Paul Goble
Staunton, April 1 – Since the start of 2026, the Agents media portal says, the FSB has “sharply increased its influence on the lives of Russians” and at a rate far faster than earlier, highlighting Putin’s approach to rule in which he first tests the waters with limited moves and then builds on them, a tactic that suggests his rule will only get more repressive.
“In just the first three months of 2026, the portal says, “the FSB’s powers have been expanded five times,” exceeding the total number of expansions in its powers” in either one of the entire two previous years (agents.media/s-nachala-goda-fsb-rezko-narastila-vliyanie-na-zhizn-rossiyan/).
The Agents portal provides a footnoted list of all known expansions in each of these years to make its point that Putin is increasingly using the FSB to expand repressions and that this trend is likely to continue as long as he remains in power. – and perhaps even beyond because the FSB will have amassed so much power that no one will be able to challenge it effectively.
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