Russia’s Federal Security Service expands the scope of its law enforcement activities
In 2016 the Russian Federal Security Service made a number of increases in law enforcement duties. The agency took over anti-corruption investigation while also extending its tentacles into the area of criminal law. More recently the Russian Security Service took taken over the investigation of national crimes including fraud and financial crimes. In the past this was the responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior.
coverage to include citizens, it means the nation’s leaders see their nationals as a threat to national security. The people are indifferent to the Constitution and its value, thus the dictator at the top finds it easy to gradually tighten control over all citizens. The need for the people to exercise their sovereign rights is all too evident, with measures such as direct election of the heads of the executive, legislative, judicial and procuratorial branches and other mechanism to hand power to the people. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.