Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR)

The Foreign Intelligence Service (or SVR) is the primary external intelligence agency of Russia. Unlike the FSB, the SVR is responsible for intelligence abroad. It works in cooperation with the Russian military intelligence organization GRU. The SVR also enters into anti-terrorist cooperation and intelligence-sharing arrangements with foreign intelligence agencies. The service also provides analysis and dissemination of intelligence to Russian president.

Operations
The SVR conducts a wide variety of operations, including espionage, political intrigue, assassination, protection of Russian nationals abroad, joint operations with foreign agencies, and electronic surveillance.

Round Ten
The SVR played critical roles during many events of Round 10, including espionage, political intrigue, and assassination. Efforts of the SVR focused mainly on disrupting international organized crime in order to disrupt the unauthorized proliferation of Russian technology and defense equipment. To this end, it conducted operations in Moscow, Southern Russia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. The SVR also supported opposition parties in Ukraine during the Ukraine Gas Dispute, forcing the Ukrainian government to comply with a one-sided treaty which granted significant autonomy for Russian nationals living in Ukraine. Finally, the SVR conducted active measures to identify and eliminate high profile threat personalities, mostly Chechen terrorists leaders. One such leader was to be killed in Azerbaijan and another in Saudi Arabia. The SVR also reportedly prepared for the assassination of the Syrian Defense Minister, believed to be responsible for financing terrorist organizations in Central Asia, a primary region of Russian influence. Yet, this operation did not materialize as Russia sought to garner Syrian influence as leverage against UK militarization in the Middle East and North Africa.