The American Embassy in Russia will have to protect the company created by veteran SVR

In connection with the forced reduction of the us diplomatic mission in Russia the us state department decided to reduce including the state security service of the embassy in Moscow and consulates in st. Petersburg, vladivostok and ekaterinburg, kommersant reports. Full-time professionals replaced by employees of private security of the Russian holding company "Elite security". For the protection of the us diplomatic mission in the course of one year the holding will receive $2. 8 million. It is reported that the task of the security officers is "To prevent unauthorized access to the facilities of the diplomatic mission, protecting the lives of its employees and members of their families, the prevention of attacks against them, maintaining order and preventing terrorist attacks. " the conclusion of the contract confirmed by the press secretary of the us embassy in Moscow, maria olson. After the unjustified decision by Russia about reduction of the staff employees of the mission, including our local security, we were forced to seek alternative ways of protecting our facilities and personnel, she explained. The newspaper's sources in the security industry said that the holding company "Elite security" created by a retired major general of foreign intelligence service viktor budanov, and directs them to his son Dmitry.

Both budanov really are among the founders of chop "Elite security", registered in 1997. Major general budanov worked in the soviet intelligence service since 1966 in the central office and abroad. Finished service in 1992, "The chief of one of managements of the foreign intelligence service". A reasonable next step, called the selection by the U.S. Embassy to the Russian company, the leader of the union of non-state security sphere Dmitry galochkin. Now in Moscow there are tens of thousands of americans, including representatives of Western corporations who hire ex-employees of the Russian special services. It's different perceptions of their colleagues, but the interaction between the seller and the recipient of the security services to each other – personal trust and subject to work counterintelligence.

I am sure that employees of the Russian company will not have access to some serious information about the work of the embassy. We live in a transparent world, and the americans know it. They weighed the risks on the one hand and the need to protect and maintain order on the other, said galochkin. The U.S. Embassy to the question of whether the state department is aware that the founder of "Elite security" – a retired general of the Russian investigation, said only that before the conclusion of the contract "Was conducted comprehensive financial and legal review to ensure that the department did not violate the sanctions imposed by the us government". In the examination process, the bureau of diplomatic security of the department of state had all the necessary checks using the databases of the office for foreign assets control of the U.S.

Treasury department, said the press secretary of the embassy. .