17-624: National Security Service could refer to: National Security Service (Armenia) National Security Service (Kazakhstan) National Security Service (Maldives) National Security Service (Somalia) National Security Service (Turkey) National Security Service (United States) National Security Service (Uzbekistan) See also [ edit ] National Security (disambiguation) National Security Agency (disambiguation) National Security Bureau (disambiguation) National Security Council (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
34-629: A more organized political department. In February 1941 the People's Commissariat for State Security of USSR was made into an independent institution from the NKVD, before it was reunited again that July. On 13 March 1954, the Supreme Soviet of USSR made the decision to create a republican affiliate for the Committee of State Security (KGB) in the republic. During its existence, it was subordinate to
51-631: A perception within Armenian government that the agency maintains its own interests and alliances inconsistent with national interests. It is expected to be entirely dissolved within three years. The NSS is currently headquartered on Nalbandyan Street in the Kentron district of downtown Yerevan . In late September 1991, the Soviet republic of Armenia declared its independence and began the process of restructuring its Soviet-era security agencies, including
68-697: Is also responsible for the Armenian Border Guard . The NSS is being replaced by the civilian-run Foreign Intelligence Service , established in 2024. The NSS, the direct successor of the Soviet KGB of the Armenian SSR , was once responsible for all domestic and foreign intelligence and counterintelligence affairs, as well as the security detail for the Prime Minister of Armenia . Now, it has lost those missions, in part because of
85-515: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Security Service (Armenia) The National Security Service ( NSS ) ( Armenian : Հայաստանի Ազգային Անվտանգության Ծառայություն , romanized : Hayastani Azgayin Anvtangut’yan Tsarrayut’yun ) is the outgoing security service of Armenia , responsible for national security and intelligence matters. The service
102-575: The Committee for State Security (KGB) of the Armenian SSR . According to a law on the structure and composition of the government adopted on 4 December 1991, the KGB was renamed the State Directorate of National Security, with Major General Husik Suren Harutyunyan becoming its first director, serving until February 1992. Between 1996 and 1999, the government went through the process of uniting
119-698: The FSB's Moscow Border Institute , or either the Kurgan or Kaliningrad Border Guard Institutes, graduating with a degree in engineering and a commission as a lieutenant in the Border Guard. In April 2021, group of former senior NSS officials formed an organization called the Union of NSS Reserve Officers. The union includes, in particular, ex-director of the NSS Artur Vanetsyan , former commander of
136-589: The Ministry of National Security and the Ministry of Internal Affairs into one department. Despite rumors that the NSS will be dismembered into several departments to follow a Russian format, the service runs with a KGB -style semi-militarized structure which remains unchanged since its establishment. On 17 December 2002, President Robert Kocharyan restructured the National Security Ministry into
153-501: The NSS. It is known to have participated in both the 2016 Yerevan hostage crisis and the 2018 anti-corruption crackdown. During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war , 46 servicemen of the NSS Border Troops were killed, with 191 others wounded, and 2 declared missing. During the protests following the 2020 Karabkah ceasefire agreement , the NSS foiled an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan , uncovering
170-812: The army officials who signed a statement drafted by General Staff calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan . Directors of the National Security Service since the end of the KGB of the Armenian SSR: Committee for State Security of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Committee for State Security of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic ( Russian :Комитет государственной безопасности Армянской ССР) or KGB of ArSSR
187-584: The border troops Armen Abrahamyan, former Deputy Head of the NSS Grigory Harutyunyan, and former Acting Director of the NSS Mikael Hambardzumyan. The task of the union is to confront the challenges and threats to security, collect facts of the subversive activities of some structures, and use the experience of officers to solve the country's security problems. Although initially created as an apolitical structure, it supported
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#1732772628987204-789: The church's prevalence in the country. The Armenian KGB fell under the direct control of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia , although the Communist Party of the Soviet Union could take control and also direct its activities. In 1929, the NKVD of the Armenian SSR , which was the Armenian equivalent to the national NKVD headquarters in Moscow was dissolved and was reestablished in 5 years later as
221-410: The illegal acquisition and storage of weapons and explosives by a group of people led by former NSS operative and director Artur Vanetsyan . The NSS has traditionally been structured closer to its predecessor, the KGB, than other post-Soviet states, however since reforms by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in 2018, the service has reorganized and consolidated. Two services have been derived directly from
238-648: The intelligence schools of the Russian Federation, to include the Federal Security Service (FSB) academy . Students who attend the FSB academy graduate from the five year residential program with a degree in law and a commission as a lieutenant in the Armenian military. Recruits to the Armenian Border Guard attend five year residential training programs in Russia at the Oryol campus of
255-798: The organization of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB): Service in the NSS is open to all Armenian citizens under the age of 30 who are fluent in Armenian . Males must have fulfilled or been exempted from compulsory service requirements . All applicants must meet military physical fitness requirements, and pass physical and mental health examinations as well as a polygraph . The service prefers recruits speak at least one other language, while recruits who attend training programs in Russia must also be fluent in Russian . NSS intelligence officers are often trained through
272-447: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title National Security Service . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Security_Service&oldid=1200343511 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
289-778: Was the security agency of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic , being the local branch of Committee for State Security of the USSR. It was the principal intelligence agency of Armenia from 1954 to 1991. It was succeeded by the National Security Service after the collapse of the Soviet Union . The KGB in Armenia often provided undercover agents to be stationed inside the Armenian Apostolic Church , due to
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