GRU

Medvedev said Thursday that the agency, known under its Russian acronym GRU, must focus on preemptive action against terrorist groups, revealing weapons-trafficking routes and funding sources.

www.startribune.com 2012

Medvedev said Thursday that the agency, known under its Russian acronym GRU, must focus on preemptive action against terrorist groups, revealing weapons-trafficking routes and funding sources.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

"The investigation found that Zurab Kurtsikidze has ties with [the] main intelligence service [also known as GRU] of Russian defense ministry," said Giorgi Bukhrashvili , spokesman for the Georgian Interior Ministry, at the news conference.

Georgia Police Charge Photojournalists Giorgi Lomsadze 2011

But the GRU is the military intelligence and it operates on a parallel level with the KGB at that time, which was the civilian spy agency, and then mostly after a lot of the same things.

Cassidy's Run: The Street Spy War Over Nerve Gas 2000

Mr. Polikarpov -- Commander Polikarpov -- was a-- was representing the GRU, which is not quite as well known as the KGB.

Cassidy's Run: The Street Spy War Over Nerve Gas 2000

The GRU was the world's second most powerful intelligence service in the world, after the KGB, or Committee for State Security, for whom Pavel Zarnitsa worked.

Encounter Group Sapir, Richard & Murphy, Warren 1984

The intelligence service known in Russia by its acronym GRU is the country's largest spy agency and has traditionally controlled thousands of special-forces troops.

Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense 2009

Russia's military intelligence service, known as GRU, is the country's biggest spy agency with agents spread across the globe.

IBTimes.com RSS Feed - Politics & Policy 2009

The GRU was the most reluctant to part with many of its officers, but now it's open season on officers who don't have a really good reason to stay in uniform, the Strategy page concludes.

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These elements include the Research Department (Cuc Nghien Cuu) (CNC), which collected military intelligence and was organized similar to the Soviet "GRU," the

POWs and Politics - Part 1 1996