State Security Committee (KGB)
Identification
The record matches the central headquarters of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (KGB) in Minsk. U.S. Federal Register/OFAC material for the KGB entity lists Nezalezhnastsi (Independence) Avenue 17, Minsk 220030, and a related KGB address at Komsomolskaya 30, matching the supplied HQ location. ([govinfo.gov](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-07-01/pdf/2021-14068.pdf))
Command
As of 19 October 2025, Reuters still identified Ivan Tertel as the head of Belarus’s security agency/KGB. OSW, citing Presidential Decree No. 356 of 10 October 2022, states that the KGB was removed from the ordinary public-administration list and placed under direct presidential supervision, with the chairman reporting directly to the president. ([investing.com](https://www.investing.com/news/world-news/belarus-security-chief-seeks-dialogue-with-ukraine-4295887))
Mandate
A public text mirror of Belarus’s law on state security bodies describes a centralized system whose core tasks include counterintelligence, foreign intelligence, prevention and suppression of terrorism and extremism, protection of state secrets, pretrial investigation for assigned offenses, and provision of government/operative communications plus cryptographic and technical security for special communications. ([cis-legislation.com](https://cis-legislation.com/document.fwx?rgn=53023))
Infrastructure
Open sources suggest a city-centre administrative and detention footprint rather than a conventional military garrison. OFAC lists both 17 Nezalezhnastsi Ave. and Komsomolskaya 30 for the KGB entity, while Human Rights Watch and OSCE materials refer to the KGB pre-trial detention facility in Minsk (Amerikanka); together this supports an HQ-plus-SIZO complex in the same central district. ([govinfo.gov](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-07-01/pdf/2021-14068.pdf))
Capabilities and exposure
Public sanctions material also confirms at least one dedicated tactical capability subordinate to the committee: the KGB Alfa special forces/anti-terrorism unit. Separately, the U.S. sanctioned the Belarusian KGB in June 2021, and the EU sanctions regime covering Belarusian repression/security actors was extended to 28 February 2027, indicating the headquarters’ continuing international exposure. ([gov.uk](https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473058/belarus.pdf?utm_source=openai))
Verification limits
The Minsk HQ identification is high confidence. Current review did not locate a public authoritative directory that individually confirms all supplied oblast-department placemarks, and the specific attribution of unit 1044 as a KGB signals-intelligence/direction-finding site is not publicly confirmed in the sources reviewed. ([govinfo.gov](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-07-01/pdf/2021-14068.pdf))