Putin arrived by air, landing on one of the two helicopter pads on the roof of the nine-story building in downtown Moscow, which covers tens of thousands of square meters.
Directorate head Valentin Korabelnikov said the president was shown around the floor that will house different departments and agencies of the Main Intelligence Directorate, and the situation center, which is designed to monitor the political and military situation using all various intelligence means, including satellite intelligence.
Commissioned on November 5 to mark Intelligence Day in Russia, it took Spetsstroi - the Defense Ministry's engineering arm - three years to construct the building using cutting-edge construction and information technologies.
The headquarters is equipped with state-of-the-art external and internal security and control systems, and also houses gyms for wrestling, boxing, sports matches and a swimming pool.
