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Also known as Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye, Russian military intelligence, Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Main Intelligence Directorate

Russian military intelligence agency

Key facts

Formed
7 May 1992 ; 34 years ago ( 1992-05-07 )
Preceding agency
GRU
Headquarters
Headquarters of the Main Intelligence Directorate , Moscow
Employees
Classified
Annual budget
Classified
Agency executive
Admiral Igor Kostyukov , Director
Parent agency
General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Child agencies
Svyazinformsoyuz Company Directorate for Space Intelligence Intelligence Directorate of the Main Staff of the Russian Air Force Intelligence Directorate of the Main Staff of the Russian Navy GRU Special Forces Units
Website
Ministry of Defense Website

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Главное разведывательное управление
Employees
12000
Image
Здания ГРУ.jpg
Motto
Greatness of the Motherland in your glorious deeds
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inception
1992-05-07
Commons category
Main Intelligence Directorate
short name
GRU
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The Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formerly the Main Intelligence Directorate, and commonly known by its previous abbreviation GRU, is the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tasked with advancing military intelligence through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and conducting clandestine and covert operations. The GRU controls the military intelligence service and maintains its own special forces units.

Unlike Russia's other security and intelligence agencies – such as the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the Federal Security Service (FSB), and the Federal Protective Service (FSO) – whose heads report directly to the president of Russia (see Intelligence agencies of Russia), the director of the GRU is subordinate to the Russian military command, reporting to the Minister of Defence and the Chief of the General Staff.

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