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The Russian government has added Rosgvardia and the Federal Security Service (FSO) to the list of departments whose government purchases are held behind closed doors. The order of the Cabinet of Ministers of October 30 was published on the official portal of legal information.

“To approve the attached list of federal executive bodies, their subordinate institutions and enterprises, when purchasing goods, works and services, which use closed competitive methods for determining suppliers (contractors, performers),” the document says.

In the previous version of the list, approved by the government in 2017, only the Ministry of Defense, the Foreign Intelligence Service and the FSB, as well as state institutions and enterprises subordinate to these structures were present. In the new version of the document, in addition to these departments, Rosgvardia and the FSO are also indicated.