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Etymology

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Initialism of Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Росси́йской Федера́ции (Federálʹnaja slúžba bezopásnosti Rossíjskoj Federácii, Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɛf ɛz‿ˈbɛ] (phonetic respelling: эф-эс-бэ́)
  • IPA(key): [ɪfɨzˈbɛ] (phonetic respelling: эфэсбэ́)
  • IPA(key): [fɛ ɛz‿ˈbɛ] (phonetic respelling: фэ-эс-бэ́)
  • IPA(key): [fɨɪzˈbɛ] (phonetic respelling: фээсбэ́)

Proper noun

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ФСБ (FSBf inan (indeclinable)

  1. FSB (successor organization to the Soviet KGB)

Derived terms

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See also

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