Spetsnaz - Спецназ

Today, “Russian special forces (Spetsnaz) can refer to any elite or special purpose units under subordination of the Federal Security Service (FSB) or Internal Troops of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the units controlled by the military intelligence service GRU. Nowadays, the term is used as well to describe any special purpose units or task forces of other ministries (even the Emergency Situations Ministry special rescue unit)“ -Wikipedia (copy/paste) For more information look at the Russian government sites... ------------------------------------------- Bloody tags: Russia USSR Red Army Putin Spetsnaz Спецназ GRU Alfa Vympel Войска специального назначения special forces Александр Буйнов Aleksandr Buinov Вымпел Альфа ВС СССР Витязь Специальные подразделения КГБ Армейский спецназ Спецподразделения МВД Центр специального назначения ФСБ