Vityaz (MVD)
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The 1st Special Purpose Unit of the Internal Forces "Vityaz", commonly known as Vityaz, was one of the special forces units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 2
Vityaz unit emblem, showing an AKS-74 rifle imposed on the double-headed eagle (originally a Soviet red star)
Vityaz personnel in a GAZ-2975 at the public show Interpolitex 2012
Alpha Group
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Spetsgruppa "A", also known as Alpha Group, officially Directorate "A" of FSB Special Purpose Center, is a sub-unit of Russian special forces within the Russian Special Purpose Center of the Federal S
Vityaz (MVD)
…6th detachment unit was involved in a variety of operations and incidents in the Soviet Union through the 1980s, often in cooperation with the KGB's Alpha Group. In November 1991, following the separatist All-National Congress of the Chechen People of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria's seizure of government…
Alpha Group members during a training exercise in 2009