Foreign Intelligence Service
Identity
This record matches the headquarters of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) in Moscow’s Yasenevo district. An official SVR publication refers to the service’s headquarters in Yasenevo, and U.S. BIS/OFAC listings for the SVR also use a Yasenevo address string for the organization. ([svr.gov.ru](https://svr.gov.ru/smi/2024/03/55-let-legendarnomu-kuosu-video.htm?utm_source=openai))
Command
As of February 2026, the Kremlin publicly identifies Sergey Naryshkin as Director of the SVR; he also appears in the Security Council membership listing. ([special.kremlin.ru](https://special.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/79020?utm_source=openai))
Role
This site is the central headquarters of Russia’s foreign-intelligence service. The SVR’s official portal describes the service as an instrument for informing the country’s political leadership about external threats, while the current foreign-intelligence law describes such organs as state bodies operating within Russia’s security system. ([svr.gov.ru](https://svr.gov.ru/?utm_source=openai))
Site profile
Open official sources show Yasenevo as a distinct headquarters location rather than only a mailing address: the SVR says its memorial to intelligence officers stands on the territory of the headquarters and notes that President Putin visited that headquarters in 2020. Public sanctions records also list 51 Ostozhenka Street in Moscow as a separate SVR address, indicating an additional public administrative or legal footprint alongside the Yasenevo headquarters reference. ([svr.gov.ru](https://svr.gov.ru/smi/2024/03/55-let-legendarnomu-kuosu-video.htm?utm_source=openai))
Associated units
Placemark corroboration is uneven. A 2023 U.S. Justice Department filing states that Military Unit 33949 was part of the SVR, and registry-derived public records place v/ch 33949 at 11/1 Kolpachny Lane in central Moscow, so the supplied 33949 coordinate is not publicly confirmed as an SVR site from the sources reviewed. Registry-derived EGRUL data for v/ch 61643 place it at 10 Yaroslavskaya Street, Moscow and classify it under the SVR’s OКОГУ code, but open official sources reviewed do not describe its operational function. Russian law also protects the identities, unit affiliations, premises, and vehicles of foreign-intelligence bodies, limiting public confirmation of internal layout or subordinate functions at Yasenevo. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/d9/press-releases/attachments/2023/05/16/bogonikolos_complaint_edny_2.pdf))