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==Career==
===Kremlin Regiment of the KGB===
Barsukov spent the majority of his career moving up through various officer ranks of the [[Kremlin Regiment]], a paramilitary KGB ([[Ninth Chief Directorate]]) force responsible for the security of the Soviet seat of power political power and the highest levels of political leadership. In 1970 he was assigned to this regiment as a platoon commander, continuing onto higher positions but maintaining the same assignment of security operations in the first sector of [[Moscow Kremlin|Kremlin]] compound, which housed Senate building. By 1991, Barsukov achieved the position of deputy Commandant of the Kremlin, prior to the complete [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]].<ref>[http://www.agentura.ru/dossier/russia/people/barsukov/ ''Barsukov Bio''], ''Agentura.ru''</ref>
===Commandant of the Kremlin & Head of Main Administration for Protection (FSO)===
Barsukov career took a decisive upswing after the establishment of the Russian Federation and [[Boris Yeltsin]]'s ascent to power as the President of the newly formed country. Barsukov build a relationship with President Yelstin through his bodyguard, [[Alexander Korzhakov]].<ref>[http://www.agentura.ru/dossier/russia/people/barsukov/ ''Barsukov Bio''], ''Agentura.ru''</ref> In December 1991, he was appointed the Commandant of the Kremlin, and in June 1992, Head of the [[Federal Protective Service (Russia)|Main Administration for the Protection of the Russian Federation (GUO)]].<ref>[http://c-society.ru/wind.php?ID=1394 ''Personnel Pages''], ''Institute for Social Progress and Local Self-Government''</ref>
The GUO replaced the Ninth Directorate of the KGB and took over its responsibility of protecting the country's leadership, a role somewhat analogous to the [[United States Secret Service|US Secret Service]]. Barsukov unequivocally pushed for the service's expansion, and he transformed the GUO into a more capable organization with a personnel increase of 50-100 percent, expanding on the Ninth Directorate's 10,000 person staff. At Barsukov's initiative in 1992, the GUO assumed responsibility for presidential communications, with GUO alone deciding who gets ATS-1 and ATS-2 hot lines.<ref>[http://www.systemaspetsnaz.com/federal_protector_service.htm ''Russian Special Operations Units: Federal Protective Service''], ''Systema Spetsnaz</ref>
In 1993, Barsukov displayed loyalty to Yelstin in the [[1993 Russian constitutional crisis]], when Yelstin resorted to force in order to dissolve the Russian legislative body, the [[Supreme Soviet of Russia|Supreme Soviet]]. During the ten-day crisis, the [[Armed Forces of the Russian Federation|Russian Armed Forces]] and security services besieged the legislators by Presidential order. As head of the GUO, Barsukov helped organize the final assault on the Duma.<ref>[http://c-society.ru/wind.php?ID=1394 ''Personnel Pages''], ''Institute for Social Progress and Local Self-Government''</ref> Prior to the assault, Yelstin transferred temporary control of the [[Alpha Group|Alpha]] and [[Vympel]] special units to Barsukov. Alpha and Vympel were the considered the top [[Spetsnaz]] units in Russia, and they subsequently led the assault. He personally ordered several of the defenders of the Supreme Soviet to the isolation cells at the infamous [[Lefortovo Prison]].<ref>[http://rusrazvedka.narod.ru/base/htm/barsm.html ''Intelligence Profile''], ''Russian Security Intelligence''</ref>
===FSB Director===
On 19 July 1995, President Yelstin promoted Barsukov to the rank of Colonel General and appointed him as the head of the KGB's successor agency, the FSB.<ref>[http://persona.rin.ru/eng/view/f/0/15924/barsukov-mikhail-ivanovich Mikhail Barsukov Facts''], ''Russian Celebrities and Officials''</ref> In August, he became a member of the [[Security Council of Russia]]. Rumors circulated in the Russian media that Barsukov intended to return the FSB's organizational structure to resemble the old KGB. Quickly, he promoted confidants close to himself and Alexander Korzhakov, namely head of FSB Director of Counter-Intelligence Viktor Zorin and Deputy Director of the FSB [[Anatoly Trofimov]]. Furthermore, Barsukov managed to get the Alpha special unit permanently assigned to the FSB.<ref>[http://www.agentura.ru/dossier/russia/people/barsukov/ ''Barsukov Bio''], ''Agentura.ru''</ref>
While Barsukov's reign as the FSB chief lasted under one year, in this short time he managed to make several significant contributions to Russia's security. In the wake of [[Terrorism in Russia|Chechen terrorism]] related to the [[First Chechen War]], he established a Counter-Terrorist Center within the FSB's Department for the Protection of the Constitution and Counter-Terrorism. The Alpha unit made up the principal assault and hostage-rescue operational component of the new center.<ref>[Chelokhine, Serguei and Charles A. Lieberman. 2010. "Reforming Power Structures: Russian Counter-Terrorism Response To Beslan," in M.R. Haberfeld & Agostino von Hassell's A New Understanding of Terrorism: Case Studies, Trajectories and Lessons Learned (p. 252). New York: Springer.
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