Spetsnaz GRU Russian Spetsnaz Army Special Forces Original Spetsnaz Best Trained Units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Soviet Spetsnaz
The Russian Spetsnaz soldiers operate similar to the British SAS (Special Air Service) or the United States Delta Force. The Russian Spetsnaz works in reconnaissance, assassination and sabotage. There are roughly fifteen thousand (15,000) Russian special forces commandos around the world. The Russian Spetsnaz was started in 1974 by Yuri Andropov to conduct missions with special purposes.