In the Russian Federation, the Federal Protective Service was formerly the Ninth Chief (aka The Guards) Directorate of the KGB and is now an independent organization. It is responsible for the protection of Russian state property and high-ranking government personnel, including bodyguard services. It also operates the secure high-level communications system and the secure subway system used by the government. It may still contain over 30,000 uniformed personnel plus several thousand plainclothes personnel. The Presidential Security Service or PSS is responsible for protecting the President of Russia and is occassionally merged with and separated from the FPS.