Special Operations Forces (Russia)
The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly known as the Special Operations Forces, are strategic-level special forces under the Special Operations Forces Command of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It is also a structural and an independent unit of the Armed Forces.
Russian SOF operators.
SOF operatives during HALO training.
SOF operatives in a winter combat training drill.
Under the leadership of Maj. Gen. Matovnikov, SOF were critical in Syria.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is the military staff of the Russian Armed Forces. It is the central organ of the military command of the Armed Forces Administration and oversees operational command of the armed forces under the Russian Ministry of Defence.
Main Building of the General Staff at Znamenka 14
Chief of the General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov with shoulder boards.
General Staff (old building) on Znamenka Street in Moscow
Memorial sign "250 years of the General Staff" (2013)