Federal Bailiffs Service (Russia)
The Federal Bailiffs Service or Federal Service of Court Bailiffs (FSSP, Russian: Федеральная служба судебных приставов [ФССП], Federalnaya Sluzhba Sudebnykh Pristavov, FSSP Rossii) is a federal law enforcement agency of the Ministry of Justice of Russia.
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| Abbreviation | FSSP |
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| Formed | November 6, 1997 as Department of Bailiffs |
| Employees | 74,559 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| National agency | Russia |
| Federal agency | Russia |
| Operations jurisdiction | Russia |
| Governing body | Ministry of Justice |
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| Headquarters | 16 Kuznetsky Most, Moscow |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Justice |
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The FSSP is the enforcement arm of the Judiciary of Russia, serving as the primary agency for protection of officers of the court, effective operation of the judiciary, fugitive operations, and providing security services and maintaining order within court facilities across Russia. The FSSP's head office is located at 16 Kuznetsky Most, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow.
The FSSP was created during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin as the Department of Bailiffs in November 1997, and was elevated to a federal agency by Vladimir Putin in 2004. Sergey Sazanov has been the Acting Director of the FSSP and Chief Bailiff of the Russian Federation since February 2017.