Artashat]] and [[Meghri]], as well as a separate checkpoint at the [[Zvartnots International Airport]]. The maintenance of about 4.5 thousand Russian border guards in Armenia is financed from the budgets of both states. Russian border guards also guard the borders of Armenia with [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]].<ref>[http://www.rg.ru/2005/07/13/tadjikistan.html Прощание с Пянджем. Российские пограничники покидают Таджикистан]</ref><ref>[http://www.newsru.com/crime/02aug2013/fsbshotarmenborder.html Российские пограничники убили турецкого пастуха, обстрелявшего их на территории Армении].</ref> On 9 May 2024, Russian Presidential spokesman [[Dmitry Peskov]] announced that Russian border guards will continue to serve on Armenia's borders with [[Armenia–Iran border|Iran]] and [[Armenia–Turkey border|Turkey]], at the request of the Armenian side.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.az/news/russian-border-guards-stay-on-armenias-borders-with-iran,-turkiye-kremlin-|title=Russian border guards stay on Armenia's borders with Iran, Türkiye - Kremlin|language=en|date=2024-05-09|publisher=news.az}}</ref>
=== Tajikistan ===
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==See also==
* [[Border Security Zone of Russia]]
* [[List of awards of independent services of the Russian Federation#Federal Border Service of Russia 1993–2003|Awards of the Federal Border Service of the Russian Federation]]
* [[Awards of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation#Border Guard Service of the FSB|Awards of the Border Guard Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation]]
* [[Khabarovsk Border Institute of the FSB of the Russian Federation]]
==Timeline==
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* 1 April 1921 – The Office of troops VCHK-OGPU.
* 1 December 1922 – The headquarters of the troops OGPU.
* 3 October 1923 – Inspektsiya troops GPU
* 6 November 1926 – The Directorate of Border Guard Troops and OGPU.
* 10 July 1934 – General Directorate of Border and internal security (GUPVO) Soviet NKVD.
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*Main Directorate for the Protection of Railway Facilities
*Main Directorate for the Protection of Particularly Important Industrial Enterprises
*Main Directorate of Convoy Troops (GUKV)
*Main Directorate of Military Support (GUVS)
*Main Military Construction Directorate
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The border troops (Guard):
* 28 May 1918 – Border Guard when Narkomate Finance (later
* 24 November 1920 – features in the GS VCHK-GPU, then to the CGB GPU and the headquarters of a frontier corps (Border Division) headquarters troops OGPU.
* 28 July 1923 – Department of Border Guard GPU, OGPU.
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* 17 October 1949 – GUPV MGB USSR
* 14 March 1953 – GUPV USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs
* 9
* 2 April 1957 – GUPV KGB when the Soviet Union SM.
* 5 July 1978 – GUPV KGB.
* In December 1991 – after the reorganization of KGB, the General Directorate of Border Troops were abolished and formed the Committee for the Protection of the State border of the Soviet Union with the Joint Command of the border forces led by was assigned to the post of chairman of the Committee
* In 1992 – a Border troops of the Russian Federation, which have been subordinated to the Ministry of Security.
* In 1993 – Federal Border Service
* In 1994 – renamed the Federal Border Service (FPS of Russia).
* 4 May
* 11 March 2003 – Vladimir Putin abolished the function of FPS conveyed to the FSB. FPS of Russia renamed
==Equipment==
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* [[Technoavia SM92 Finist]]
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* [[Mil Mi-8]] ''Hip''▼
* [[Kamov Ka-27]] ''Helix''
▲* [[Mil Mi-8]] ''Hip''
* [[Mil Mi-24]] ''Hind''
* [[Mil Mi-26]] ''Halo''
===Firearms===
[[File:ДШМГ 32-го ПОГО.jpg|thumb|Russian border guards with a [[SVD (rifle)|SVD]] and {{nowrap|[[AKS-74]]s}} (in the photo, one of them is equipped with a {{nowrap|[[GP-25]]}}); Air Assault Maneuver Group of the 32nd Novorossiysk Border Detachment of the FSB North Caucasus Regional Border Directorate, 2004]]
* [[PKM machine gun]]
* [[SVD (rifle)|SVD]]
* [[AK-74
* [[KS-23]] (and variants)
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