Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii

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foreign intelligence agency government agency

Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii is Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service responsible for conducting civilian intelligence operations outside the country.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation	9
Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia	4
Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR)	1
Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii canonical	1
Служба внешней разведки Российской Федерации	1
внешняя разведка СССР	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1858298 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii
Context triple: [SVR, fullName, Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii]

A. Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) is Russia’s principal domestic security and intelligence agency, responsible for counterintelligence, counterterrorism, and internal surveillance.
B. Federal Protective Service of Russia
The Federal Protective Service of Russia is a federal government agency responsible for the security of top state officials and the protection of key government facilities and sites.
C. federal services of Russia
The federal services of Russia are national executive agencies that implement and enforce government policies and regulations under the authority of the Russian Prime Minister and federal ministries.
D. Federal Border Guard Service of Russia
The Federal Border Guard Service of Russia was the post-Soviet agency responsible for protecting and controlling Russia’s state borders, inheriting many functions and structures from the Soviet-era security apparatus.
E. Counterintelligence Service
The Counterintelligence Service is a division of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) responsible for identifying, preventing, and countering espionage and other intelligence threats to national security.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii
Target entity description: Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii is Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service responsible for conducting civilian intelligence operations outside the country.

A. Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) is Russia’s principal domestic security and intelligence agency, responsible for counterintelligence, counterterrorism, and internal surveillance.
B. Federal Protective Service of Russia
The Federal Protective Service of Russia is a federal government agency responsible for the security of top state officials and the protection of key government facilities and sites.
C. federal services of Russia
The federal services of Russia are national executive agencies that implement and enforce government policies and regulations under the authority of the Russian Prime Minister and federal ministries.
D. Federal Border Guard Service of Russia
The Federal Border Guard Service of Russia was the post-Soviet agency responsible for protecting and controlling Russia’s state borders, inheriting many functions and structures from the Soviet-era security apparatus.
E. Counterintelligence Service
The Counterintelligence Service is a division of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) responsible for identifying, preventing, and countering espionage and other intelligence threats to national security.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	foreign intelligence agency ⓘ government agency ⓘ
abbreviation	SVR ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation ⓘ Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russian General Staff
country	Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia
dateFormed	1991 ⓘ
distinctFrom	Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation ⓘ Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russian General Staff
emblemType	coat of arms of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia ⓘ
employerType	state security service ⓘ
EnglishName	Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii
focus	external threats and foreign developments ⓘ
formedFrom	Committee for State Security of the USSR ⓘ linked to: Committee for State Security
governingLaw	federal laws on security and intelligence of the Russian Federation ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://svr.gov.ru ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Russia ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Moscow ⓘ
isPartOf	intelligence community of the Russian Federation ⓘ
jurisdiction	Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia
legalBasis	Presidential decree of the Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Presidential Decree of the Russian Federation
mandate	gather economic intelligence abroad ⓘ gather political intelligence abroad ⓘ gather scientific and technical intelligence abroad ⓘ
nativeName	Служба внешней разведки Российской Федерации ⓘ linked to: Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii
operationalArea	outside territory of the Russian Federation ⓘ
organizationType	civilian ⓘ
parentAgency	President of the Russian Federation ⓘ
predecessor	First Chief Directorate of the KGB ⓘ
primaryFunction	analysis of foreign intelligence ⓘ collection of intelligence outside Russia ⓘ conduct of covert operations abroad ⓘ
reportsTo	President of the Russian Federation ⓘ
responsibility	civilian intelligence operations outside the Russian Federation ⓘ protection of Russian interests abroad through intelligence activities ⓘ
sector	intelligence ⓘ national security ⓘ
securityStatus	classified operations ⓘ
shortName	SVR ⓘ SVR RF ⓘ linked to: SVR
successorOf	Soviet-era foreign intelligence structures ⓘ
typeOfIntelligence	civilian intelligence ⓘ foreign intelligence ⓘ
usesLanguage	Russian ⓘ

How these facts were elicited