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A depiction of a Spetsnaz GRU training installation as published in Soviet Military Power, 1984
Spetsnaz GRU, formally known as Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, (Russian: Части и 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.
^"Spionage gegen Deutschland – Aktuelle Entwicklungen Stand: November 2008" (in German). Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz.
SpetsnazGRU, formally known as Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, (Russian: Части и подразделения...
Spetsnaz (Russian: Спецназ), are special forces in many post-Soviet states. Historically, this term referred to the Soviet Union's SpetsnazGRU, special...
назначения) is a SpetsnazGRU brigade of the Russian Armed Forces based in Promezhitsy, Pskov Oblast. As part of increases to the GRU'sSpetsnaz, on July 19...
Guards Separate 'Warsaw-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov 3rd degree' Spetsnaz Brigade (Russian: 3-я отдельная гвардейская Варшавско-Берлинская Краснознамённая...
part of the Soviet SpetsnazGRU. It was formed at Marjina Horka, Minsk Region, 1 January 1963 as the 5th Special Forces Brigade GRU. It initially had two...
бригада специального назначения) is a spetsnaz military formation of the Russian Federation subordinate to the SpetsnazGRU. It is based in Molkino, Krasnodar...
отдельная бригада специального назначения) is a spetsnaz military formation of Russia, subordinate to the SpetsnazGRU. The unit is garrisoned in Ussuriysk, Primorsky...
spetsnaz military formation of the Russian Federation subordinate to the SpetsnazGRU. It is garrisoned in Tambov, Tambov Oblast. Its military unit number...
psychological warfare assets. Almost all of its officers were “prepared in the GRUspetsnaz system”. The 901st battalion was formed on November 20, 1979, on the...
death of their commanding officer) and the 22nd Independent Brigade of SpetsnazGRU, Alpha Group still suffered casualties at Pervomayskoye. These included...
Group is an elite Russian spetsnaz unit under the command of the FSB. (TsSN FSB) Armed Forces of the Russian Federation SpetsnazGRU: 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 14th...
the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) logo. State media reported he served in Tolyatti, where 3rd SpetsnazGRU brigade is based. This brigade's soldiers...
in 2005 to increase the effectiveness of Russian Army special forces (SpetsnazGRU) during fighting in North Caucasus Mountains, especially Chechnya and...
Super Hornet weapon systems officer, an M1A2 Abrams tank operator, and a SpetsnazGRU operative. The campaign takes place in various locations and follows...
Wagner Group, he was a lieutenant colonel and brigade commander of a SpetsnazGRU unit, and fought in the First and Second Chechen wars. Many sources name...
numerous explosives, with the most powerful in the center of the auditorium. Spetsnaz operators from Federal Security Service (FSB) Alpha and Vympel, supported...
of experienced personnel from the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) and SpetsnazGRU. It is speculated that the organisation was inspired by US armored cavalry...
отдельная гвардейская бригада специального назначения) is a special forces (spetsnaz) brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The brigade is...
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