[dfwgator]

The KGB just did what the NKVD used to do.

Which did what The Okhrana used to do.

[Vigilanteman]

Yep, the alphabet agency names changed, but the functions remained the same. I'm counting no less than 14 others during the existence of the old Soviet Union, 1917-1991.

However, the NKVD (1922-1946) and the KGB (1954-1991) are the only two which were famous enough to remember.

[Boogieman]

And now the FSB does it.