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News Reports on Russian SOF
March 10, 2025, "Zaslon: Russia's Most Secretive Unit", by Ahmed Hassan, Grey Dynamics. This special purpose unit exists within the Russian external security service - the Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki (SVR). It roughly resembles the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).
October 31, 2024, "Russia's Elite Spetsnaz Special Forces 'Devastated' in Ukraine War", by Stavros Atlamazoglou, The National Interest. Spetsnaz units have faced devastating losses, especially during Ukraine's 2022 counteroffensives.
March 19, 2024, "FSB Vympel: Russia's Secretive Unit", by Edwin Taylor,Grey Dynamics.
January 18, 2024, "GRU Spetsnaz: The Batmen of Russia", by Wes Martin, Grey Dynamics.
September 22, 2023, "FSB Alpha Group: Russia's Elite A Team", by Alec Bertina, Grey Dynamics. The Alpha Group is a Russian special forces unit which is part of the Russian Federal Security Services (FSB) Special Purpose Center. Article provides info on organization, history, recruitment, training, equipment, weapons, vehicles, operations, roles, and more.
Russian SOF - Lessons Not Learned. A recent article about Russian special operations forces provides some interesting perspectives on the historical use of Russian SOF over the past century. "The Fall from Grace of Russian SOF: The Danger of Forgetting Lessons Learned", Irregular Warfare Center, September 5, 2023.
Russian PMCs
July 21, 2025, "Vega Strategic Services: PMC Vega", by Alec
Bertina, Grey Dynamics.
https://greydynamics.com/vega-strategic-services-pmc-vega/
Papers and Reports
Russian Mercenary and Paramilitary Groups in Africa,
RAND Corporation, May 2025, PDF, 62 pages.
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA2600/RRA2613-1/RAND_RRA2613-1.pdf
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