FSB Scientific and Technical Service
Identity
Open sources identify the FSB Scientific and Technical Service (NTS) as a central FSB service rather than a single clearly public standalone base. A 2026 Infoforum greeting names Mikhail Mikhailov as head of the NTS, and independent structure references place the 8th Center under that service. Public sources reviewed do not clearly establish one authoritative headquarters address for the NTS as a whole. ([infoforum.ru](https://infoforum.ru/greetings/mihail-mihajlov-9))
Moscow node
The best-corroborated Moscow subordinate is the Center for Information Protection and Special Communications (8th Center). Agentura identifies it as part of the NTS, led by Andrey Ivashko, at 2nd Vysheslavtsev Lane 4/1; separate open sources also tie the center to Molodogvardeyskaya 12, which suggests multiple facilities or differing mailing and operating addresses. FSB materials still direct applicants to the 8th Center for some cryptographic documentation matters. ([agentura.ru](https://agentura.ru/profile/federalnaja-sluzhba-bezopasnosti-rossii-fsb/centr-zashhity-informacii-i-specialnoj-svjazi-8-j-centr/))
Regulatory role
Open legal and media reporting shows the NTS had a documented regulatory interface with Russian internet and cryptography controls. In 2016, the Organizational-Analytical Directorate of the NTS was identified as the FSB unit designated to receive information needed to decode online communications; reporting on the March 2018 revision stated that this specific role was later reassigned to the Center for Operational-Technical Measures. This indicates that the NTS included an administrative element used for centrally managed technical-compliance functions. ([ru.krymr.com](https://ru.krymr.com/a/news/27921514.html?utm_source=openai))
Pavlino cluster
Two Balashikha/Pavlino military units linked to this record are verifiable FSB-founded state entities. V/ch 35533 is registered at Pavlino, possession 1V, structure 1; registry data list the FSB as founder and Yuri Ugolnikov as head. V/ch 44239 is separately registered in Balashikha/Pavlino, confirming a second technical site in the same suburban cluster. ([reputation.ru](https://reputation.ru/ogrn/1055012210032))
Observable capabilities
Open sources support a technical and testing profile for the Pavlino cluster. V/ch 35533 appears in Russian patent and scientific-source records tied to microelectronics and optics-related work, while v/ch 44239 appears in Rosstandart documentation as the "Impuls" testing center and is credited in a national standard on body-armor test methods; court records also name the "Impuls" testing center of v/ch 44239. Taken together, the Moscow-plus-Pavlino footprint is consistent with an administrative and crypto-security core in Moscow backed by suburban research, prototyping, and test infrastructure in Balashikha; this last point is an inference from the site distribution and public records, not a publicly stated mission statement. ([patents.google.com](https://patents.google.com/patent/RU2032250C1/ru?utm_source=openai))