The Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, [note 1] formerly the Main Intelligence Directorate, [note 2] and still commonly known by its previous abbreviation GRU, [note 3] [1] is the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Main Intelligence Directorate (Russian: Главное разведывательное управление, romanized: Glavnoye razvedyvatel'noye upravleniye, IPA: [ˈglavnəjə rɐzˈvʲɛdɨvətʲɪlʲnəjə ʊprɐˈvlʲenʲɪjə]), abbreviated GRU (Russian: ГРУ, IPA: [ɡɨ̞‿rɨ̞‿ˈu], [gru]), was the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces until 1991.

2021年4月19日 · After the Russian Revolution in 1917, it was reorganised and became known as the GRU in 1942 - at the height of the Second World War, when it was tasked with gathering intelligence abroad on...

The Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian: Гла́вное управле́ние Генера́льного шта́ба Вооружённых Сил Росси́йской Федера́ции), abbreviated G.U., [1] formerly the Main Intelligence Directorate (Russian: Гла́вное разве́дывательное управле́ние) and still commonly known by its previous abbreviati...

2018年9月6日 · The GRU is one arm of Russia’s extensive security and intelligence apparatus, which also includes the Foreign Intelligence Service, known as the SVR, and the Federal Security Service, or FSB, which conducts domestic intelligence and counterintelligence.

What is the GRU? What does the initialism stand for? Subordinate to the Defense Ministry, the GRU is Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate, and technically speaking it doesn’t exist. In 2010, following major reforms to the army, Russia’s military intelligence agency was renamed “the Main Office of the General Staff of the Defense ...

The enigmatic GRU is the foreign intelligence arm of the Russian Ministry of Defense, accused of an incredible mix of operations from interfering in the US election to poisoning Sergei Skripal in England, running foreign sleeper agents, and a hacking campaign targeting Ukraine. (The …

The First Deputy Director of the GRU, a post held by a Colonel General, is responsible for all intelligence procurement operations, other than those peformed by other main directorates. In addition to a number of subordinate Directorates, four Directions report to …

GRU, or the Main Intelligence Directorate ( Glavnoe Razvedyvatel'noe Upravlenie), is Russia's military intelligence agency, and one of the oldest and most active in the global arena. This service is responsible for carrying out espionage and intelligence-gathering operations abroad.

The GRU is Russia's premier military intelligence organization that serves the General Staff. By some estimates the GRU is larger than the intelligence...