Spetsnaz trained elite forces in Cuba ... that forced the Soviets to start standing up ad hoc units drawn from KGB sabotage specialists (who formed Zenit, the unit that led the mission to ...

They are any special operations unit of the Russian military, including the Russian Navy, Airborne troops, and FSB (formerly the KGB). Most often, when westerners refer to the Spetsnaz ...

The Spetsnaz GRU was tasked with capturing the Prague Airport. How the KGB penetrated Australia's premier spy agency during the Cold War On the night of Aug. 21, 1968, a Soviet passenger plane ...

Spetsnaz GRU undertook missions in Angola ... Two years later, the Alpha Group counter-terrorism task force of the KGB was established. Moscow was preparing to host the 1980 Summer Olympics ...

Russia’s famous Spetsnaz special forces have a long and ... Vympel is one of the leading FSB (Federal Security Service - the modern day KGB) special forces units. The only part of the equipment ...

successor of the KGB’s foreign operations directorate. The GRU also commands around 25,000 Spetsnaz troops. The GRU in 1997 was believed to have 25,000 Spetsnaz special forces soldiersCredit ...

File Photo: Spetsnaz soldiers patrol the grounds around ... The GRU outlasted the KGB when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and many western powers fear that it is flourishing today.