GRU

Details

Instance of

military intelligence agency, Q100552547, military unit, secret service

Inception

7 May 1992

Part of

General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Follows

Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)

Located in

Moscow

Country

Russia

Headquarters

Grizodubovoy Street

Chaired by

Igor Kostyukov

child organization or unit

Unit 29155, Unit 26165, Fancy Bear, Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces

director / manager

Evgeniy Timokhin, Fyodor Ladygin, Valentin Korabelnikov, Alexander Shlyakhturov, Igor Sergun, Igor Korobov, Igor Kostyukov

employees

12000

motto text

Величие Родины – в Ваших славных делах, In Euren ruhmreichen Taten liegt die Größe des Vaterlandes, Greatness of the Motherland in your glorious deeds

official name

Главное управление Генерального штаба Вооружённых Сил Российской Федерации, Главное разведывательное управление

parent organization or unit

Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

position held by head of the organization

chief manager

replaces

Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)

short name

ГРУ, GRU

topic's main category

Category:GRU

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