Since the channel was launched on Feb. 28, the list of targets has included the official websites of the Kremlin, Federal Security Service (FSB, successor to the Soviet KGB), communication servers of the FSB and Rosgvardia (recently formed riot police forces), federal agencies and city councils, Russian Railways, major Russian banks, the Moscow Stock Exchange, the payment system Mir (created to replace SWIFT in Russia), oil and gas companies and many others.