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| '''DKRO''', or '''ДКРО''', is the Department of Counterintelligence Operations of the ] in Russia.<ref>https://agentura.ru/profile/federalnaja-sluzhba-bezopasnosti-rossii-fsb/departament-kontrrazvedyvatelnyh-operacij-dkro/</ref> It is led by Alexei Komkov, and supervised by the First Service of the FSB, which is led by ]. | '''DKRO''', or '''ДКРО''', is the Department of Counterintelligence Operations of the ] in Russia.<ref>https://agentura.ru/profile/federalnaja-sluzhba-bezopasnosti-rossii-fsb/departament-kontrrazvedyvatelnyh-operacij-dkro/</ref> It is led by ], and supervised by the First Service of the FSB, which is led by ]. | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
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| The DKRO has also been involved in the ]<ref>https://censor.net/en/resonance/313320/russian_army_and_special_forces_of_russian_federation_at_war_against_ukraine</ref> | The DKRO has also been involved in the ]<ref>https://censor.net/en/resonance/313320/russian_army_and_special_forces_of_russian_federation_at_war_against_ukraine</ref> | ||
| The DKRO has been involved in "monitoring" of the Russian Foreign Ministry, which led to corruption, as officers extorted money from security companies.<ref>https://russianfreepress.com/2023/04/12/catch-and-trade-how-the-fsb-hunts-foreigners/ Catch and trade. How the FSB hunts foreigners/ref> | The DKRO has been involved in "monitoring" of the Russian Foreign Ministry, which led to corruption, as officers extorted money from security companies.<ref>https://russianfreepress.com/2023/04/12/catch-and-trade-how-the-fsb-hunts-foreigners/ Catch and trade. How the FSB hunts foreigners</ref> | ||
| ==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
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DKRO, or ДКРО, is the Department of Counterintelligence Operations of the FSB in Russia. It is led by Alexei Komkov, and supervised by the First Service of the FSB, which is led by Vladislav Menshchikov.
History
The DKRO was created in 1998. It has a legal basis in Article 9 of Federal law 40-FZ of 1995, which was signed by president Yeltsin, and which defines the role of counterintelligence services in Russia.
However, the FSB's counterintelligence predecessor, the Federal Counterintelligence Service, was a successor to the KGB,; the KGB's Second Main Directorate had long history of counterintelligence work, stretching back to the Cheka. The FSB's own view of its counterintelligence history focusses on activities in World War 2. As of July 2023, the FSB's director is Alexander Bortnikov, who previously served in counterintelligence units of the KGB during the Cold War..
Activities
The DKRO is responsible for "counterintelligence" work against foreigners in Russia; ostensibly against foreign intelligence agencies but also against tourists, journalists, and embassy workers. It harasses Western diplomats and journalists. In addition to arrests such as Evan Gershkovich, it follows the cars of diplomats (and their family members), cuts the power to their homes or breaks into them, and leaves human feces as a "calling card". In one case, DKRO agents killed a diplomat's dog. It has been involved in the detentions of at least three Americans.
The DKRO has also been involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The DKRO has been involved in "monitoring" of the Russian Foreign Ministry, which led to corruption, as officers extorted money from security companies.
Further Reading
- Wall Street Journal, "Inside the Secretive Russian Security Force That Targets Americans"
- Agentura, "Департамент контрразведывательных операций (ДКРО) ФСБ"
References
- https://agentura.ru/profile/federalnaja-sluzhba-bezopasnosti-rossii-fsb/departament-kontrrazvedyvatelnyh-operacij-dkro/
- https://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_6300/54520ba50642211a7a2f6d9ecba4d42e07e54e0b/
- https://www.photius.com/countries/russia/government/russia_government_federal_counterintel~10863.html
- http://www.fsb.ru/fsb/smi.htm
- http://www.fsb.ru/fsb/history/leaders/single.htm%21id%3D10434670%40fsbBiography.html
- https://warsawinstitute.org/estonian-spy-hunters/
- https://icds.ee/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2022/12/ICDS_EFPI_Analysis_Putin%C2%B4s_Counterintelligence_State_Sanshiro_Hosaka_December_2022.pdf International Centre for Defence an Security: "Putin’s Counterintelligence State"
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/fsb-evan-gershkovich-russia-security-force-dkro-e9cf9a49
- https://censor.net/en/resonance/313320/russian_army_and_special_forces_of_russian_federation_at_war_against_ukraine
- https://russianfreepress.com/2023/04/12/catch-and-trade-how-the-fsb-hunts-foreigners/ Catch and trade. How the FSB hunts foreigners
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