Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin20 August 1998
Named head of Russias FSB domestic intelligence agency
Russia · Politics / KGB (Committee for State Security). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Named head of Russias FSB domestic intelligence agency
Stepashin is fired without explanation, Yeltsin nominates Vladimir Putin, former KGB official, head of the FSB, and secretary of the Russian Security Council
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