FSB Officer Appointed to Lead Info Security at Russian Digital Ministry

An active FSB officer is set to head information security at Russia's Ministry of Digital Development, tasked with protecting citizen data and digital government services. This marks a notable consolidation of security services' influence over civilian digital infrastructure, potentially signaling increased state control and surveillance. The move is part of a broader pattern of FSB integration into key state functions, though the specific implications for data privacy and cybersecurity policy remain unclear.

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