Main Intelligence Directorate, abbreviated GRU, was the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces until 1991. For a few months it was also the foreign milita
Showpiece of exhibition dedicated to 80th anniversary of Russian foreign intelligence service
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Spetsnaz are special operations forces in the former Soviet Union and Russia. Historically, this term referred to the Soviet Union's Spetsnaz GRU, special operations units of the Main Intelligence Dir
Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)
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Russian Spetsnaz SSO snipers
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Soviet special forces surround Tajbeg Palace following the operation.
A Soviet Spetsnaz group prepare for a mission in Afghanistan.