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 ...

Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), since 2010 officially the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (GU), the primary intelligence service of the Russian Armed Forces and is reputedly Russia's largest foreign intelligence agency.

Apr 19, 2021 · When the Soviet Union broke up, the GRU's great rival, the KGB secret police, split in two - a domestic version called the FSB (which Russian President Vladimir Putin once led) and a foreign...

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation[a] (FSB) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union 's KGB; its immediate predecessor was the Federal Counterintelligence Service (FSK) which was reorganized into the FSB in 1995.

Apr 8, 2024 · GRU, Russia's military intelligence, focuses on foreign operations and military espionage, whereas FSB, the Federal Security Service, handles domestic security, intelligence, and counterterrorism within Russia.

Sep 7, 2024 · In this article, we talk about the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU), its role in supporting Russian military intelligence...

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.

Dec 7, 2023 · The UK government has publicly attributed malign cyber activity to parts of three Russian Intelligence services: the FSB, SVR and GRU, with each having their own remits.

Jan 26, 2025 · Former Croatian Admiral Ivica Mandic in the final part of his interview for The Geopost analyzes the role of the Russian intelligence services, the FSB and the GRU, in the Balkans and beyond.

Apr 28, 2021 · While heads of other agencies such as the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the Federal Security Service (FSB), and the Federal Protective Service (FSO) directly report to the Russian President, the GRU chief is answerable to the Defense Minister. President Vladimir Putin once led the FSB.