The Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, [note 1] formerly the Main Intelligence Directorate, [note 2] and still commonly known by its previous abbreviation GRU, [note 3][1] is the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Admiral Igor Olegovich Kostyukov (Russian: И́горь Оле́гович Костюко́в; born 21 February 1961) is a Russian naval officer. As of 2018, he is the Director of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff (GRU). [1]

Semyon Aralov was its first head. In his history of the early years of the GRU, Raymond W. Leonard writes: As originally established, the Registration Department was not directly subordinate to the General Staff (at the time called the Red Army Field Staff – Polevoi Shtab).

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The Head of the Russian Military Intelligence is a military officer. He is the primary military intelligence adviser to the Russian Minister of Defense and to the Chief of Staff and also answers to the President of Russia. GRU chief Igor Korobov (right) and Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu in February 2016 #

The enigmatic GRU is the foreign intelligence arm of the Russian Ministry of Defense, accused of an incredible mix of operations from interfering in the US election to poisoning Sergei Skripal in England, running foreign , and a hacking campaign targeting Ukraine. (The GRU denies all.)

Nov 21, 2018 · General Korobov was appointed head of the G.R.U. by Mr. Putin in January 2016. The general’s absence in recent months had fueled rumors about an impending leadership shake-up at the agency.

Oct 4, 2018 · What does GRU stand for? Is it the same as the Soviet Union's KGB? Who is head of the GRU? Where do GRU agents come from? What is the GRU's mission statement? Where does the GRU operate?