Organization · Security & foreign policy
SVR
Foreign Intelligence Service
The Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR, is Russia’s foreign intelligence service. The official roster identifies Sergei Naryshkin as its director.
WHY THIS ENTITY MATTERS
RH ASSESSMENT
The SVR matters as the foreign intelligence institution represented in the Security Council through its director. This dossier is limited to public leadership and institutional records.
- Record type
- Organization dossier
- Primary role
- Foreign Intelligence Service
- Network sector
- Security & foreign policy
- Documented links
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Profile
The Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR, is Russia’s foreign intelligence service. The official roster identifies Sergei Naryshkin as its director.
Scope note: this foundation dossier is limited to the selected public records behind the RH Russia network. It does not claim a complete biography, ownership history, command structure, or account of private influence.
Documented connections
Every relationship below is labeled by evidence type and carries the limitation recorded in the network source ledger.
The official roster identifies Naryshkin as SVR director.
Limit: The cited record establishes a formal role. It does not establish control over every decision or private closeness.
Kremlin · Security Council rosterWhat to watch
- Does the publicly identified leadership of SVR change?
- Do official or corporate records document new coordination with Sergei Naryshkin?
- Do later sources confirm, narrow, or supersede the relationships recorded here?
Source record
- 01Kremlin · Security Council roster
Official roster dated 16 February 2026.