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KGB, Russian in full Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, English Committee for State Security, foreign intelligence and domestic security agency of the Soviet Union.
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB; Russian: Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации, tr.
It had no formal connection to the KGB, the Soviet political police and security agency, though Western intelligence authorities believed that the KGB had agents within the GRU. This article was most recently revised and updated by Jeannette L. Nolen. Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?
Spetsnaz (Спецназ) are special forces in numerous 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.
The Spetsnaz GRU, the first spetsnaz force in the Soviet Union, formed in 1949 as the military force of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), the foreign military-intelligence agency of the Soviet Armed Forces.
Andropov was so impressed with the neatness of the mission carried out by Spetsnaz, that when he became head of the KGB, he created its own Spetsnaz force, which is still active to this day under the name FSB.
From 1985 to 1990, he served in Dresden, East Germany, using a cover identity as a translator. While posted in Dresden, Putin worked as one of KGB's liaison officers to the Stasi secret police and reportedly got promoted as lieutenant colonel.
Pursuant to these reforms, the following year, the official name of the unit was changed from "GRU" to the "Main Directorate of the Russian General Chief of Staff", or "G.U."; however, "GRU" continues to be commonly used in media.
1. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - US. The CIA is one of the most renowned intelligence agencies globally, responsible for gathering and analysing intelligence information related to national security issues for the United States.
The FISU is directly subordinated to the President of Ukraine, who appoints the Chairman of the Service. The FISU cooperates with other intelligence bodies of Ukraine, state authorities, institutions, establishments, as well as organizations, and law enforcement agencies.
The Federal Intelligence Service (German: Bundesnachrichtendienst; German pronunciation: [ˌbʊndəsˈnaːχʁɪçtnˌdiːnst]) in central Berlin is the world's largest intelligence headquarters. The BND has 300 locations in Germany and foreign countries.
The KGB was succeeded by the Federal Counterintelligence Service (FSK) of Russia, which was succeeded by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB).
In Russia today, KGB functions are performed by the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the Federal Counterintelligence Service which later became the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) in 1995, and the Federal Protective Service (FSO). The GRU continues to operate as well.
DIA and the military services
Unlike the Russian GRU, which encompasses equivalents of nearly all joint U.S. military intelligence operations, DIA assists and coordinates the activities of individual service-level intelligence units (i.e. 25 AF, INSCOM, etc.), but they nevertheless remain separate entities.
Robert Philip Hanssen (born April 18, 1944) is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States from 1979 to 2001.
On 26 December 1991, Boris Yeltsin appointed the Director of newly created SVR Yevgeni Primakov who led the organization for six years. The current director is Sergey Naryshkin, who took over on 22 September 2016.
The Foreign Intelligence Service consists of several special state agencies – foreign intelligence bodies of the Russian Federation – and is a vital part of Russia's security system aimed at protecting the individual, society and the state from external threats by using the means and resources stipulated in this ...
Expert's Opinion. While the Spetsnaz had more brutal training, the SAS had more efficient and precise training that surpassed that of the Spetsnaz. That, along with the latter's superior handguns and assault rifles, the weapons most likely to be seen in action, won them the day.
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 Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU).
SEALs are better trained, better equipped and are in better shape and heal generally. But Spetsnaz are utterly ruthless and so brutally trained that they are hard as hell to get down and keep down.
Spetsnaz GRU
Motto: Any mission, any time, any place. Perhaps the most well-known of Russian Special Forces, the Spetsnaz was firstly proposed by Mikhail Svecgbykov.
When it came to the performance of the Spetsnaz in combat, Giaconia says they were keen on tactics and had great intuition and instinct. They could shoot well, took care of their weapons and equipment, and were in great shape, and were very well-disciplined.
MI6. abbreviation for. Military Intelligence, section six; a former official and present-day popular name for the intelligence and espionage agency of the British Government. Slang.