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Spetsnaz are Russian special forces.
Spetsnaz may also refer to:
Spetsnaz is an EBM duo, formed in Örebro, Sweden by Stefan Nilsson and Pontus Stålberg in 2001.
Spetsnaz is a 2002 Russian TV miniseries directed by Andrei Malyukov.
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The Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, abbreviated G.U., formerly the Main Intelligence Directorate and still commonly known by its previous abbreviation GRU, is the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Unlike Russia's other security and intelligence agencies, such as the SVR, the FSB, and the FSO, whose heads report directly to the president of Russia, Director of GRU is subordinate to the Russian military command, i.e. the minister of defence and the Chief of the General Staff. Until 2010, and again from 2013, the GRU combined a military intelligence service and special forces.
Spetsgruppa "V", often referred to as Vympel, but also known as KGB Directorate "V" , Vega Group is a Russian spetsnaz unit, under the command of the FSB.
The GRU is the main military foreign-intelligence service of the Russian Federation.
Aquarium is a partly autobiographical description by Viktor Suvorov of the GRU. The book was initially released on June 1, 1985 by Hamish Hamilton.
Army General Valentin Vladimirovich Korabelnikov is a Russian general, best known for being director of GRU for 12 years.
Avtury GRU ambush was the July 4, 2006 ambush in Chechnya.
The 2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash occurred on April 27, 2007, when a Russian military Mil Mi-8 helicopter carrying special forces troops and officers crashed in mountainous terrain in southern Chechnya, killing all 20 people on board.
A blue beret is a blue-colored beret used by various military and other organizations, notably the United Nations peacekeepers who are sometimes referred to as the Blue Berets.
45th Guards Independent Spetsnaz Brigade is a special reconnaissance and special operations military unit within the Russian Airborne Troops, and based near Moscow.
The Soviet Union and some communist states have been accused on numerous occasions of sponsoring international terrorism especially during the Cold War. NATO and also the Italian, German and British governments saw violence in the form of "communist fighting organizations" as a serious threat.
Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, commonly known as the Spetsnaz G.U. or Spetsnaz GRU is the special forces (spetsnaz) of the G.U., the foreign military intelligence agency of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The Hatsavita Mountain Training Center is a Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia) training facility located in Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai, southern Russia. The MVD, together with the Federal Security Service (FSB), carries out most internal security operations in Chechnya.
Zachistka is an unofficial Russian military term for a "mopping-up operation" featuring armed patrols and house-to-house searches. The term is mostly associated with, but not exclusive to, the "insurgency phase" of the Second Chechen War following the reinstatement of Russian rule in Chechnya. Several zachistka operations became notorious for their accused or confirmed human rights violations by Russian forces, including ethnic cleansing and pillaging, and the term zachistka is exclusively used in English to refer to these violations, particularly in Chechnya.
Vostok Battalion can refer to:
Igor Dmitrievich Sergun was Director of GRU, Russia's military intelligence service, from 2011 until his sudden death. He was promoted to Colonel General on 21 February 2015.
The 5th Spetsnaz Brigade is a special forces brigade of the Armed Forces of Belarus, formerly part of the Soviet Spetsnaz GRU.
The 2nd Separate Spetsnaz Brigade is a Spetsnaz GRU brigade of the Russian Armed Forces based in Promezhitsa, Pskov Oblast.