The federal executive body authorized in the field of counterintelligence and information technical protection — the federal executive body authorized in the field of security, the federal executive body authorized in the field of defense, the federal executive body authorized in the field of foreign intelligence, the federal executive body authorized in the field of counterintelligence and information technical protection, and their territorial bodies organize and ensure the protection of state secrets in accordance with the functions assigned to them by the legislation of the Russian Federation1.
Federal Law No. 58-FZ of June 29, 2004, "On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation and Declaring Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation as Lapsed in Connection with Implementation of Measures to Improve State Administration" of June 29, 2004, as amended on June 29, 2004, Art. 21, subpara. b // RSZ RF. 2004. No. 27. Art. 2711. ↩