# Putin expands Federal Protective Service central staff for fourth time since invasion

https://mins.news/en/item/39082

- Meduza, 2026-08-31 17:21 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/31/for-the-fourth-time-since-ordering-the-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine-putin-has-expanded-his-protective-service-s-central-staff

> Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree increasing the Federal Protective Service’s central-office staff from 785 to 812 employees, effective July 1, according to Kommersant. The decree gives no reason. It is the fourth staffing increase since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine; the central office’s staffing had otherwise been unchanged since 2010.