Spetsnaz GRU
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Spetsnaz GRU, formally known as Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, is the special forces of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of t
A depiction of a Spetsnaz GRU training installation as published in Soviet Military Power, 1984
An Afghanka-wearing Soviet Spetsnaz team preparing for a mission at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan in 1988
3rd Spetsnaz Brigade on parade, 9 May 2011
370th SPD conducting special reconnaissance training (2017)
GRU (Russian Federation)
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The Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formerly the Main Intelligence Directorate, and commonly known by its previous abbreviation GRU, is the foreign
Spetsnaz GRU
…подразделения специального назначения Главного управления Генерального штаба Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации) is the special forces (spetsnaz) of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Spetsnaz units are operationally commanded by the Main…
The GRU's Twentieth Directorate operates in an Aeroflot office on the 22nd floor of Toranomon Kotohira Tower
6th GRU chief Igor Korobov (right) and Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu in February 2016
The current and 7th GRU chief Igor Kostyukov
Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu delivering a speech on Military Intelligence Day