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Spetsnaz[note 1] (Russian: Спецназ), are special forces in many post-Soviet states. Historically, this term referred to the Soviet Union's Spetsnaz GRU, special operations units of the GRU, the main military intelligence service. Today it refers to special forces branches and task forces subordinate to ministries including defence, internal affairs, or emergency situations in countries that have inherited their special purpose units from the now-defunct Soviet security agencies.
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Spetsnaz (Russian: Спецназ), are special forces in many post-Soviet states. Historically, this term referred to the Soviet Union's Spetsnaz GRU, special...
Spetsnaz GRU, formally known as Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, (Russian: Части и подразделения...
special forces (Spetsnaz) units from the remnants of the Soviet armed forces, GRU and KGB units. Ukraine now maintains its own Spetsnaz structure under...
назначения) is a Spetsnaz GRU brigade of the Russian Armed Forces based in Promezhitsy, Pskov Oblast. As part of increases to the GRU's Spetsnaz, on July 19...
The Russian Special Forces University (Russian: Российский университет спецназа) is a private university in Chechnya, devoted to the training of special...
The 45th Guards Spetsnaz (Special Purpose) Detached Brigade (Russian: 45-я отдельная гвардейская бригада специального назначения (45-я ОБр СпН); Military...
The 5th Spetsnaz Brigade (Russian: 5-я отдельная бригада специального назначения, romanized: pyataya otdel'naya brigada spetsial'nogo naznacheniya; Belarusian:...
Guards Separate 'Warsaw-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov 3rd degree' Spetsnaz Brigade (Russian: 3-я отдельная гвардейская Варшавско-Берлинская Краснознамённая...
The 16th Separate Guards Spetsnaz Brigade (Russian: 16-я отдельная гвардейская бригада специального назначения) is a spetsnaz military formation of the...
(24-й отдельной бригады специального назначения) is a special forces (spetsnaz) brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It had its origins...
отдельная бригада специального назначения) is a spetsnaz military formation of Russia, subordinate to the Spetsnaz GRU. The unit is garrisoned in Ussuriysk,...
бригада специального назначения) is a spetsnaz military formation of the Russian Federation subordinate to the Spetsnaz GRU. It is based in Molkino, Krasnodar...
отдельная гвардейская бригада специального назначения) is a special forces (spetsnaz) brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The brigade is...
спецназ, romanized: Morskoy spetsnaz), informally called "commando frogmen" in civilian media, are a Russian Naval Spetsnaz unit under operational subordination...
There are a number of martial arts styles and schools of Russian origin. Traditional Russian fist fighting has existed since the 1st millennium AD.[citation...
ideological counterintelligence); "A" and "V" were soon joined in a Tsentr Spetsnaz (Special Purpose Center) under Gen. Vladimir Pronichev. Meanwhile, Alpha...
in 1997. The AKS-74U in the background is a symbol of the mujahidin's victory over the Soviets, since these weapons were captured from Spetsnaz forces....
units of the 18th Motor Rifle Brigade, 31st Air Assault Brigade and 22nd Spetsnaz Brigade deployed and operating in Crimea, instead of Russian Black Sea...
GRU Spetsnaz. Col. Boyarinov was killed in the fighting along with 5 operatives of Grom and Zenyth. Storm-333 is a rare example of KGB Spetsnaz and GRU...
(Otryad Militsii Spetsial'nogo Naznacheniya, Special Police Unit), is a spetsnaz unit of the National Guard of Russia. With their military equipment, uniforms...
referred to as Caravan war) was set of raids and ambushes conducted by Soviet spetsnaz troops to block the Pakistani-Afghan and Iranian-Afghani border during...
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