Spetsnaz GRU

Spetsnaz GRU
The Spetsnaz GRU logo
Active1949–2012, 2013–present
Country
Branch
TypeSpecial forces
SizeClassified[1]
Part of
GRU Headquarters76 Khoroshyovskoe shosse, Khodinka, Moscow
PatronSaint Alexander Nevsky
Motto(s)"Only the stars are above us"
(«Выше нас только звёзды»)[2]
Mascot(s)Bat
Engagements
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 Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации) is the special forces (spetsnaz) of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

  1. ^ "Spionage gegen Deutschland – Aktuelle Entwicklungen Stand: November 2008" (in German). Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz.
  2. ^ "Девизы родов войск РФ".