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.