Central Directorate of State Security

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The Central Directorate of State Security (Arvorian: Главное управление государственной безопасности), commonly referred to by its acronym ГУГБ (GUGB), is the main security agency of the Arvorian Democratic Republic. It is attached to the Council of Ministers and its leadership answers to the premier. It carries out a wide range of duties, including high-level domestic security, foreign intelligence, and counterintelligence.

The GUGB is headquartered in the Gorbunov Building on Lobachevsky Square in the Domodedovo district of Cherenovsk. Its current director general is Dmitriy Fyodorovich Vassiliev, appointed by Premier Larionov and approved by the Congress in early 7687 RH.

Structure

Leadership

The GUGB is led at its pinnacle by its director general. They are assisted in their duties by three deputy director generals, who directly oversee the three main departments of the organisation. All four officials are appointed by the premier with the approval of the Congress of People's Deputies. The entire organisation is managed by its Collegium, which conists of the director general, deputy director generals, and department chiefs. They meet regularly to discuss important matters, set key policy, and in times of emergency engage with the political leadership in formulating responses to events of national concern or interest.

Oversight of the agency is the purview of the Committee on Security and Intelligence of Congress.

Departments

The agency is divided into numerous departments: the three large operations departments and the twelve smaller specialist departments.

  • Secretariat (Office of the Director General of the GUGB)
    • Personnel Section
    • Financial Section
    • Legal and Arbitration Section
  • 1st Main Department - Foreign Operations, responsible for foreign intelligence gathering and espionage.
  • 2nd Main Department - Counterintelligence, responsible for domestic security operations.
  • 3rd Main Department - Military Operations, responsible for defence intelligence and counterintelligence; works in conjunction with the AFA.
  • 4th Department - Counterintelligence Support for Transport and Communications, responsible for protection of critical transportation and domestic communications infrastructure.
  • 5th Department - Counterintelligence Support for the Economy, responsible for protection of vital economic and industrial assets, as well as Gosvlast.
  • 6th Department - Adjustments, responsible for extremely high-level classified security operations.
  • 7th Department - Cryptography, responsible for code analysis and code breaking.
  • 8th Department - Protection of High-Level Officials, responsible for round-the-clock personal security for senior State officials and their families.
  • 9th Department - Inventory and Archive, responsible for supply and archiving, maintaining GUGB records. Responsible for the National Information Centre, also known as the "Black Archive" (Черный Архив).
  • 10th Department - Government Communications, responsible for ensuring the security of the State and military communications networks. It also operates the ELEKTRON (ЭЛЕКТРОН) military communications satellite network.
  • 11th Department - ELINT, responsible for signals intelligence.
  • 12th Department - Geospatial Intelligence, responsible for operation of the EPHEMERIS (ЭФЕМЕРИДЫ) and ZENITH (ЗЕНИТ) reconnaissance satellite constellations.
  • 13th Department - Analysis, responsible for study and review of collected intelligence and information sources.
  • 14th Department - Operational Technical Services, responsible for research and development of tools and assets for GUGB usage. Works in concert with TsINK regularly.
  • 15th Department - Protection of the Constitutional Order, responsible for the defence of vital assets of State business and function.
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