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SVR

SVR

5 9.7
A Russian agency that gathers secret information about other countries
  • noun
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  • As Chairman of the SVR, Golovko was not a man to believe in coincidences, and there were not all that many white Benz S600s in Moscow, were there? Comrade Chairman?
  • Russian SVR

And you know, maybe if you are a target for an advanced nation state or the SVR, you know you're going to get hacked no matter what.

Examples

  • "I would say that you could be MVD or SVR as well.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • His last letter to his handlers in the SVR two days ago.

    Breach (2007)

  • And SVR will be on me right away.

    Red Sparrow (2018)

  • A chief of staff run by the SVR?

    Red Sparrow (2018)

  • Deputy director of the SVR?

    Red Sparrow (2018)

  • Maybe there were no more nomenklatura in this city, but rank did have its privileges, and he was chairman of the SVR.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The SVR was the new name for the KGB, which conducted most foreign intelligence activities for Russia but was free to act inside the country as well.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • In 2003, Vassiliev lost his suit, but in the course of the trial, he introduced numerous notes he had taken on Soviet-era documents that he was allowed to read (but not to photocopy) in the archives of the SVR.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Now KGB was split, and the domestic-security branch was a shadow of its former self, while the SVR—formerly the First Chief Directorate—still gathered information, but lacked the immediate strength that had come with being able to enforce the will, if not quite the law, of the communist government.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The SVR is known for its covert operations in foreign countries.

Synonyms

Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki
vsSVR
9.9

A Russian service that collects secret information abroad for the government

is the same service but emphasises international cooperation as well as analysis
Foreign Intelligence Service
vsSVR
6.2

A Russian government agency that gathers information and carries out operations abroad

highlights cooperation with other countries in addition to external operations

Surface Forms

SVR singular
SVRs plural

Etymology

SVR comes from the Russian name Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki, which means 'Service of External Intelligence'. So SVR is the official name for Russia's foreign intelligence agency that works outside the country.