FAPSI

Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information
ФАПСИ
	Emblem of FAPSI
	Flag of Federal agency of the governmental communication and the information
Agency overview
Formed	December 24, 1991
Preceding agency	8th Main Directorate, 16th Directorate of the KGB of the USSR;
Dissolved	March 11, 2003
Superseding agency	Spetssviaz;
Jurisdiction	Russia
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Employees	Classified
Annual budget	Classified
Agency executive	Vladimir Mitryukhin (1999–2003), General Director;
Parent agency	The Kremlin Staff
Website	Official page at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (not active)

FAPSI (Russian: ФАПСИ) or Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information (FAGCI) (Russian: Федеральное Агентство Правительственной Связи и Информации) was a Russian government agency, which was responsible for signal intelligence and security of governmental communications.

The present-day FAPSI successor agencies are the relevant departments of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) as well as the Special Communications Service of Russia (Spetssvyaz) (part of the Federal Protective Service of the Russian Federation) (FSO RF).

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