This is from
Russia Today (which is essentially a Moscow propaganda channel for those that don't know). So if they're comparing it to the KGB, it's because Putin wants that comparison to be made.
Quote:
The Russian authorities are planning to implement major reforms to law enforcement agencies, merging the federal security, federal bodyguard and foreign intelligence services into a structure similar to the Soviet-era KGB, a business daily reports.
Quoting multiple unnamed sources, the Kommersant newspaper wrote that the reforms are scheduled for the nearest future and will be completed before the presidential elections of 2018.
The planned result is the creation of the Ministry for State Security, or MGB – the agency uniting the currently independent Federal Security Committee (FSB), Federal Bodyguard Service (FSO) and Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
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Love the timing too, right before the next presidential election. Slight hint to the voters maybe?