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Russia May Create Ministry for State Security and Close Emergencies Ministry

© AFP 2023 / JOEL SAGET A picture taken in Moscow on May 5, 2016 shows the House of the Government of the Russian Federation, also known as the Russian White House.
A picture taken in Moscow on May 5, 2016 shows the House of the Government of the Russian Federation, also known as the Russian White House. - Sputnik International
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Russian authorities are preparing a large-scale reform of country's security services and law enforcement agencies that could result in broadening of powers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and closing down of the Emergencies Ministry.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia may create the Ministry for State Security at the premises of the FSB that would gain the powers of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and the majority of the Federal Guard Service's (FSO) departments, the Russian Kommersant newspaper reported, citing its sources.

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The Russian Investigative Committee could be returned to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the newspaper added.

According to the media outlet, the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters could be closed down and its powers could be transferred to both the Defense Ministry and the Interior Ministry.

The reform could be concluded before the Russian presidential elections scheduled for 2018, Kommersant outlined.

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