What's GRU? A look at Russia's shadowy military spies
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September 7, 2018
MOSCOW (AP) — GRU isn't as well-known a baleful acronym as KGB or FSB. But Russia's military intelligence service is attracting increasing attention as allegations mount of devious and deadly operations on and off the field of battle.
The latest charge came Wednesday, when Britain identified two suspects in this year's nerve-agent poisonings as GRU agents .
An overview of the GRU:
THE AGENCY
Formally named the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the agency is almost universally referred to by its former acronym GRU.
It is the most shadowy of Russia's secret services. Whe...
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