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From Russian СВР (SVR), initialism of Слу́жба Вне́шней Разве́дки (Slúžba Vnéšnej Razvédki, “Foreign Intelligence Service”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The civilian external intelligence directorate of Russia Full definition →
From Russian СВР (SVR), initialism of Слу́жба Вне́шней Разве́дки (Slúžba Vnéšnej Razvédki, “Foreign Intelligence Service”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.