It did not cease to exist just because a few apparatchiks were shuffled. Bortnikov has started his career in KGB, continued through FSK and is now the head og

It did not cease to exist just because a few apparatchiks were shuffled. Bortnikov has started his career in KGB, continued through FSK and is now the head og FSB. Perfect continuity. Patrushev, the previous head of FSB before getting appointed to the Security Council also started as a KGB officer, continued in FSK until it was reformed into FSB. Thousands upon thousands of lower ranks also continued working in the same organization, same offices, park on the same lots and refer to themselves as Chekists. To this day.