KGBFSB

KGBFSB, short for the KGB-FSB Unified Security Bureau, is a fictional intelligence agency that features in alternate-history and espionage fiction. In its fictional setting, it acts as the principal security service of the sovereign state of Novoria, formed through a late-20th-century merger of the historical KGB and the FSB. The organization is used to explore themes of state security, political control, and covert power.

Mandate and structure: KGBFSB combines foreign intelligence, internal security, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism functions. It maintains directorates for External Intelligence, Internal Security, Technical Services, and Operations, plus regional bureaus. A director-general leads the agency, with an internal oversight unit and coordination with military and judicial authorities within the fiction.

History: In the fiction, KGBFSB emerged after political reforms in the late 1990s, succeeding prior security services. It expands capabilities during regional crises and advances in cyber-espionage, while facing fictional scrutiny from parliament and watchdog bodies.

Activities: The bureau conducts espionage, counterintelligence, surveillance, covert actions, and cyber operations. It recruits assets, runs surveillance networks, intercepts communications, and sometimes uses extralegal methods. Its portrayal often centers on the tension between state security objectives and civil liberties.

In culture: KGBFSB appears in novels, video games, and films focusing on espionage and state power. Its depiction ranges from bureaucratic routine to high-stakes covert operations, reflecting broader anxieties about surveillance and authoritarianism.