| Investigative Committee of Russian Federation Investigative Committee Следственный комитет Российской Федерации Sledstveny Komitet |
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| Abbreviation | SK Rossii |
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| Flag of Russian Investigative Committee | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 2007/2011 |
| Employees | 19,156 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency | Russia |
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| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Elected officer responsible | Alexander Bastrykin |
| Agency executive | Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia |
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| http://www.sledcom.ru/ | |
The Investigative Committee of Russian Federation (Russian: Следственный комитет Российской Федерации) is the main federal investigating authority in Russia, formed in place of the Investigative Committee of The Prosecutor of the Russian Federation. it began to operate on January 15, 2011. The Committee is subordinate to the President of Russia. Sometimes this service is described as the "Russian FBI".
In January 21, 2011 when he executed before this (since October 4, 2010), Acting Chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin was appointed by decree of the President of the Russian Federation to the Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee.
the number of agents in the Investigative Committee (except the military investigative agents) is 19,156 employees, and from 1 January 2012 need to be 21,156 employees. the number of the Military Investigators now is 2,034 employees.