Federal Service for Technical and Export Control

{{Short description|Military agency of Russia}}

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| name = Federal Service for Technical and Export Control

| native_name = {{lang|ru|Федеральная служба по техническому и экспортному контролю}}

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| native_name_r = Federalnaya sluzhba po tekhnicheskomu i eksportnomu kontrolyu

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| formed = {{Start date|2004|03|09}}

| preceding1 = State Technical Commission under the President of the Russian Federation

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| jurisdiction = Government of Russia

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| headquarters = Moscow, Staraya Basmannaya st., 17

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| chief1_name = Vladimir Selin

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| parent_agency = Ministry of Defence

| parent_agency_type = Ministry

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| keydocument1 = Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 9, 2004 No. 314 "On the system and structure of federal executive bodies"

| website = {{URL|fstec.ru}}

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The Federal Service for Technical and Export Control of Russia (FSTEC of Russia / FSTEK) is a military agency of the Russian Federation, under the Russian Ministry of Defence.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/russian-military-moves-closer-to-replacing-windows-with-astra-linux/|title=Russian military moves closer to replacing Windows with Astra Linux|last=Cimpanu|first=Catalin|website=ZDNet|language=en|access-date=2019-06-01}} It licenses the export of weapons and dual-use technology items, and is also responsible for Russian military information security.{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/fstec.htm|title=Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEC)|website=www.globalsecurity.org|access-date=2019-06-01}}

FSTEC of Russia maintains the Data Security Threats Database, Russia's national vulnerability database.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/17/russia_vuln_database/|title=Russia's national vulnerability database is a bit like the Soviet Union – sparse and slow|last=Leyden|first=John|date=17 July 2018|website=www.theregister.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-06-01}} and requires Western technology companies to submit source code and other trade secrets before allowing their products to be imported into Russia.{{Cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-russia-tech-idUKKBN19E0XJ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624030155/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-russia-tech-idUKKBN19E0XJ|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2017|title=Under pressure, Western tech firms bow to Russian demands to share cyber secrets|date=2017-06-24|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-06-01|language=en}} FSTEC also liaises with the FSB, which controls cryptography in Russia.{{Cite book|title=Inside cyber warfare|last=Carr, Jeffrey.|date=2012|publisher=O'Reilly|isbn=9781449310042|edition= 2nd|location=Beijing|pages=225|oclc=774147707}}

In 2019, FSTEC of Russia granted Astra Linux special status regarding its use in processing Russian classified information.