Federal Security Service
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- proper noun
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Servicio Federal de Seguridad
- She met with officials from the Federal Security Service to discuss safety measures during the upcoming election.
- the Russian Federal Security Service
- the successor to the KGB
- Russia's Federal Security Service
Examples
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Russia's Federal Security Service Academy.
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I’m the director of the Federal Security Service!
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Head of the Organizational and Inspection Board of the Personnel and Organizational Department of the Federal Security Service, Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev.
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The Federal Security Service investigates cybercrime to protect national security in Russia.
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Last year, the Federal Security Service arrested several individuals suspected of espionage.
Synonyms
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Russia's main security service that protects the country from internal threats and spies
The main Russian agency that deals with security and spying inside the country
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'federal' (relating to the national government) + 'security' (protection/defense) + 'service' (an organization), so a B1 learner who knows the words will infer it denotes a government organization responsible for security. Specific historical or political details (e.g. successor to the KGB and national counterintelligence role) are extra-world knowledge but do not affect the basic, directly derivable meaning.
Etymology
Federal Security Service: The name federal means the national government and security service means a group whose job is to protect the country. After the Soviet Union ended, this agency replaced the KGB to do 'internal security' and 'spy work', so the name helps you remember it is Russia's main domestic spy and security agency.