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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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[[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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=== 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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===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]]}});
* [[PKM machine gun]]
* [[SVD (rifle)|SVD]]
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