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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 Main Intelligence Directorate of the Soviet General Staff (GRU).
The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly known as the Special Operations Forces (SOF; Russian: Силы специальных операций; ССО, romanized: Sily spetsial’nykh operatsiy; SSO), [19] [20] are strategic-level special forces under the Special Operations Forces Command (Russian: командование сил ...
The Russian commando frogmen (Russian: Морской спецназ, romanized: Morskoy spetsnaz), informally called "commando frogmen" in civilian media, are a Russian Naval Spetsnaz unit under operational subordination to the GRU that specialized in amphibious reconnaissance to prepare for amphibious warfare operations, clandestine operation, defense against swimmer incursions, direct ...
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 ...
During the conflict, both Russian and Georgian forces used the VSS Vintorez. [20] They were also seen in use by Russian Spetsnaz during the Russo-Ukrainian War. [21] [22] The VSS Vintorez was used in small numbers by Ukrainian peacekeepers in Iraq from 2003−2005. [2] By 2014, it was no longer in use by any security forces in Ukraine. [23]
Military Judges of Military Courts — military courts are part of the Unified Judicial System of Russia and subordinate to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (which has a military colleague) [clarification needed] — not under the Ministry of Defense; there are also civilian judges in military courts.
Directorate "V" of the FSB Special Purpose Center, often referred to as Spetsgruppa "V" Vympel (pennant in Russian, originated from German Wimpel, and having the same meaning [1]), but also known as KGB Directorate "V", Vega Group, is a spetsnaz units of the FSB under the command of the FSB.
The unit was created in 1994, as a regiment comprising the 901st Air Assault Battalion and the 218th Spetsnaz Battalion of the Russian Airborne Forces. Colonel Pavel Popovskikh is credited with the creation of the 45th Spetsnaz as a “subunit of the future”, designed to wage the counterinsurgency warfare for which the Russian armed forces ...