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Comrade J. Colonel Sergei Tretyakov, otherwise known as Comrade J, was a Russian SVR officer who defected to the United States in October 2000. [ 9] Tretyakov grew up aware of the KGB in Russia, due to his mother's and grandmothers' involvement. As Tretyakov grew up in the Soviet Union, he worshiped the idea of being a part of the KGB.
The Freedom of Russia Legion [i] (FRL, Russian: Легион «Свобода России», romanized: Legion "Svoboda Rossii"; Ukrainian: Легіон «Свобода Росії», romanized: Lehion "Svoboda Rosii"; abbr. ЛСР, romanized: LSR), also called the Free Russia Legion, [11] [12] is a Ukrainian-based paramilitary unit of Russian citizens, which opposes the Russian regime of ...
The foundations of the Rusich group were laid in 2009, when a military training base was founded [ 8] by Alexey Milchakov, a neo-Nazi from Saint Petersburg. [ 4][ 9] He had the nickname "Fritz" before being sent to the Donbas (there he changed to the call sign "Serb"). [ 5][ 10][ 11] He took part in the Partizan paramilitary training program at ...
Invasions of Afghanistan (1929-1930) Two Soviet invasions of Afghanistan took place between 1929 and 1930. The first intervention was a special operation aimed at supporting the ousted king of Afghanistan, Amanullah Khan, in a civil war against the Saqqawists and Basmachi. The Soviets occupied the Balkh Province however they withdrew after the ...
Spetsnaz [note 1] (Russian: Спецназ) are special forces in many post-Soviet states.Historically, this term referred to the Soviet Union's Spetsnaz GRU, special operations units of the GRU, the main military intelligence service.
A video circulated on social media from official and unofficial accounts shows about 100 Russian soldiers being taken prisoner in Kursk as Ukraine’s forces push deeper into Russia with surprise ...
Radio Free Europe was a product of some of the most prominent architects of America's early Cold War strategy, especially those who believed that the Cold War would eventually be fought by political rather than military means, such as George F. Kennan. [169]
Russian commando frogmen. The Russian commando frogmen ( Russian: Морской спецназ, romanized : Morskoy spetsnaz ), informally called " commando frogmen " in civilian media, are a Russian Naval Spetsnaz unit under operational subordination to the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU). It is the special forces unit of the Russian ...