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- initialism Federal Savings Bank
- proper noun The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (an intelligence agency of the Russian Federation and one of the main successors of the Soviet
Cheka ,NKVD , andKGB ).
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Examples
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The FSB is drawing up a menu of options that includes bail-in bonds, contingent capital, capital surcharges and resolution mechanisms but each item is being hotly debated.
'Too Big To Fail' Plan Delayed Until 2011 Ryan McCarthy 2010
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FSB is what the KGB became after the fall of the Soviet Union.
David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen to Reteam for Eastern Promises 2 | /Film 2010
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The FSB is drawing up a menu of options that includes bail-in bonds, contingent capital, capital surcharges and resolution mechanisms but each item is being hotly debated.
'Too Big To Fail' Plan Delayed Until 2011 Ryan McCarthy 2010
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The FSB is drawing up a menu of options that includes bail-in bonds, contingent capital, capital surcharges and resolution mechanisms but each item is being hotly debated.
'Too Big To Fail' Plan Delayed Until 2011 The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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(the security service that succeeded has the acronym FSB).
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The FSB is an international institution serving as a forum for national financial authorities to coordinate their regulatory, supervisory and other financial-sector policies.
Draghi: Low Rates Lead to Risky Moves Christopher Emsden 2011
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(Via JammieWearingFool) Specifically, the Russian FSB, which is of course the successor organization to the KGB.
So what do we call this? The ‘Warm War?’ - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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The FSB is a group of central bankers, finance officials and regulators formed after the 2008 financial crisis to drive global regulatory reform.
Canadian Likely FSB Chief Nirmala Menon 2011
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The FSB is a symbol of power under Mr. Putin, a former KGB officer who headed the agency before his election as president in 2000.
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The FSB is a symbol of power under Mr. Putin, a former KGB officer who headed the agency before his election as president in 2000.
Russia Mourns Subway-Blast Victims Greg White 2010
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