Profile type
Unpublished
Organisation status
Defunct
Logo
Other names and spellings
Փедеральное Агентство Правительственной Ϲвязи и Информации;’ ՓАПϹИ
Leader or owner
Deputy leaders
Affiliated individuals
Areas of operation
Subordinate to
Subordinate entities
Brief description
The Federal Agency for Government Communication and Information (FAPSI) was a government agency responsible for security government communications systems. It was formed on the basis of the 16th Directorate of the KGB. It was folded into the Federal Security Service in 2003.
Answered directly to the president (Bennett (2000)).