abstract:In the Russian Federation, the Federal Protective Service (FSO) ( (Federalnaya Sluzhba Okhrany), official name in English Federal Guard Service of the Russian Federation Federal Guard Service of the Russian Federation) is a federal government agency concerned with the tasks related to the protection of several, mandated by the relevant law, high-ranking state officials, including the President of Russia, as well as certain federal properties. It traces its origin to the USSR's Ninth Chief Directorate of the KGB and later Presidential Security Service (SBP) led by KGB general Alexander Korzhakov.